可持续性
BC餐饮公司高度重视从分享耶稣会诚信价值观的生产商那里采购食品, 护理, 还有地球管理. We foster a culture in which the interwoven benefits of growing, 烹饪, 分享负责任和道德种植的食物成为大学社区体验的一个组成部分.
The University has working relationships with local growers, 制造商, and vendors who respect and promote ecologically sound agricultural practices, and food distributors who can trace their products to responsible sources.
我们的餐饮团队致力于继续以高质量的餐饮服务为基础的商业战略，专注于长期可持续和公平发展的原则. We're a proud member of the 菜单 of Change University 电子游戏正规平台 Collaborative. In the fall we host a weekly 农民 market outside Corcoran Commons.
项目 & 倡议
Green2Go计划允许学生选择可重复使用的外带容器，而不是纸或塑料，当他们在旅途中吃东西. Green2Go容器坚固，易于携带，不含BPA，由50%的回收塑料制成. The program is now available at Lower, 麦克尔罗伊, 斯图尔特, 艾迪的, 鹰的巢, 里昂, 和Hillside餐厅. 在强制性膳食计划中一次性支付9美元，学生可以全年使用Green2Go. Plus, students save 10% their purchase when using Green2Go!
新鲜上桌 promotes fairly traded, 区域, 公平的, 可持续发展的, and healthy food through our purchasing, 外展, 和菜单. 新鲜上桌鼓励学生直观地吃饭，同时关注社区对区域食品系统的认识, 食物文化, 食物公平. 我们与EcoPledge和真正的食物等学生可持续发展组织合作，并与他们一起参加丰收节和地球日博览会.
由Henry P. 肯德尔基金会
新鲜上桌倡议于2017年启动，这要归功于Henry P. 肯德尔基金会.肯德尔基金会的目标是通过增加当地的生产和消费，在新英格兰建立一个有弹性和健康的食品系统, 可持续生产的食物. Only 13 percent of food in New England is grown 区域ly; the 肯德尔基金会 seeks to increase this to 50 percent by 2060.
公元前餐厅 makes great efforts to reduce our waste footprint. 减少一次性塑料和打击不必要的食物浪费的举措不仅有利于商业, but the right thing to do as stewards of the Earth. 在下面了解更多.
堆肥
每个食堂都有一个堆肥箱，供学生分开食物和可堆肥餐具，因为我们从塑料过渡到可堆肥.
不列颠哥伦比亚省餐饮公司100%使用厨房残渣堆肥，并将前台堆肥扩展到所有主要餐饮场所, including 鹰的巢 and 里昂. 我们与总部位于波士顿的废物供应商Save That Stuff合作，致力于减少浪费.
我们的食物残渣和可堆肥容器在Save That Stuff进行厌氧消化, 然后通过零废物过程用于生产可再生能源和肥料颗粒. Our plant-fiber bowls and soup cups sourced from 世界中心, a B Corp working towards poverty alleviation, are fully compostable within this system.
Leanpath and Food 减少废物
Each dining hall on campus features the Leanpath program, 这样就可以定期对多余的食物进行称重，以保持食物浪费来源的数据. 使用Leanpath, we cut salad bar waste in half in just two weeks and have diverted 580,116磅从垃圾填埋场.
食品救援
公元前餐厅 is proud to support Every Bite Counts (eBC), a student-led volunteer group, in its efforts to donate food to over 40 nonprofits in Greater Boston. eBC was started in 2005 by Associate Director of Food and Beverage, 迈克尔萤石, 和莫莉·墨菲, 当时是大一新生. 多年来, eBC与各种组织合作，包括大波士顿食品银行和退伍军人收容所.
虽然我们鼓励学生通过使用可重复使用的盘子和使用Green2Go计划来选择2reuse, 我们了解到许多学生在带走食物时仍然使用一次性产品. In order to minimize the environmental impact of paper and plastic products, we are dedicated to the transition towards more 可持续发展的 products. 因此, 我们已经把塑料沙拉碗和纸汤碗换成了100%可堆肥的材料, which is plasti-free and more reliable than recycling. Learn more about our plastic reduction efforts below.
可重用的菜肴
所有主要餐饮地点, 包括科克兰, 麦克尔罗伊, 和斯图尔特, offer reusable china and silverware for students eating on campus. 这些产品在每次使用后都经过清洗和消毒，有助于减少BC丢弃的一次性纸制品的数量. Our goal is to expand our reusable options as much as possible. 我们拯救了72人,000 plastic bowls from entering the waste stream in a single semester, simply by introducing a reusable bowl option at 麦克尔罗伊.
