| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.05 |
| Liaison | Jessica Krejcik |
| Submission Date | May 26, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Concordia University
IN-2: Innovation 2
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Roger
Côté Vice-President, Services Office of the VP, Services |
Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
The Sustainable Food System Coordinator is in charge of identifying local food purchasing needs and opportunities, and developing constructive and collaborative relationships with contracted food service providers, local food suppliers, on-campus food initiatives and academic units.
The new sustainable food system coordinator also develop a reporting system to track and scale the amount of healthy, local and sustainable food served at Concordia. The coordinator will also reach out to local farmers and other suppliers, organize events like harvest festivals and get input from students on what foods they want to eat.
A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):
- Concordia campus will soon receive a "Fair Trade Campus" recognition.
- Implementation of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer's basket service. Up to now, more than 30 people benefited from the service, receiving a food basket every 2 weeks. In total, 394 baskets have been delivered so far.
- Implementation of a multi-stakeholder sustainable food service advisory committee. So far, the committee has met 3 times.
- Implementation of a food procurement reporting mechanism. Up to now, two reports from the food service contractor have been provided to the Sustainable Food System Coordinator.
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 | --- |
| Research | --- |
| Campus Engagement | Yes |
| Public Engagement | Yes |
| Air & Climate | --- |
| Buildings | --- |
| Dining Services | Yes |
| Energy | --- |
| Grounds | --- |
| Purchasing | Yes |
| Transportation | --- |
| Waste | Yes |
| Water | --- |
| Coordination, Planning & Governance | --- |
| Diversity & Affordability | --- |
| Health, Wellbeing & Work | --- |
| Investment | --- |
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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