| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.38 |
| Liaison | Laurie Husted |
| Submission Date | June 12, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Bard College
IN-3: Innovation 3
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Laurie
Husted Sustainability Manager Bard Office of Sustainability (BoS) |
Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Bard EATS (Eating Awareness Transforms Society) is an umbrella organization at Bard that brings all the different groups with a vested interest in our campus food system to the table to talk about advancing issues of food justice on campus. It is composed of different departments and groups that work to collaborate on making such reforms. This includes college faculty, staff, deans, students, administrators, our sustainability advocate, and food service employees and executives.
A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):
In March of 2013, Bard signed the Real Food Campus Commitment, beginning the campus' collaboration with the non-profit Real Food Challenge that would support students independently auditing our food purchasing practices for the purpose of divesting dollars into "Real Food:" food that is certified or verified local, sustainable, humane, or fair food sources. Our baseline audit of the 2012-2013 academic year showed that 9% of our food fell into one of those four categories. Having begun our reforms, the results from the audit of the month of September 2013 displayed an updated 18% "Real Food" percentage.
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
| Yes or No | |
| Curriculum | No |
| Research | Yes |
| Campus Engagement | Yes |
| Public Engagement | Yes |
| Air & Climate | No |
| Buildings | Yes |
| Dining Services | Yes |
| Energy | No |
| Grounds | No |
| Purchasing | Yes |
| Transportation | No |
| Waste | Yes |
| Water | No |
| Coordination, Planning & Governance | Yes |
| Diversity & Affordability | No |
| Health, Wellbeing & Work | Yes |
| Investment | No |
Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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