Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
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Overall Score | 39.53 |
Liaison | Ellie Perry |
Submission Date | July 27, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Dominguez Hills
OP-8: Sustainable Dining
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.63 / 2.00 |
Ellie
Perry Sustainability Manager Facilities Services |
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Part 1: Sustainable Dining Initiatives
Sustainable Dining Policy
No
A brief description of the sustainable dining policy:
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On-Campus Sourcing
Yes
A brief description of the program to source food from a campus garden or farm:
Campus Dining provided a wish list of small quantity herbs and peppers used in their catering operations to the Farm for delivery in the Fall. These crops are current growing at the Campus Urban Farm, and will be donated to Campus Dining when ready to harvest.
Local Community Engagement
Yes
A brief description of the farmers market, CSA or urban agriculture project:
CSUDH works with Raw Inspiration to host farmer's markets on a regular basis. They most recently organized a farmer's market at CSUDH's 11th Annual Earth Day Festival, and will be launching a weekly farmer's market for the fall semester.
Vegan Dining Program
No
A brief description of the vegan dining program:
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Low-Impact Dining Events
Yes
A brief description of the low impact dining events:
CSUDH Campus Dining held several Food Advisory forums for the campus in the spring semester to help revamp its dining offerings to evaluate how to best meet demand for vegan and sustainable foods. They also hosted a vegan daily specials week February 26- March 2, 2018 at all their eateries to help bring awareness to vegan foods.
Sustainability-Themed Meals
Yes
A brief description of the sustainability-themed meals:
Campus Dining supports weekly specials which sometimes feature sustainability themes. 2018 included a vegan meal week, and they featured a sustainable seafood taco stand at Earth Day.
Sustainability-Themed Outlet
No
A brief description of the sustainability-themed food outlet:
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Labeling and Signage
No
A brief description of the sustainability labeling and signage in dining halls:
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Outreach and Education
No
A brief description of the outreach efforts to support learning and research about sustainable food systems:
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Other Initiatives
Yes
A brief description of the other sustainability-related dining initiatives:
Campus Dining hosts Food Advisory forums that are campus-wide to help collect feedback on making foods more culturally diverse, inclusive, and sustainable.
Part 2: Food and Dining Waste
Food Recovery Program
No
A brief description of the food recovery competition or commitment program or food waste prevention system:
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Trayless Dining and Portion Modifications
Yes
A brief description of the trayless dining or modified menu/portion program:
All dining in the Food Court is trayless.
Food Donation
Yes
A brief description of the food donation program:
All campus entities are encouraged to donate unwanted food to the Toro Food Pantry which partners with CalFresh to provide food to food-insecure students.
Food Materials Diversion
Yes
A brief description of the food materials diversion program:
Used cooking oil is picked up by a vendor for recycling into bio-disesel.
Composting
Yes
A brief description of the pre-consumer composting program:
Kitchen scraps and coffee grounds from dining services are picked-up directly for use at the on-site composting system for the Campus Urban Farm.
There is also a commercial organics recycling dumpster that is shared by the campus and the Loker Student Union to accommodate pre-consumer scraps.
Does the institution or its primary dining services contractor have a post-consumer composting program?:
Yes
A brief description of the post-consumer composting program:
The campus has secured commercial organics recycling services. A pilot service operates post-consumer receptacles in one major building on-campus and is testing effectiveness before campus-wide roll out.
The Campus Urban Farm also offers 24/7 curbside drop-off of post-consumer organics next to its location in a dedicated drop-off bin which is available to the entire campus community.
Dine-In Service Ware
Yes
A brief description of the reusable service ware program:
Cafe 1910 is a restaurant-style eatery that utilizes reusable serviceware. The DH Sports Lounge also uses reusable serviceware for its meals.
Take-Away Materials
Yes
A brief description of the compostable containers and service ware:
Compostable to-go containers are provided at Toro Take-Out.
Does the institution or its primary dining services contractor offer discounts or other incentives to customers who use reusable containers (e.g. mugs) instead of disposable or compostable containers in “to-go” food service operations?:
Yes
A brief description of the reusable container discount or incentives program:
There is a 10% discount for all coffee shops on campus to users who bring their own mugs.
Other Materials Management Initiatives
Yes
A brief description of other dining services materials management initiatives:
There are internal measures by campus dining to only order minimum inventory to reduce packaging and food waste.
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