Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.73
Liaison Lindsey Lyons
Submission Date April 30, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Dickinson College
SD-3: Food and Beverage Purchases

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Daniel Webster
Sustainability Projects Coordinator
Center for Sustainability Education
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The percentage of food and beverage expenditures that were processed within 100 miles of the institution by a company that is not publicly traded:
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The percentage of food and beverage expenditures that were grown within 100 miles of the institution:
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List what tool your institution is using to track this information (e.g. Center for Environmental Farming Systems or CBORD):
Two student interns are working in partnership with Dining Services staff to compile a spreadsheet of sustainably sourced food and percentages of purchases that meet certain sustainability criteria.

List items procured for dining services from on-campus organic garden(s):

Whole fresh broccoli,cucumbers, green leaf lettuce, Mescaline lettuce, chopped Romaine lettuce, green Swiss Chard, cantelope, fresh parsley, whole green peppers, whole red peppers, fresh sliced peppers, pickles, pre-made salad with homemade dressing, fresh basil, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, baby spinach, fresh spinach, yellow squash, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and, most recently, 150 pounds of ground grass-fed beef.


The percentage of total food and beverage expenditures spent by dining services to procure items from on-campus organic garden(s):
0.35

List all Fair Trade certified items purchased:

All regular and decaf coffee if Fair Trade certified.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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