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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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Upcoming Events

25 February 2026 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The UMass Dining Sustainability Team is excited to kick off the spring 2026 semester with a Dining for a Cooler Planet film screening at the Commonwealth Honors College Events Hall...
25 February 2026 All day
Join UMass Dining Sustainability this spring for a lineup of engaging events exploring how food choices connect to climate action. From a powerful documentary screening on food waste in February,...
10 December 2025 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join the UMass Permaculture Initiative in our yearly holiday crafting gathering! Learn wreathmaking, candle dipping, ornament making, and tea blending in the Blue Wall Atrium, December 10th 12-3pm.  
05 November 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

What's Happening

What is Agrivoltaics?  

Oftentimes, we hear about solar power and agriculture competing for scarce land resources. However, the evidence suggests that these two can co-exist and even be ...

SDG 2: Zero Hunger – No Student Goes Hungry 

At its core, Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to end hunger, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. It calls on institutions, governments, and communities to work together ...

UMass Dining Sustainability’s First-Ever Annual Report 

We’re excited to share Data for People and the Planet: Moving Towards Thriving, the first-ever UMass Dining Sustainability Annual Report. This report highlights a year ...

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.