Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.23
Liaison Sara McIntyre
Submission Date Jan. 20, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Sewanee - The University of the South
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.80 / 4.00 Amy Turner
Director of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
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Percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures that are local and community-based and/or third party verified:
20

A copy of an inventory, list or sample of sustainable food and beverage purchases:
An inventory, list or sample of sustainable food and beverage purchases:

see above

+ Date Revised: Sept. 15, 2016

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (food and beverage expenditures for on-site franchises, convenience stores, vending services, or concessions)?:
No

Percentage of on-site franchise, convenience store, vending services, and concessions food and beverage purchases that are local and community-based and/or third party verified:
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A copy of an inventory, list or sample of on-site franchise, convenience store, vending machine, and/or concessions food and beverage purchases that are sustainably produced:
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An inventory, list or sample of on-site franchise, convenience store, vending machine, and/or concessions food and beverage purchases that are sustainably produced:
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A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program:

Sewanee dining is self-operated, allowing for more control over the purchasing of food and beverages. Most of The University of the South's sustainable food and beverage efforts have been in the procurement of local and ecologically-sound items. When possible, Sewanee dining purchases food and beverages locally and ecologically-sound. The University of the South also has a small farm on campus where all vegetables, fruits, eggs, and meat go into the dining program.


A brief description of the methodology used to track/inventory sustainable food and beverage purchases:

Sewanee dining tracks local purchases using a specific 4 digit account code. However this may not fully capture all our local purchases because some invoices are not all local products and vice versa. Chef Rick Wright and Angela Sons work together to try to best capture this information fully. Students at The University of the South are also currently running the "Real Food Calculator" to track to the university's procurement of local/community-based, ecologically-sound, humane, and/or fair-traded foods.


Total annual food and beverage expenditures:
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Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the total food and beverage expenditure figures?:
Present? Included?
Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution Yes Yes
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor No No
Franchises No No
Convenience stores Yes No
Vending services Yes No
Concessions No No

Has the institution achieved the following?:
Yes or No
Fair Trade Campus, College or University status No
Certification under the Green Seal Standard for Restaurants and Food Services (GS-46) No
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification No
Signatory of the Real Food Campus Commitment (U.S.) No

A brief description of other sustainable restaurant and food service standards that the institution’s dining services operations are certified under:
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The website URL where information about the institution's sustainable food and beverage purchasing efforts is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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