Sustainable Dining at HMS

 

What are HMS and Restaurant Associates doing to make campus dining more sustainable?

NEW: Local, Organic & Free-Range Meats!

All chicken products are now organic and free-range from local farms.

The Grill Station at Elements only serves meats from local farms as well.

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Say Goodbye to Styrofoam!

The new clamshells and cold drink cups are made from RENEWABLE resources and are 100% COMPOSTABLE!

Greenware cold cups made from corn plastic!

Greenwave clamshell containers made from sugarcane!

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Fresh from the Farm

Most seasonal produce is now supplied by local farms, look for the "Our Local Partners" signs in the the cafes to see which farm your tomato or lettuce are from this week

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Organic and All Natural

Some of the organic and all natural snack, juice, and soda options added recently include:

- Old Chatham Sheep's Milk Yogurt, Old Chatham NY
- Stonyfield Organic Yogurt, VT
- Wallaby Organic Yogurt, California
- Sweet Leaf Organic Tea
- Organic Honest Tea
- Late July Cookies & Crackers, Hyannis MA.
- Thompson's Organic Chocolate, located in CT
- Bear Naked Granola & Seeds, located in CT
- Reginie's Pita Chips, located in Haverhill MA.
- Starbucks Organic & Fair Trade Coffee
- Newman's Own Organic Chocolate
- Purity Organic Juices, California
- All Natural Boylans Soda, located in PA
- Organic & Fair Trade Starbucks Iced Teas
- Organic & Fair Trade Steaz Green Tea Soda's
- IZZE Sparkling Juice, located in NY

Delectable Dairy

All milk products served are now free of bovine growth hormones (bgh)

Fair trade and organic coffee

Did you notice that both decaf and regular coffee from Starbucks are certified fair trade and organic?

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Education

Pocket Guide to Local Produce in Mass.

Pocket Guide to Sustainable Seafood

Sustainable Food Facts (pdf)

10 Reasons to Buy Local (pdf)

And much more!

We are also looking where we get our meat, cheese, poultry and grain products .

Burgers: all natural grass fed beef

Pizza: dough is organic and locally made (East Boston)

Check back soon for more updates!

 

Did you know that Restaurant Associates hosts weekly Farmer's Markets right on campus???

Located in Courtyard and Elements Cafes on alternating Wednesdays.

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