Food

On April 17, 2025, the Hampshire Dining Commons at UMass Amherst was transformed into a hub of culinary inspiration and ecological insight, thanks to a visit from award-winning chef and […]

UMass Amherst Dining is leading a transformative shift toward sustainability with its “No Taste For Waste” campaign. No Taste For Waste is focused on reducing single-use waste and promoting responsible

UMass Dining is the first university dining program to partner with My Emissions to analyze and rate the carbon impact for individual dishes using an A through E rating system.

Did you know that despite covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface, only 2% of the food we eat is supplied by the ocean? Although the first foods that come

“They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.” So begins the cookbook and family history recently created by Zoe Kaplan, a senior studying Communication and Sustainable Food and Farming.

On November 27th 2018, UMass Dining hosted an event called Diet For A Cooler Planet that served a meal of delicious regenerative foods featuring contributions from local farms practicing alternative

On November 9th, the Student Farmers’ Market held a Food For All Market with an attempt to address the stigma on hunger around campus. UMass Permaculture, the Food For All

The Student Farming Enterprise’s CSA Pick-Up at the UMass Student Farmers’ Market.  CSA, short for Community Supported Agriculture, is a model used by many farmers to form a partnership between

For over 400 years, New England has been a key contributor to the regional, national, and global seafood market. Advances in technology, continued population growth, and rapid globalization, however, have

Customers picking up their UMass Fresh Holiday Meal from the Campus Center.  Brrrr… winter is here, and so are all of the holidays that go along with it! If you

Chef Bob receiving the gold medal from the NACUFS Culinary Challenge in Nashville, Tenessee.  In March, UMass Dining attended the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) Culinary

It’s almost that time of year again! For those of you who have not yet begun thinking about Thanksgiving, fear not – UMass Fresh is here to save turkey day!

This fall, we’re welcoming a new face to the campus center with the opening of a vegetable stand in Harvest Market. The UMass Student Farm is now selling organic, fresh,

Colorful array of Student Farm produce for their CSA pickup.  Start the semester off right and treat yourself to some free healthy snacks, herbal infusions, and spin-to-win prizes for our

On July 26, 2017 UMass Dining hosted a Poultry Gathering to facilitate a conversation with our community about how the local poultry industry can be supported, improved, and expanded. More