Princeton University
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Sample: Bell & Evans: Chicken B&E Fresh Breast 4z 40# Bell & Evans: Chicken B&E Boneless Thighs Cream-o-Land – Milk 6022 Disp 20 QT Skim J. Ambrogi Food Distribution, Inc. (Local Food Distributors) – Lettuce Spring Organic Mix Kreider Farms: Liquid Eggs, Cage Free N.S. Troutman & Sons – Grassfed Ground Beef Bulk Frz Phillips Mushroom Farms, Inc. – Mushrooms White Med 50ct/LB Small World Roasters – Sm Wd Coffee Organic Love 5# Susquehanna Mills Co. – Oil Frying Zero TransFat Sunsprout – Organic Tofu Firm Bent Spoon 3QT Org Ice Cream Sommermaid Cheese – Mozz/Prov Blend Shred Apples Red Del Fancy – Fifer Orchards Fruitwood Orchards Blueberry Blossom Honey 6/5 lb Severino Pasta Rigatoni Blueberry Bill Farms IQF Blueberries Seabrook Farms Veg Peas Fz

Over half of all food purchases come from within 250 miles of Princeton, including most of our baked goods, eggs, milk, pasta, honey and jams, and crushed tomatoes. However, not all local purchases are from community-based sources, and therefore fall outside of the local/community-based definition. Other examples of local and/or third-party verified products procured include the following: only anti-biotic free, humanely and locally sourced fresh chicken (Bell & Evans) and fresh pork (Leidy’s) is used. Locally sourced organic grass-fed beef is used for our ground beef and patties. The coffee served in the dining halls is Rainforest Alliance certified. The spring mix served at all the salad bars is organic, as is other seasonal produce throughout the year. We also endeavor to buy mostly seafood categorized as Best Choice or Good Alternative/sustainable by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.

Products are listed by sustainability category in our purchasing software. Each summer, these lists are reviewed and updated as necessary. Then a purchasing recap is run on each of these lists, considering all purchases from the preceding fiscal year (June-May), in order to create the yearly food metric.