Our dining facilities and partner organizations make it a priority to minimize food
waste and source ingredients from local and small businesses whenever possible.
The university's farmers market emphasizes the connection between food choices people
make and the quality and health of our environment and daily lives.
Carolina Food Co. uses the EPA's Food Recovery Hierarchy as a model for their waste
reduction strategy. This strategy helps prevent food-waste and promotes donating,
upcycling, and composting leftovers over throwing it in the trash.
Responsible Sourcing
Carolina Food Co. has taken important steps to advance sourcing practices in a responsible
and ethical way. To drive measureable change, they focus on local purchasing and humanely
raised meat, and utilizing their hydroponic farms and Cool Foods.
Local & Small Business Dining Partners
Carolina Food Co. works with local farms, small businesses and non-profit organizations
to source high-quality ingredients, serve those in need and help cultivate a healthy
food system in the Midlands.
When excess food is prepared, Carolina Food Co. works with the Food Recovery Network
to safely donate to hunger relief agencies like Transitions Homeless Center.
Carolina Food Co. has diverted over 500 tons of organic waste away from landfills.
ReSoil Compost removes compostable material from kitchens and special events.
Student Government, in partnership with Aramark, launched a pilot program, Swipe Out
Hunger, for the spring 2019 semester. This program was created for students dealing
with food insecurity: the lack of reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable,
nutritious food.
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