Course: WVA 106 Local Food in Institutions

Reading Assignments

Yale University Sustainability Programs and Sustainable Foodservice Operations
Reading Assignment

Reading Overview

In this lesson students will read about Yale Universities’ sustainability programs and the Yale sustainable food project. Yale University has created and benchmarked many progressive and significant operational systems regarding the advancement of sustainability practices on university and college campuses across the country. Yale’s Sustainable Food Project manages an organic farm on campus that integrates academics, food and agriculture, and sustainable systematically developed dining programs at Yale.
Students are asked to read the Yale Sustainability Strategic Plan focusing on:
• Energy + Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Natural + Built Environment
• Materials Management
• Food + Well-Being
• Leadership + Capacity Building

Students are asked to read about the Yale sustainable food project focusing on:
• About us
• The Farm
• The Food

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