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Name: Kenneth Oldehoff
Title: Dir. Marketing and Sustainability- Campus Dining
Date survey submitted: 7/8/2009
1) Total annual food budget: [$ 2,500,000 ]
LOCALLY GROWN AND PRODUCED FOOD
Note: Geographic location and seasonal availability are taken into account in assessing your response. "Local" is defined as within 150 miles of your campus.
2) Do you have any formal policies pertaining to local purchases?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
Campus Dining has made the commitment to purchase 40% of our food locally (grown or produced) by 2013. we are currently purchasing 20% of our food
locally.
Questions 3-5 pertain to locally grown purchases.
3) From how many local forms or growers do you purchase (excluding on-campus farms/gardens)?
[ # 10 ] Number from which you purchase directly.
[ # 10 ] Number from which you purchase through a distributor. Please specify name and location of distributor:
Adam's Fairacre Farms, Poughkeepsie, New York
Hudson valley fresh, Pleasant Valley, New York
SYSCO, Half Moon, New York
4) How much do you spend annually on purchasing food that was grown or raised locally?
[$ 360,000 ]
5) Please list foods you purchase that are grown or raised locally (e.g., fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, milk, fish, honey, maple syrup; foods that are processed locally should be listed in question 8):
Honey
Apples, peaches, pears, Asian pears, plums, peaches
Vegetables ( tomatoes, summer squash, winter squash, asparagus, greens, peppers, eggplants, potatoes, etc.)
Polenta
Chicken
Beef
Dairy ( milk, chocolate milk, yogurt, drinkable yogurt)
Questions 6-8 pertain to locally produced and/or processed items.
6) From how many local processors do you purchase?
[ # 11 ] Number from which you purchase directly.
[ # 1 ] Number from which you purchase through a distributor. Please specify name and location of distributor:
United Natural Foods Inc., New Hampshire
7) How much do you spend annually on purchasing food that was processed locally?
[$ 140,000 ]
8) Please list items you purchase that are processed locally (e.g., bread, granola, ice cream, baked goods, yogurt, cheese):
yogurt (two kinds)
Juice
salsa and spreads
sunflower burgers
milk drinks
bread and rolls
cakes and desserts
cheddar cheese
cider
10 grain cereal
9) Do you purchase milk from a local dairy?
[ ] No
[ X] Yes. Please provide name of dairy and location:
Boces Bros. Kingston, New York
Ronnybrook Dairy, Ancram, New York
Hudson Valley Fresh, Pleasant Valley, New York
10) Do you source any food from an on-campus farm or garden?
[ ] No
[ x] Yes. Please describe source and amount:
The Vassar Farm is home to the Poughkeepsie Farm Project, among other things, a local CSA. We purchase root crops and winter squash from them at the end of their growing season. Additionally, the college greenhouses supply the dining halls with fresh herbs (basil, cilantro, parsley, and rosemary).
11) Do you participate in a farm-to-school program?
[ x ] No- We were part of a pilot Farm to College pogram wiuth Cornell Co-Operative Extension and Cornell University from 2002-2004.[ ] Yes. Please describe program:
ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED FOOD
12) Do you have any formal policies pertaining to the purchase of organic and/or sustainably produced food?
[x] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
13) Do you purchase organically grown or produced food?
[ ] No
[ x] Yes. Please list items:
Spring Mix
Seasonal vegetables
Peanut Butter
Snack foods
14) How much do you spend annually on organically grown or produced food?
[$ 10,000 ]
For questions 15-19, please indicate percentage based on annual dollar amount spent.
15) Do you purchase cage-free eggs and/or confinement-free meat products?
[ ] No
[ x] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[100 %] Percentage cage-free eggs
[ 8 %] Percentage confinement-free. Type of meat product: Chicken
[ %] Percentage confinement-free. Type of meat product:
16) Do you purchase any grass-fed animal products?
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ 5 %] Grass-fed. Type of animal product: Beef slider
[ %] Grass-fed. Type of animal product:
17) Do you purchase hormone- and antibiotic-free meat?
[ x] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of meat:
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of meat:
18) Do you purchase hormone- and antibiotic-free dairy products?
[ ] No
[ x] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ 80 %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of dairy product:
Milk, Half & Half, flavored milk, yogurt, drinkable yogurt, Stoneyfield Yogurt
[ %] Percentage hormone- and antibiotic-free. Type of dairy product:
19) Do you purchase seafood that meets Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch guidelines or Marine Stewardship Council standards?
