Students from the Green Living Council tend the organic garden at Manzanita Dining.
The Sustainable Food Program is dedicated to educating students and the community about how their food choices impact the environment. In collaboration with students, staff, and faculty, we raise awareness through lectures, special events, academic partnerships, and hands-on learning in our cooking classes and organic gardens.
Sustainable Food Program Strategic Objectives
Our strategic objectives are:
new Initatives for 2014-2015
Current Sustainable Food Program Initiatives
R&DE Stanford Dining was one of the first university food service operations in the United States certified as a green business (by Santa Clara County).
R&DE Stanford Dining won the Acterra Business Environmental Award for Sustainability
Stanford received an “A” for Food and Recycling on the Sustainable Endowments Institute’s 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 College Sustainability Report Card.
PG&E Award for Leadership in Applying Green Building Design 2006.
Sierra Club
Cool Schools: Annual Ranking of America’s Greenest
Third in Nation
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AASHE STARS
2012 Gold Rating
Dining Services
Stanford University
NACUFS Sustainability Award
2012 Silver Award
Outreach and Education
Sustainable Food Program- Living Laboratory
United States Congress
2007 Special Recognition Sustainability
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