我们的#SaveTheForks活动提醒自助食堂的学生不要扔掉或带回家金属银器或瓷盘. We currently have to replace thousands of dishes and silverware every year, which hinders our ability to be 可持续发展的. 公元前餐厅 is not funded by tuition, 因此，不得不购买更多的盘子，这使得在食堂促进重复使用变得更加困难.
我们需要学生的合作来帮助我们把可重复使用的盘子留在食堂. If you have dining hall plates, bowls or silverware in your dorm, please return them to the dish drop off station at the dining hall. We need our dishes in order to continue our sustainability initiatives.
Choose2Reuse运动
我们的“选择二次再利用”活动让学生了解一次性纸张和塑料产品对地球的影响. 我们的目标是让人们意识到一次性消费对环境的影响，并在BC学生中培养一种再利用的文化. Our dining units sell an array of Choose2Reuse items, which can be purchased on the mandatory meal plan, including reusable bamboo utensils, 布袋, 金属水瓶, and foldable metal drinking straws.
Green2Go
我们的Green2Go计划允许学生选择可重复使用的外带容器，而不是纸或塑料，当他们在旅途中吃东西. Green2Go容器坚固，易于携带，不含BPA，由50%的回收塑料制成. 在强制性膳食计划中一次性支付9美元，学生可以全年使用Green2Go.
可重复使用马克杯计划
学生们可以通过BC餐饮的可重复使用马克杯折扣计划来省钱和减少浪费. 携带任何大小的可重复使用的杯子或瓶子到我们食堂的自助服务站，并为所有喷泉饮料支付一小杯饮料的费用, 咖啡, 茶产品. All dining locations have filtered water spigots to refill reusable water bottles.
世界中心
公元前餐厅 sources plant fiber burrito bowls, 沙拉碗, and soup cups from 世界中心, 一家碳中和公司，将25%的利润捐赠给社会和环境组织. 2019年，我们将大多数塑料碗和纸汤杯换成了植物纤维. These products are fully compostable with Save That Stuff, our waste provider. By using 世界中心’s compostable products, 公元前餐厅 reduces the amount of waste sent to the landfill.
稻草政策
In the spring of 2019 公元前餐厅 moved to an “out of sight, out of mind” policy in regard to plastic straws. 吸管并没有被禁止，而是被从饮料站移到了收银台. 学生 are still able to ask for straws at the register for no extra cost. 新政策只是消除了因为有吸管而盲目地抓起吸管所造成的额外浪费，并将吸管的使用量减少了26%. Through our Choose2Reuse campaign we now sell foldable metal straws.
公元前餐厅 subscribes to the New England Food Vision, 这就要求到2060年，该地区50%的食物都是可持续生产的. We prioritize foods grown and produced by New England food producers, 农民, 以及渔业社区，同时也努力支持世界各地的粮食生产者，他们为建立一个更加社会公正和环境可持续的粮食系统做出贡献. We use our 新鲜上桌 parameters as food standards to:
- Empower small 农民 and environmentally sound farming practices
- Support New England 农民 and businesses
- Ensure fair wages and humane animal welfare practices
- Foster environmental stewardship while protecting biodiversity and soil fertility
- Encourage a plant-forward, balanced diet
Regional and Sustainable Vendors
奖
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可持续性 Award in Procurement Practices- Silver 2023
Awarded in 2023 by The National Association of College & 大学餐饮服务
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Best 当地的 Foods Recipe- Bronze Medal
Awarded in 2023 by The National Association of College & 大学餐饮服务
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EPA食物回收挑战
2018年地区冠军
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College Innovator of the Year
Awarded in 2019 by Food Management
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最佳可持续发展理念
Awarded in 2019 by Food Management for the bahn mi fish taco, which features locally harvested, underutilized fish species Atlantic Pollock and Acadian redfish
社区伙伴关系
电子游戏软件餐饮服务致力于与各种学生和大学团体以及当地合作伙伴合作，支持校园内的可持续发展倡议:
- 不列颠哥伦比亚省可持续发展办公室
- Ecopledge
- 真正的食物BC
- 可持续性 Action Committee (由Bike BC组成, 气候正义, 本科政府BC, EcoPledge, 真正的食物, Outdoors Club and Outdoor Adventures, 和更多)
- 环境法律学会
