UC Sustainable Food Policies Update: September 9, 2009
"Our revised Policy [for Sustainable Foodservice] on Sustainable Practices was signed by University of California President Yudof. The Sustainable Foodservice guidelines are now official University of California Policy."
Many thanks to our supporters at the University of California, Irvine!
Many thanks to our supporters at the University of California, Irvine!
UC Sustainable Food Policies Update: June 23, 2009
From the UC Office of the President:
"Dear Sustainable Food Services Working Group Members,
Thank you for all your hard work, comments, direction, and guidance as we worked through the development of the final draft of the proposed UC Sustainable Food Services Policy. On Tuesday afternoon the UC Sustainability Steering Committee unanimously endorsed the draft policy. The next step is for the policy to be sent on to the VC of Administration for final comments. Then the Policy moves forward to President Yudoff for final approval and signing of the document.
I have attached “Final Draft” [as of June 23, 2009] which has been approved and will be sent on for you to share with your stakeholders. Matt has also found an article on Best Practices in the Foodservice Industry which he thought would be of interest to you.
So on behalf of Matt, Andy, and Myself, thank you once again and we look forward to working with all of you in the near future when we begin discussions on implementation of the policy!
Regards,
Alan Moloney
Strategic Sourcing Director
University of California Office of the President"
"Dear Sustainable Food Services Working Group Members,
Thank you for all your hard work, comments, direction, and guidance as we worked through the development of the final draft of the proposed UC Sustainable Food Services Policy. On Tuesday afternoon the UC Sustainability Steering Committee unanimously endorsed the draft policy. The next step is for the policy to be sent on to the VC of Administration for final comments. Then the Policy moves forward to President Yudoff for final approval and signing of the document.
I have attached “Final Draft” [as of June 23, 2009] which has been approved and will be sent on for you to share with your stakeholders. Matt has also found an article on Best Practices in the Foodservice Industry which he thought would be of interest to you.
So on behalf of Matt, Andy, and Myself, thank you once again and we look forward to working with all of you in the near future when we begin discussions on implementation of the policy!
Regards,
Alan Moloney
Strategic Sourcing Director
University of California Office of the President"
UC Irvine Support for UC Sustainable Food Policies
We, members of the UC Irvine community, support the adoption of the proposed UC Sustainable Food Policies (draft as of June 3, 2009). The Policies include the following highlights:
We urge:
Goal: 50 Supporting Signatures by Friday, June 5, 2009. 73 as of Saturday, June 16, 2009, 2:01pm.
- With the overall goal of reducing the environmental impact of food purchases and dining operations while maintaining accessibility and affordability for all students, the University has set a goal of procuring 20% sustainable food products by the year 2020 for Campus Foodservice Operations.
- The University will encourage dining operations to explore the use of third-party certifications for sustainable dining operations. If cost effective, each campus will certify one facility by September 2010 through one of the following: (1) City or county's "green business" program, (2) Green Seal's Restaurants and Food Services Operations certification program, or (3) the Green Restaurant Association certification program.
- By December 15, 2009, each campus will submit a report to the Office of the President that addresses how each campus plans to achieve their Sustainable Foodservice Practices goals. Campuses will provide a yearly process report on these goals starting July 31, 2010.
We urge:
- the UC Irvine representative to the University of California Office of the President Sustainability Steering Committee representative to vote in favor of the proposed policies at the next UCOP SSC Meeting on June 23, 2009 at UC Santa Barbara.
- for more UCI representation on sustainable food working groups, greater accountability, a continued commitment to minimizing greenhouse gases and achieving "Net Zero", and abiding by the various institutional policies UCI has signed onto (UC Policy on Sustainable Practices and American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment).
Goal: 50 Supporting Signatures by Friday, June 5, 2009. 73 as of Saturday, June 16, 2009, 2:01pm.
Signed,
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Hai Vo
Undergraduate Student Joanna Fong Undergraduate Student Alexandra Bolt Undergraduate Student Jessica Pratt Graduate Student Kirstin Morgan Undergraduate Student Tiffany Chi Undergraduate Student Robert Reed Professor Kathy Truong Undergraduate Student Cecilia Batmalle Graduate Student Kelsey Meagher Undergraduate Student Brendan Rosen Undergraduate Student Wesley Yan Undergraduate Student Colin Murphy Undergraduate Student Laura Ashmore Undergraduate Student Kailan Mooney Professor Jessica Ng Undergraduate Student Tadj Schreck Graduate Student Brian Murphy Parent of UCI Student Shakti Patel Undergraduate Student Angela Gatdula Undergraduate Student Sarah Xie Undergraduate Student Quinn Sorenson Undergraduate Student Neema Pithia Undergraduate Student Lauren Hopfenbeck Undergraduate Student Gaiane A. Undergraduate Student Harry Nguyen Undergraduate Student Cynthia Shinn Undergraduate Student Amrit Tath Undergraduate Student Yunchun Liao Undergraduate Student Richard Smith UCI Staff Fernando Monaloto Undergraduate Student Celina Stuart Alumni Tova Handelman Undergraduate Student Patrick Latchaw Alumni Adrianne Natividad Undergraduate Student Margaret Royall UCI Staff |
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Graduate Student Alexandre Colavin Undergraduate Student Alexandra Nagy Undergraduate Student Linda Tseng Graduate Student Kevin Doovan Graduate Student Kristine Glauber Graduate Francesca Hopkins Graduate Student Bryan Galvez Undergraduate Student Vicki Chan Undergraduate Student Arena Chang Undergraduate Student Dana Lin Undergraduate Student William Nguyen Undergraduate Student Alicia Chu Undergraduate Student Catherine Dana UCI Staff Jennifer Wen Undergraduate Student Michelle Ma Undergraduate Student Candice Carr Kelman Graduate Student August Koster Undergraduate Student Cynthia Leung Undergraduate Student Michelle Zamora Undergraduate Student Lillian Nguyen Undergraduate Student Karen Callahan Graduate Student Batjargal Solongo Undergraduate Student Allison Mok Undergraduate Student Paul Rigor Graduate Student Liliana Arenas Aya Graduate Vivian Nguyen Undergraduate Student Tiffany Pham Undergraduate Student Ching-Yun Li Undergraduate Student Brian Tran Undergraduate Student Dana Simonsen Undergraduate Student Alexis Kim Undergraduate Student Amy Chong Undergraduate Student Sonia Metha Undergraduate Student Claire Kim Professor Gabriela Worrel Alumni Angie Middleton UCI Staff |
