Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.49
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tier2-5: Sustainable Enterprise

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Claire Hopkins
Student Sustainability Coordinator
Physical Plant
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Does the institution have a student-run enterprise, such as a cafe, through which students gain sustainable business skills?:
Yes

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A brief description of the enterprise:
For over 35 years, the People's Market has been a student-run collective that provides the UMass Amherst campus with conscientiously purchased, natural foods. Students who work for the People's Market gain sustainable business skills. They have a strong commitment to providing customers with food products from socially and environmentally responsible companies.

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The website URL where information about the sustainable enterprise is available:
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