Student-grown Campus Farm produce now served at MDining halls
Food production and the environment, human health, food safety and food justice … all of these concerns are part of the University of Michigan’s sustainability goal of purchasing 20 percent locally sourced food for MDining halls by 2025. When students made their first delivery of Campus Farm fresh produce to Mosher Jordan dining hall last month, this “local” achievement became “on campus” and begins a year-round, full circle... more
MDining moves closer to 20 percent local purchase goal
In nine dining halls, catering services and more than two dozen markets and cafés located across the Ann Arbor campus, MDining serves approximately 25,000 meals a day -- over 4 million per year. The menus are student-driven and often come from suggestions provided by students. One of those suggestions was to go local with food purchasing.
Purchasing local and sustainable food is part of the university's 2025 sustainability initiative. It is... more
Imagine hosting a business conference, reception, or organizational meeting and being able to say to your participants “This event created zero waste.
Now you can.
MCatering and MDining zero waste events are coordinated and administered so that every item that would normally go into the waste stream is diverted into compost or recycled.
What does this mean? Just on U-M’s campus -- which has a goal to reduce waste delivered to landfills by 40 percent -- the impact is significant. U-M... more
Fresh produce, locally grown food, supporting the area’s community and businesses...These are just a few of the benefits of supporting Farmers Markets.
This fall there will be four expanded M Farmers Market events on the U of M campus. Fresh fruits, veggies and other locally sourced food items from various farms in the area will be available for purchase at each event. The events also will feature chef demonstrations of easy recipes, tips for healthy eating, free samples, giveaways, information... more
Leave no footprint behind.
That's the lesson incoming University of Michigan students learned at a zero waste picnic following New Student Convocation on Sept. 2. More than 5,500 students filled the Angell Hall lawn to participate in the event that used only recyclable or compostable items, including food, napkins, plates, silverware, compostable plastics and featured the use of a mobile hydration station.
The event was sponsored by Planet Blue, the Office of Campus Sustainability,... more
Ann Arbor is known for a lot of things. Football, trees, and really smart people are all icons in the University of Michigan community.
One thing that often seems missing, though, is a connection to the freshness of Michigan’s rolling farmlands. While we certainly have beautiful trees, it can be hard to buy a good carrot on campus.
Cue M Farmers Market. A few years back,Michigan Dining, University Unions, and Central Student Government decided the Ann Arbor community needed some farm-fresh... more