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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

27 November 2018 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
23 September 2019 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

What's Happening

The Return of the Trash Monster

Our dear friend the trash monster is retiring, and we need your help to design a replacement! Lurking in Blue Wall Cafe near the dish ...

What is Planetary Health?  

As environmentalists, it is safe to say that the global environment is currently changing. From warmer temperatures to overfishing, our decisions have an impact on ...

Waste Reduction: A Focus On Reducing our Plastic Usage  

UMass Dining is committed to reducing single-use plastics from infiltrating our environment and impacting environmental and human health. With this focus, UMass Dining creates new ...

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.