[x] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate.
[ %] Percentage purchased that meets guidelines. Please list guidelines used:
20) Do you offer specifically labeled vegan entrees on a daily, weekly, or other regularly scheduled basis?
[ ] No
[x] Yes. Please specify number of options and the frequency with which they are offered:
At least 4 -5 vegan entrees and lunch and dinner on a daily basis.
21) Please list and give percentages for any other sustainably produced food items you purchase that are not included above:
FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS
22) Do you purchase Fair Trade Certified coffee?
[ ] No
[x] Some. Please describe: All of our coffee is Fair Trade certified accept for one of five locations which offers Starbucks.
[ ] All
23) Do you purchase other Fair Trade Certified food products?
[x] No
[ ] Yes. Please indicate (repeat for each product).
[ %] Percentage purchased that is Fair Trade Certified. Type of item:
DISHWARE AND ECO-FRIENDLY INCENTIVES
24) Please indicate which of following your university-operated/contracted dining facilities offers.
[ ] Disposable dishware
[ ] Only reusable dishware
[x ] Reusable and disposable dishware
25) If you offer disposables, please indicate materials used (check all that apply).
[x] Plastic or polystyrene
[ ] Postconsumer recycled content
[x] Biodegradable/compostable
[ ] Other
Description (optional):
26) Do your dining facilities offer discounts or cash incentives to individuals using reusable dishware, bringing a bag, or bringing reusable containers?
[ ] No
[x] Yes. Please describe: 10% off item if you bring your own cup or container at all dining locations
27) Do your dining facilities use any polystyrene products (i.e., Styrofoam)?
[x] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
FOOD COMPOSTING AND WASTE DIVERSION
28) Do your dining facilities compost preconsumer food scraps?
[ ] No
[x] Yes. Please indicate the proportion of dining facilities that run preconsumer compost programs (e.g. two out of five dining facilities) and, if available, the combined annual tonnage composted.
[ 90 %] Proportion of dining facilities that run preconsumer compost programs.
[ ] Annual tonnage of preconsumer compost.
29) Do your dining facilities compost postconsumer food scraps?
[ ] No
[x] Yes. Please indicate the proportion of dining facilities that run postconsumer compost programs (e.g. two out of five dining facilities) and, if available, the combined annual tonnage composted.
[ 60 %] Proportion of dining facilities that run postconsumer compost programs.
[ ] Annual tonnage of postconsumer compost.
30) Do your dining facilities donate excess food to a food bank, soup kitchen, or shelter, etc.?
[x] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
31) Do your dining facilities have a trayless dining program?
[ ] No
[ ] Sometimes--on specific days, on certain occasions, or in specific locations. Please describe:
[x] Yes--standard practice. Please describe program including date started and, if available, data on reduced food waste or water consumption: Program started on 8/ 25/2008. No data available on food waste reduction or water savings.
32) Please tell us about any other steps your dining facilities have taken to reduce waste (e.g., food waste auditing, recycling used cooking oil for biodiesel production):
RECYCLING OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
33) Please indicate which traditional materials your dining facilities recycle (check all that apply).
[ ] None
[x ] Aluminum
[ x] Cardboard
[ x ] Glass
[ x] Paper
[ ] Plastics (all)
[ x] Plastics (some)
[ x] Other. Please list:
Waste fryer oil
34) Are recycling receptacles located throughout dining locations?
[ ] No
[ x] Yes. Please describe: Recycling in the main dining hall is done at plate drop off receptacles are in the dish rooms. In the retail operations, trash barrels are accompanied by recycling bins. Post consumer composting is planned for the upcoming school year.
35) What is the dining services' current waste-diversion rate (the percentage of recyclable waste diverted from traditional disposal)?
[ 40 %]
AFFILIATIONS
Questions 36-37 are for informational purposes only; responses will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.
36) Indicate if your dining services are:
[ X] Contracted. Please describe: ARAMARK
[ ] School operated. Please describe:
[ ] Other. Please describe:
37) Is the dining services director, or another dining services staff person, a member of any campus-wide environmental/sustainability initiatives or committees at your school?
[ ] No
[ X] Yes. Please describe: Campus Dining has a member of thye College Committee on Susatinability, a committee created through the governance of the college.
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