Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 74.49
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date Dec. 8, 2021

STARS v2.2

Oregon State University
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.49 / 6.00 Leticia Cavazos
Sustainability Program Specialist
Sustainability Office
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Percentage of total annual food and beverage expenditures on products that are sustainably or ethically produced:
10.28

Percentage of total annual food and beverage expenditures on plant-based foods:
29.15

An inventory of food and beverage purchases that qualify as sustainably/ethically produced:
A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):
We track expenditures for the fiscal year (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019) on the attached excel spreadsheet.

If reporting Real/Good Food Calculator results, provide:

Website URL where the institution’s validated Real/Good Food Calculator results are publicly posted:
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Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the inventory/assessment?:
Present? Included?
Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution Yes Yes
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor No No
Student-run food/catering services Yes No
Franchises (e.g., regional or global brands) Yes Yes
Convenience stores Yes Yes
Vending services Yes No
Concessions No No

Total annual dining services budget for food and beverage products:
$10 million or more

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchasing program:
We purchase organic produce from a local distributor that works with local farms in the Willamette Valley. We adopted Monteray Bay Seafood Watch for all seafood purchases. All grassfed beef is purchased from a Northwest grassfed cooperative.

Website URL where information about the food and beverage purchasing program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, information from FY20 was reused for this credit. Information for FY21 was unavailable because of pandemic-related staffing shortages.

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