Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.23
Liaison Daimon Eklund
Submission Date Oct. 17, 2012
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STARS v1.2

University of Washington, Seattle
SD-3: Food and Beverage Purchases

Status Score Responsible Party
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"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

The percentage of food and beverage expenditures that were processed within 100 miles of the institution by a company that is not publicly traded:
53

The percentage of food and beverage expenditures that were grown within 100 miles of the institution:
16.70

List what tool your institution is using to track this information (e.g. Center for Environmental Farming Systems or CBORD):
We use accounts payable and direct purchasing reports from vendors and distributors.

List items procured for dining services from on-campus organic garden(s):

None of our on campus gardens are organic certified but they do not use pesticides.
Herbs, Kale


The percentage of total food and beverage expenditures spent by dining services to procure items from on-campus organic garden(s):
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List all Fair Trade certified items purchased:

Green Mountain Coffee
Fidalgo Bay Coffee
Oregon Chai
Theo Chocolate
Numi Tea


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We do not keep data on 100 miles. We use the AASHE standard of 250 miles. The figures provided are for products grown, harvested, produced, processed within 250 miles of the University of Washington.

53% of our overall food and beverage purchases are purchased from sources that grow, harvest, produce, process within 250 miles of the University.
16.7% of our fresh produce and fruit purchases


We do not keep data on 100 miles. We use the AASHE standard of 250 miles. The figures provided are for products grown, harvested, produced, processed within 250 miles of the University of Washington.

53% of our overall food and beverage purchases are purchased from sources that grow, harvest, produce, process within 250 miles of the University.
16.7% of our fresh produce and fruit purchases

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.