Goals
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Reduce food waste in the dining commons
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Increase food for food insecure students
Deliverables
- Waste reduction
Outcomes/Metrics
This pilot laid the ground work for a food recovery program that is now fully institutionalized and operated through Campus Dining at all of the dining commons.
About
At the time this project started food recovery efforts were limited to baked goods and processes to reuse food within dining commons operations. Student interns worked with mentors from Environmental Health & Safety and Campus Dining to develop a series of options for launching food recovery. A pilot program was settled on where students would pick up food from campus stores (The Arbor, Coral Tree Cafe, and Courtyard Cafe) via bicycles with trailers. They would then deliver the food to Miramar Food Pantry for distribution.
Project Leads
- Thomas Wang
- Navpreet Khabra
- Miranda O'Brien
- Lyric Greif
- Helen Roades
- Student Interns UCSB SICR
Partners
- Environmental Health & Safety
- Housing, Dining, & Auxiliary Enterprises
Funders
- The Green Initiative Fund
- UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Action Fellowship Program
Ways to Get Involved
This program is now fully operated by internal campus dining staff.
Related Projects & More Info
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