Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.80
Liaison Allie McAllister
Submission Date March 27, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Villanova University
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.40 / 6.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on products that are third party verified under one or more recognized food and beverage sustainability standards or Local & Community-Based:
7.60

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on conventional animal products)? (If data is not available, respond “No”):
Yes

Percentage of total dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional animal products (meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, and dairy products that do NOT qualify in either the Third Party Verified or Local & Community-Based category):
71

A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program, including how the sustainability impacts of products in specific categories are addressed (e.g. meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, dairy, produce, tea/coffee):

Villanova Dining Services is committed to protecting and preserving our environment. With the help of our customers we strive to reduce waste and use renewable resources as much as possible in all of our dining locations. Sustainable dining practices and waste reduction is stressed throughout our dining operations including composting and recycling. Villanova Dining Services provides sustainable options including: vegan options, organic foods, a community supported agriculture program, fair trade food products, sustainable seafood, locally grown and produced foods, and cage free eggs.
• Trayless Dining
• Vegan Dining
• Veggie Mania
• Trans-Fats – ingredient filters
• Water – Aqua Health – free
• Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting – Lean Path waste tracking system
• Food Donations, Food Recovery Network
• Recycled Content Napkins
• Discounts on refillable drinks
• Hydration stations
• Compostable disposable containers, cutlery, plates and cups is an option for catered functions
• Sustainable seafood
• Cage Free eggs
• Organic salad bar in Belle Aire Terrace
• Fry oil - 100% expeller pressed frying oil
• GMO free cooking oil – our salad oils are GMO Free, expeller pressed
• Fair trade foods
• Local foods – over 45% of all food purchases are from local sources and producers
• Farmers Market – Villanova Dining Services operates an on campus farmers market annually
• CSA – Lancaster Farm Fresh
• Farm to Fork Thursdays and a Dinner event each semester.
• Student Sustainability Coordinator works with VDS Sustainability Coordinator to implement sustainability initiatives.
• Fair Trade Month
• Received an A on PETA’s Vegan Report Card
• Organic Breakfast Cereal


An inventory of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchases that includes for each product: the description/type; label, brand or producer; and the category in which it is being counted and/or a description of its sustainability attribute(s):
A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):

Inventory items are tagged with the different traits of sustainability.


Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food A (0-100):
0

Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):
0

Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the total food and beverage expenditure figures?:
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 No No
Franchises (e.g. national or global brands) No No
Convenience stores Yes No
Vending services Yes No
Concessions Yes No

A brief description of purchased food and beverage products that have other sustainability attributes not recognized above :

Oilmatic provides Villanova with expeller pressed, trans fat and preservative free, high oleic canola oil. A "healthier" oil for our campus community. Oilmatic also collects our used cooking oil and converts it to biodiesel. This allows Villanova to reuse out cooking oil and reduce the contamination to our municipal water system from FOG.

Villanova purchases a number of products from UNFI. One of which is rice from Lundberg Family Farms. Some of the rice we buy is organic others are consider "eco-farmed". Lundberg Farms describes eco-farmed as a "blend of organic practices and integrated pest management techniques with minimal application of synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, only as needed. Additionally, many of our growers are transitioning their non-organic fields to organic – a 3 year process required by organic certification standards."


Additional percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional products with other sustainability attributes not recognized above (0-100) :
1.04

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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