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Name: Kathryn Curtin
Title: Assistant Director, Residence Dining
Date survey submitted: 7/13/09
1) Total annual food budget: [$ 5,000,000 ]
LOCALLY GROWN AND PRODUCED FOOD
Note: Geographic location and seasonal availability are taken into account in assessing your response. "Local" is defined as within 150 miles of your campus.
2) Do you have any formal policies pertaining to local purchases?
[ X ] No; Attempt to purchase locally when available
[ ] Yes. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
Questions 3-5 pertain to locally grown purchases.
3) From how many local forms or growers do you purchase (excluding on-campus farms/gardens)?
[ # 0 ] Number from which you purchase directly.
[ # 0 ] Number from which you purchase through a distributor. Please specify name and location of distributor:
4) How much do you spend annually on purchasing food that was grown or raised locally?
[$ 0 ]
5) Please list foods you purchase that are grown or raised locally (e.g., fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, milk, fish, honey, maple syrup; foods that are processed locally should be listed in question 8):
Questions 6-8 pertain to locally produced and/or processed items.
6) From how many local processors do you purchase?
[ # 4 ] Number from which you purchase directly.
[ # ] Number from which you purchase through a distributor. Please specify name and location of distributor:
7) How much do you spend annually on purchasing food that was processed locally?
[$ 475,000 ]
8) Please list items you purchase that are processed locally (e.g., bread, granola, ice cream, baked goods, yogurt, cheese):
Bread
Biscotti
China
9) Do you purchase milk from a local dairy?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please provide name of dairy and location:
Broughton Dairy – Wheeling WV
Gallikers Dairy – Cumberland MD
10) Do you source any food from an on-campus farm or garden?
[ X ] No Not available
[ ] Yes. Please describe source and amount:
11) Do you participate in a farm-to-school program?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe program:
ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED FOOD
12) Do you have any formal policies pertaining to the purchase of organic and/or sustainably produced food?
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
13) Do you purchase organically grown or produced food?
[ ] No
[X ] Yes. Please list items:
Starbucks Organic Mexican
Organic Assam, Darjeeling teas
14) How much do you spend annually on organically grown or produced food?
[$ 2,000 ]
For questions 15-19, please indicate percentage based on annual dollar amount spent.
15) Do you purchase cage-free eggs and/or confinement-free meat products?
[ X] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Percentage cage-free eggs
[ %] Percentage confinement-free. Type of meat product:
[ %] Percentage confinement-free. Type of meat product:
16) Do you purchase any grass-fed animal products?
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Grass-fed. Type of animal product:
[ %] Grass-fed. Type of animal product:
17) Do you purchase hormone- and antibiotic-free meat?
[ X] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of meat:
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of meat:
18) Do you purchase hormone- and antibiotic-free dairy products?
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of dairy product:
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of dairy product:
19) Do you purchase seafood that meets Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch guidelines or Marine Stewardship Council standards?
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate.
[ %] Percentage purchased that meets guidelines. Please list guidelines used:
20) Do you offer specifically labeled vegan entrees on a daily, weekly, or other regularly scheduled basis?
[ ] No
[ X] Yes. Please specify number of options and the frequency with which they are offered: All dining halls offer vegetarian options for every meal and many of these are Vegan as well.
21) Please list and give percentages for any other sustainably produced food items you purchase that are not included above:
FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS
22) Do you purchase Fair Trade Certified coffee?
[ ] No
[X ] Some. Please describe: Fair Trade Estima
[ ] All
23) Do you purchase other Fair Trade Certified food products?
[ X] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Percentage purchased that is Fair Trade Certified. Type of item:
DISHWARE AND ECO-FRIENDLY INCENTIVES
24) Please indicate which of following your university-operated/contracted dining facilities offers.
[ ] Disposable dishware
[ ] Only reusable dishware
[X ] Reusable and disposable dishware
25) If you offer disposables, please indicate materials used (check all that apply).
[ X ] Plastic or polystyrene
[ X ] Postconsumer recycled content
[X ] Biodegradable/compostable
[ ] Other
Description (optional): We have reusable dishware in all dining rooms. Four of our retail units use only 10% post consumer recycled paper fiber cups and cups made from 100% all natural corn. All residence halls are switching to a Ecologo certified napkin. The catering department is using clear cold cups which are PLA biopolymer- biodegradable and compostable in commercial facility. Hot cups are paper with a PLA inside coating made from plants and are biodegradable. Plates are Taterware
We have been testing a green biodegradable trash can liner and will be making a transition to them in several areas.
26) Do your dining facilities offer discounts or cash incentives to individuals using reusable dishware, bringing a bag, or bringing reusable containers?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: Cash operations offer a price discount for customers using refillable cups.
27) Do your dining facilities use any polystyrene products (i.e., Styrofoam)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: Styrofoam to-go trays and cups are provided at 3 dining halls upon request.
FOOD COMPOSTING AND WASTE DIVERSION
28) Do your dining facilities compost preconsumer food scraps?
[X ] No No facilities are currently available although the university has been exploring the possibilities
[ ] Yes. Please indicate the proportion of dining facilities that run preconsumer compost programs (e.g. two out of five dining facilities) and, if available, the combined annual tonnage composted.
[ %] Proportion of dining facilities that run preconsumer compost programs.
[ ] Annual tonnage of preconsumer compost.
29) Do your dining facilities compost postconsumer food scraps?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate the proportion of dining facilities that run postconsumer compost programs (e.g. two out of five dining facilities) and, if available, the combined annual tonnage composted.
[ %] Proportion of dining facilities that run postconsumer compost programs.
[ ] Annual tonnage of postconsumer compost.
30) Do your dining facilities donate excess food to a food bank, soup kitchen, or shelter, etc.?
[ ] No
[X ] Yes. Please describe: For years we have donated excess food to the Salvation Army and local homeless shelters whenever possible.
31) Do your dining facilities have a trayless dining program?
[ ] No
[ ] Sometimes--on specific days, on certain occasions, or in specific locations. Please describe:
[X ] Yes--standard practice. Please describe program including date started and, if available, data on reduced food waste or water consumption:
Two test sites went trayless at the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year and initial data indicated a 42% reduction in food waste. Three other sites will go trayless this year.
32) Please tell us about any other steps your dining facilities have taken to reduce waste (e.g., food waste auditing, recycling used cooking oil for biodiesel production):
All fryer oil is recycled for biodiesel. Our facilities have been relamped with CFLs. All refrigeration units have been switched from water to air cooled. Our Healthy “U” program promotes nutrition and waste reduction. We are currently researching green cleaners to contract and adding more biodegradable/sustainable paper products wherever it is feasible.
RECYCLING OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
33) Please indicate which traditional materials your dining facilities recycle (check all that apply).
[ ] None
[X ] Aluminum
[ X ] Cardboard
[ ] Glass
[ X ] Paper
[ ] Plastics (all)
[X ] Plastics (some)
[ X] Other. Please list: steel cans
34) Are recycling receptacles located throughout dining locations?
[X ] No – they are in public area outside of dining areas.
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
35) What is the dining services' current waste-diversion rate (the percentage of recyclable waste diverted from traditional disposal)?
[ %]
AFFILIATIONS
Questions 36-37 are for informational purposes only; responses will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.
36) Indicate if your dining services are:
[ ] Contracted. Please describe:
[ X] School operated. Please describe: Self operated
[ ] Other. Please describe:
37) Is the dining services director, or another dining services staff person, a member of any campus-wide environmental/sustainability initiatives or committees at your school?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe: Assistant Director is member of campus wide Sustainability Committee
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