Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.66
Liaison Yumiko Jakobcic
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Grand Valley State University
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.74 / 6.00 Sharon Munski
Office Coordinator
Sustainability Initiative
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Percentage of food expenditures that meet one or more of the criteria for this credit (0 - 100):
31.20

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

Campus Dining is continually working with our supplier to purchase from a local line of products that are both season and non-seasonal and have been approved for quality and food safety standards. Campus Dining utilizes local produces provided by Sysco of Grand Rapids and their "Michigan Grown" brands that supports 23+ farms that are local produce partners. we also purchase from another 31 local suppliers, 1 local Dairy that offers hormone free milk, 2 Monterey Bay Seafood Watch Vendors, 3 organic certified vendors, and 1 cage free vendor.


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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