Presenters: Araceli Archuleta, Amanda Alonzo, Whitney

Galindo, Angela Guo

Purchasing
or

Food

What Does Organic Mean?

Organic food is produced by the use of renewable resources and the
conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for
future generation.
-no antibiotics or growth hormone on the meats, poultry, dairy and
eggs.
-Produced without using conventional pesticides; fertilizers made
with
synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering; or ionizing
radiation.

What is sustainability?
To create and maintain conditions under which humans and nature
can exist in productive harmony to support present and future
generations.
(The United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2015)
Sustainability is establishing goals in green building, clean energy,
transportation, climate protection, sustainable operations, waste
reduction, recycling, environmentally preferable purchasing,
sustainable water systems.
(University of California, Sustainability, 2015)

UUC Campus Policy 20% Sustainable Food Purchase by 2020

UC and Medical Centers has

committed to 20% sustainable
food purchases by 2020.
-Residential halls dining food
achieved 21% purchases in
sustainable.
-Medical Center achieved 23%
purchases in sustainable foods.
-Retail food purchases achieved
17% in sustainable foods.
(Data from 2009)

UC System Policy in Sustainability

Use the Universitys purchasing power to meet the preferred purchasing standard in
sustainability objectives.
Defined as cradle-to-cradle- meaning that the supply chain is accountable for
environmentally preferable decisions throughout a products lifecycle throughout
production all the way through recycling*
Campus and Medical Center foodservice operations should strive to earn
-20% Sustainable food products by the year 2020
-third-party green business certification for sustainable dining operations

Challenges of Producing and Purchasing

Organic Foods
conversion and the
cost of certifying
organic
food mileage
size of farms: small
and medium
trust in the
farms/farmers
supply volumes and
supply continuity:
invest in developing
companies

Challenges of Producing and Purchasing

Sustainable Foods
Expanding population-- need to
feed two billion by 2050
(currently 7 billion), because of
this
Climate change
Finite resources

Strategies Being Used to Produce

Organic Foods Here at Davis
Purchasing by tier
About 14% of food served in the Dining Halls is locally grown
Student Farms help decrease costs of buying organic produce
Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility
Organic Tomatoes

What Opportunities Are Presented With

Sustainable Foods?
UC Davis offers many education programs to increase awareness and
efforts for sustainable food options
Resident Gardens
Nutrition and Sustainability Education in Dining Commons and
Resident Halls
Nutrition and Sustainability Internships
Farm to College Program

Strategies Being Used to Produce

Sustainable Foods
Multicropping: Planting multiple species on one piece of land, which
can include:
Crop Rotation: Changing what is planted on a particular location
season to season
Intercropping: plant 2 or more crops, w/ differing characterics that
help reduce the growth of weeds, increases plant diversity.

Strategies Being Used to Produce

Sustainable Foods Continued: CA
Improve Access to safe, Healthy Food for All Californians
Ease the burden of regulation on Agriculture while maintaining
health, safety, and environmental standards.
Secure an adequate supply of water for agriculture purposes

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/agvision/docs/Ag_Vision_Final_Report_Dec_
2010.pdf

UC Berkeley
2020: increase sustainable food purchases by campus food service,
they purchase 27% of food is purchased from local business
(2013)
What makes it sustainable for UCB:
locally grown (within 250 miles of campus)
organic
Fair trade or humane

Questions?
1.As college student it can be expensive purchasing and eating
organic all the time, are there any of you that eat only organic
foods?
2.Is there anything that you do at home to be more sustainable or
organic?
3.Why do you think that it is important for the UC Systems to be
integrating so many approaches in order to increase
sustainability?

THANK YOU!