Emily Bozeman
Higher Education Institution Food/Sustainability Survey
Institution name: Duke
Type: Public or Private - LAND GRANT (or not), 4 yr undergraduate / graduate school – total number of
students 6,244 undergrad students and 6,844 graduate students  13,088 total, Urban or Rural not sure
how to answer this. Rural? Because its not in a city, but it is a college town.
Region:
South
City: Durham
State: North Carolina
Food Service Provider: (company (name), or self operated) Service Provider: Bon Appetit, although
the Duke Campus Farm sells their products to the service provider.
On campus concessions: (companies providing food on campus) Short list because they have 32
different dining locations. Subway, McDonalds, Panda Express, Sanford Deli, Chik-Fil-A, Dolce Vita, Greek
Devil, Loop Pizza, Joe Van Gogh, Loco Pops, Alpine Bagels
Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Name
Barbara Stokes
Assistant Director
660-3951
Iman Faltass
Business Manager
660-3986
Tammy Hope
Quality Assurance Manager
660-3926
Marie High
Personnel
660-3946
Joy Livesay
Staff Assistant
660-3945
Barry Buffaloe
Staff Assistant
660-3908
On campus farm operated by students? Yes / No
Farm functions: (contact, website, operations, size – CSA, farmers market, sell to cafeteria, research,
training growers, food consumed by volunteers, food donated for hunger relief)
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http://sustainability.duke.edu/campus_initiatives/dining/farm.html
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https://www.facebook.com/dukecampusfarm?v=info
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Duke Campus Farm
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Goal is to have it be 5-10 acres (not sure what size it is currently)
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Serves to help educate students
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Students plant fall and winter (first in 2011) crops and sell produce to Bon Appetit
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Supply food to freshmen orientation picnic
Successes and achievements: -briefly list activities such as: local food initiative for on-campus dining,
research activities in composting, educational efforts in local food production, local food sources and
dining guide.
1. Food initiative: Duke Campus Farm, supports local farms (buys their produce)
2. Green dining program: reusable containers (eco-clamshell project)
3. Green building initiative: LEED certified buildings
4. Energy:
a. Partnership with a baseload natural gas steam plant, special water chiller that makes
chilled water 20% more efficient on campus
b. Energy Star: helps ensure that electronics and maintenance equipment do not waste
energy
c.
Light bulb exchange: exchange light bulbs that freshmen bring with them for energy
efficient ones
5. Green Grant Fund: Provides $50,000 to a student, faculty member or organization to work on a
green project
6. Investment: Duke invests in “green” companies, ie to help develop wind energy technology
7. Land Management
a. Compost leaves, recycle woodchips, integrated pest management, campus tree
management plan, elimination of invasive plants, monitor integration system, use of local
nurseries and businesses, collect and reuse water run-off
8. Transportation
a. Bike loan program, free public buses, carpool incentives, vanpool, WeCar (car sharing
program)
9. Recycling Program
Composting: compost operations on campus YES / NO, what types of composting – leaves, trees, preconsumer food waste, post-consumer food waste, food waste from special events, other organic waste
Food activities: garden/farm, student organizations, lecture series, workshops, real food challenge, fair
trade purchasing, organic purchasing, local purchasing, farm-to-college program. They also hold an event
called the Eco Olympics
Relevant academic programs: Course(s) offered, Major or concentration, Undergrad degree,
Extracurricular Activities, Student run programs
Sustainability Office: YES / NO
Name, contact information, website
http://sustainability.duke.edu/about/contact.html
Sustainable Duke – addresses and contact information can be found at the link listed above
Comments: other relevant comments The Sustainable Duke website is a great resource and very user
friendly.
Attach files: fliers, documents, background information etc.
Institution name: University of Southern California
Type: Public or Private - LAND GRANT (or not), 4 yr undergraduate / graduate school – total number of
students 17,380 undergrad and 19,516 grad  36,896 total, Urban or Rural
Region: West
City: Las Angeles
State: California
Food Service Provider: (company (name), or self operated) I couldn’t find this information for this
school – I think this is USC Hospitality
On campus concessions: (companies providing food on campus) I can’t find anything other than USC
Hospitality. They supply all the restaurants, cafe’s, coffee shops, catering and even room service for
students.
Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Name Could not find this information
On campus farm operated by students? Yes / No USC Community Garden
Farm functions: (contact, website, operations, size – CSA, farmers market, sell to cafeteria, research,
training growers, food consumed by volunteers, food donated for hunger relief) Their garden started in
2010, and I cannot find information on what they do with their produce. It seems to be a shared organic
garden for fun.
Successes and achievements: -briefly list activities such as: local food initiative for on-campus dining,
research activities in composting, educational efforts in local food production, local food sources and
dining guide.
1. Green office certification program (three levels: bronze, silver, gold)
2. Recycling/composting program: 4000 tons in 2009, find that 33% of their trash can be “rescued
and recycled”
a. Food – recycle when preparing and post consumption. In 2009 100% of food waste from
trash compactors was composted (over 338 tons)
b. Lab/chemical recycling program
c.
Ink cartridge recycling
d. Cardboard/paper recycling programs
e. Electronic recycling program – recycles electronic hardware
3. Student housing: recycled carped, low energy light bulbs, low flow shower heads, energy
dashboards which display daily energy use
4. Dining: trayless dining (reusable, not disposable)
5. Transportation: green shuttles/busses that run on alternative fuels, campus cruisers (university
owned vehicles that are hybrid), Zipcar (car share system, 28 cars), biodiesel fuel station,
carpool/vanpool, Zimride (social networking site to help students communicate to carpool)
6. Green building
a. Green cleaning efforts, 30% cleaning supplies green seal certified
b. LEED certifications
c.
Sustainable paint and furniture
Composting: compost operations on campus YES / NO, what types of composting – leaves, trees, preconsumer food waste, post-consumer food waste, food waste from special events, other organic waste
Food activities: garden/farm, student organizations, lecture series, workshops, real food challenge, fair
trade purchasing, organic purchasing, local purchasing, farm-to-college program.
Relevant academic programs: Course(s) offered, Major or concentration, Undergrad degree,
Extracurricular Activities, Student run programs
BA or BS in Environmental Studies with these concentrations: Sustainability, Energy and Society; Oceans,
Life and People; and Climate, Earth and Environment
Student Organizations: eARThly creations, Keck Students for Sustainability, CALPIRG, Net Impact
Undergraduate, Students for Environmental Enterprise (SEE), Undergraduate Student Government (USG)
Sustainability Office: YES / NO
Name, contact information, website
USC | Sustainability
University of Southern California
851 Downey Way, HSH
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(213) 821 - 3942
Comments: other relevant comments
Attach files: fliers, documents, background information etc.