Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.01
Liaison Katie Koscielak
Submission Date May 8, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Cal Poly Humboldt
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.04 / 6.00 Ron Rudebock
Director
HSU Dining Services
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Percentage of food expenditures that meet one or more of the criteria for this credit (0 - 100):
17

A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program:

HSU Dining Services strives to meet the diverse dietary needs of students while maintaining the most ethical purchasing standards possible for our operations. All coffee on campus is locally roasted and organic, with many fair trade varieties. During the local growing season, we purchase as much local produce as possible, including purchasing from farms that are just a few miles from campus. We purchase tuna from Wild Planet, which is third-party certified sustainable (The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, SeaChoice, Blue Ocean Institute). Other seafood is purchased through Pacific Seafood, a company with 13 Marine Stewardship Council Certified Facilities. In both our Cafe and our catering services, we feature locally made Cypress Grove Chevre and Loleta Cheeses. We purchase bread and pastries from local bakeries, Brio Bakery & Café and Loleta Bakery, both of which are located fewer than 20 miles from the University. All of our fluid milk purchases come from Humboldt Creamy, which is located just 20 miles from campus.

In our retail locations, we sell many certified organic options, from frozen entrees to soups to snacks and candy. We are also fortunate enough to have a local chocolatier, which manufactures organic and fair trade chocolate bars, which we sell in multiple locations.

Sustainability is given great consideration when our managers make purchases. Although HSU Dining Services has increased sustainable purchasing in recent years, we look forward to continual improvement in this area as more options become available.


The Website URL where information about the institution's sustainable food and beverage purchasing efforts is available:
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