Colleges & Universities

Operations

Sustainability in Practice: Fair, Farm Partnership Increase Local Purchases

At Montana State University, in Bozeman, dining services’ local purchasing program, called Montana Made, now purchases 23% of its products locally. Anna Diffenderfer, Montana Made program coordinator, says the program uses several tactics to achieve

Operations

Sustainability in Practice: Study Aims to Create Benchmarking Data

Food waste studies have become something of a norm at many college and universities, but Carla Iansiti, MSU Culinary Services sustainability officer at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, was frustrated with the lack of benchmarking data that woul

David Riddle, executive director for University Dining at Texas A&M University, in College Station, was in the right place at the right time when he was working at his prior job at the university’s office of technology commercialization. It was

Molt becomes the third non-commercial operator to win the top award in three years.

Students more likely to grab items when presented in clear bowls and within easy reach.

Contractors take two of six inaugural Operator Innovation Awards

The fine arts residence hall, lovingly known as “Hash,” deserved something special when it came time to renovate its retail foodservice location, says Mark Maranell, general manager of the...

We mix traditional local cuisine with the current diversity of the area. For example, we make a Chesapeake Ropa Vieja, which mixes Cuban flavors with Maryland traditional flavors in a bed of cilantro lime rice topped with Maryland hickory smoked pulled po

To increase engagement with our guests we have started our own YouTube videos of our activities and students enjoying them. The students love watching the videos. We linked them to our home page and we’ve had more than 2,500 views in just two weeks.

Petition asks dining to commit to 10% free-range for 2013-2014 school year.

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