| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.41 |
| Liaison | Jillian Leach |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Chico
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.02 / 6.00 |
Nani
Teves Sustainability Coordinator Associated Students |
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This credit requires:
- A completed STARS Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory,
- An itemized inventory based on output from the Real Food Calculator, or
- An alternative inventory that includes for each product:
- Product vendor
- Product label/brand
- Product description
- The category in which the product qualifies (Third Party Verified or Local & Community Based)
- Information justifying inclusion: the standards met if the product is third party verified; ownership, size, distance, production methods for Local & Community Based products
Part 1
Third Party Verified and Community Based Products
16
Part 2
Animal Products
Yes
Percentage of total dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional animal products (meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, and dairy products that do NOT qualify in either the Third Party Verified or Local & Community-Based category):
12.36
Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory
Required if pursuing either part of the credit:
AS Dining is committed to meeting the 20% real food by 2020 goal and is a leader in the CSU system. Dining is always working to increase its real food purchase and in Fall 2017, they switched to 100% cage free eggs and began a relationship with the North Valley Food Hub to streamline sourcing and purchasing from local farms.
An inventory of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchases that includes for each product: the description/type; label, brand or producer; and the category in which it is being counted and/or a description of its sustainability attribute(s):
A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):
AS Sustainability oversees a paid student position that is responsible for coordinating the Real Food Challenge efforts with a research team of interns. We use the months October and February, as recommended by the Real Food Challenge, to represent annual purchases. Receipts are given to us from dining and each item, it’s cost, and product number are entered into an excel file. Students research the items to determine if they qualify as 'real food', and submits results to the Real Food Challenge team. The National Organization does a quality check on the data in May and calculates our percent.
If uploading output from the Real Food Calculator, provide:
6
Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):
10
Required if pursuing either part of the credit:
| Present? | Included? | |
| Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution | No | No |
| Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor | Yes | Yes |
| Student-run food/catering services | Yes | Yes |
| Franchises (e.g. national or global brands) | No | No |
| Convenience stores | Yes | Yes |
| Vending services | Yes | Yes |
| Concessions | No | No |
Optional Fields
Residential dining has opened a popular food station called Plant Base which offers 100% vegan options. In the Marketplace, campus’ cafeteria, each of the five stations has a vegetarian option. As well, in the spring of 2017 the AS opened a small retail store that stocks a majority local, faire trade, organic, raw, non-GMO, and healthy options.
Additional percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional products with other sustainability attributes not recognized above (0-100) :
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.newsreview.com/chico/nourishing-naturally/content?oid=24850433
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.