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Sustainability

UMass Dining Sustainability is committed to engaging and educating students on food and the environment while enhancing the student experience by offering a diverse selection of delicious, healthy, local and sustainable foods.

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Local Purchasing

The mission of UMass Dining is to contribute to the campus life experience by providing a variety of healthy and flavorful meals featuring local, regional, and world cuisine in a sustainable and environmentally conscious manner.

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Visit the Campus Permaculture Gardens

UMass Permaculture provides empowering hands-on education and leadership training, community engagement, and fresh, local, organic produce to the UMass campus.

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Collaborations 

Our partnerships and collaborations are a core piece to the work of UMass Dining Sustainability. Together we work towards common goals around education, community, and resiliency.

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Initiatives 

Our sustainability initiatives support and encourage meaningful interactions with, and deeper understanding of food systems and climate action.

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Upcoming Events

16 October 2024 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for an inspiring and educational evening with James Beard Award-winning chef Sherry Pocknett, and her daughters, Cheyenne and Jade Galvin, as they explore the intersection of Indigenous foodways,...
09 October 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Monthly connection for the UMass Sustainability community and the sustainability curious with coffee, tea, bagels, and more!

What's Happening

There’s Plenty of (Trash) Fish in the Sea

Ever wonder where the fish on your plate comes from?  So did we. In our first edition of the UMass Healthy and Sustainable Food System ...

What’s the Buzz-Supporting and Sourcing Local Honey

s there anything more sustainable than supporting the very creatures that pollinate the local fruits and vegetables we love so much? We don’t think so! ...

Localizing UMass-The Chicken Edition

Chicken is one of the most popular food items at UMass, and it is important to think about where we are buying this chicken from.  ...

Sustainability is a Core Value

The work of sustainability is all about emphasizing interconnectedness and building toward a hopeful, joyful, and regenerative future.

Our goal is to identify and successfully implement strategies that mitigate carbon impact, preserve resources for future generations and build a carbon literate workforce.​

We integrate sustainability into the policies, practices, and everyday decision making across all units of Dining. We also engage students, faculty, staff, and the larger regional community to collaborate, innovate, implement, and evaluate climate action strategies.