| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.16 |
| Liaison | Lissette Hernandez |
| Submission Date | Sept. 20, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Florida International University
SD-2: Food Education
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Are students educated in an academic class about how to make eco-positive food choices?:
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Are students educated in dining facilities about how to make eco-positive food choices?:
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Aramark, Panther Dining, has signage in food service areas that include information on sustainable food systems, the reusable to-go container program, the reusable mug program, the pre-consumer composting program on campus, and vegan/vegetarian options
Are students educated during orientation about how to make eco-positive food choices?:
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Are students educated in other venues about how to make eco-positive food choices?:
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Is there a program by which students are encouraged to and/or taught how to grow their own food?:
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The FIU Organic Garden was established during the Summer 2007 semester on the southwest corner of the Modesto Maidique campus, adjacent to the university’s 11-acre Nature Preserve. It was started as a research plot by one of the graduate students for his master's project.
The FIU Organic Garden is a hands-on teaching facility where students gain experiential learning about food production and its relationship to the ecosystem through gardening and plotted experiments. The garden contains 9 distinct areas for research and education: shade house, class plots, community plots, herb garden, fruit grove, meditation gardening, composting, biofuels, and aquaponics.
Two entities are involved in the maintenance and operation of the garden: the Agroecology program and the Garden Club. The garden is a USDA sponsored 'People's Choice' Garden.
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