Sustainable food

火博体育买了大量的食物，这给了我们施加影响的筹码食品分配和食品供应系统的其他组成部分. Food production, 加工和分配方法与生态系统健康密切相关 and human health.

2025年的目标是采购25%符合该机构可持续食品标准的食品 metrics. 可持续食品主要由以下标准定义:

当地和社区:这些食物可以追溯到农场和企业本地拥有和经营(150英里以内). Sourcing local and community based 食品支持当地经济并建立社区关系. Foods travel fewer miles to reach consumers. 当季食品，当新鲜时，通常有更高的营养 content.
公平:参与食品生产、分配、准备等的个人 parts of the food system—work in safe and fair conditions; receive a living wage; are ensured the right to organize and the right to a grievance process; and have equal opportunity for employment. 公平食品建立社区能力，确保和促进 socially just practices in the food system.
生态健全:与食品生产有关的农场、企业和其他经营活动实践环境管理，保护生物多样性和保护自然资源，包括能源、野生动物、水、空气和土壤. Production practices 是否应该尽量减少有毒物质以及直接和间接的石油投入.
人性化:动物在低压力的环境中可以表现出自然的行为，并且是被饲养的 with no hormones or unnecessary medication.

Dining Hall Efforts

Food waste reduction strategies: 适当的食物处理可以大大减少食物浪费，确保食物不会因为可以避免的错误而被淘汰吗. Skidmore Dining Services 努力确保自己的员工得到适当的培训，首先要确保为了学生和工作人员的安全，还要减少食物的数量 that is thrown away. 餐饮服务部的员工都要接受刀工培训减少食物准备过程中浪费的食物量. In addition, all staff and management are Servsafe-certified. 认证课程指导餐饮服务 staff about proper food handling; mishandled food is food that often needs to be thrown out. Servsafe涵盖了诸如“先进先出”之类的系统，这确保了最老的产品要在最新的产品之前使用，并且适当的储存温度要因人而异 types of food. 为了减少服务过剩的学生，工作人员使用秤，勺子和 spoons to manage serving size. 最后，餐饮服务部的员工被鼓励这样做创造性地使用剩菜做汤或其他厨师的日常创作.

Trayless dining: 无托盘用餐计划在许多年前就开始实施了，并取得了成功 since Day One. 无托盘计划减少了食物浪费，因为人们不太可能 to take more food than they can eat. 因为没有盘子要洗，食堂也节约水，能源和清洁用品. Together, the program has made a significant 对减少浪费和整体消耗的影响.

Expanded vegetarian and vegan options: 在一位大学受托人的慷慨支持下，火博体育开办了艾米丽花园， which offers vegetarian and vegan options. Emily's Garden has also expanded the amount of local, organic produce on campus.

Partnerships with local farms: 火博体育的餐饮服务与当地农场建立了几个合作伙伴关系 extensively with Saratoga Apple; receiving more flour from New York State–based grain producer and flour mill North Country Farms; buying shell eggs from Thomas Poultry; selling milk in retail locations from Battenkill Farms; and providing local milk from Murray Aikins餐厅的Stewart's商店.

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