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AMS lighter footprint strategy

University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office

The current concern of our high ecological footprint has caused an increased need for awareness and change in our food system. The University of British Columbia Food System Project (UBCFSP) is a research project addressing the sustainability of food system at UBC Vancouver. By researching the current polices of other universities as well as collaborating with several stakeholders in the project, namely AMS Sustainability, AMS Food and Beverage Department, and Neptune Food Service, our group determined the need to work with the grocery supplier to create a sustainable food procurement policy. The food procurement policies of University Communities can affect ecological footprint in numerous ways including food miles, sustainable production practices and packaging. University towns as large as UBC have the potential to create demand for more sustainable practices from their suppliers in all three pillars of sustainability: social, ecological, and economical. We suggest several methods to create transparency in the food chain between Neptune Food Service and AMS Food and Beverage Department that we hope will help strengthen the community and business bonds for both companies respectively. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. AGSC 450; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108665

Land and Food Systems, Faculty of

Unreviewed

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