UMass Dining 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. Click below to learn more about initiatives focused on local and sustainable procurement, low carbon dining, waste reduction, and green cleaning.
Farm to Table: UMass Student Farm & UMass Dining
A short documentary examining the farm to table relationship between the UMass Student Farm & UMass Dining at UMass Amherst. Following the members of the Student Farm over the course of a few weeks during the Fall 2023 semester, this film shows the process of the food going from the ground of the farm to the tables at the dining hall.
UMass Permaculture
A unique and cutting-edge sustainability program, UMass Permaculture provides empowering hands-on education and leadership training, community engagement, and fresh, local, organic produce to the UMass campus. Founded in 2010, the initiative builds and maintains highly productive, highly educational edible gardens right on campus. The gardens are designed using permaculture principles and are installed by students, staff, and volunteers.
Food Waste = Renewable Energy
Did You Know? All of our pre-consumer waste from food preparation and post-consumer food waste from the dish return in our dining commons ends up being turned into renewable energy at Barstow's Longview Dairy Farm just 7 miles from our campus in Hadley, MA. The process is called anaerobic digestion.