Dining

In May 2007, ASU awarded a seven-year contract to ARAMARK Higher Education to provide dining and retail food services at the Tempe Campus. ARAMARK has made a commitment to implementing sustainable objectives as part of its contract. To this end ASU Food Service is currently outlining its vision for this program and establishing its metrics.

Campus-Grown Foods Program

Because of the many trees and gardens on the ASU campus, a large quantity of food is grown at ASU. The trees on campus produce limequats, lemonquats, kumquats, lemons, tangelos, limes, oranges, and dates. On other parts of campus, herbs such as rosemary, bay leaf, and basil are grown. To reduce its solid waste volume, the Facilities Management Grounds Services department is working to implement the ASU Campus-Grown Foods Program to harvest these edible foods. The University Club has agreed to use some of the citrus and herbs, and opportunities are currently being explored to locate other potential buyers for campus-grown produce.

Award Program

ASU will soon offer a Serving Sustainability to Sun Devils Award for restaurants and other food services on and around the Tempe campus who demonstrate a commitment to reducing food and packaging waste, increasing energy and water efficiency, and incorporating other sustainable programs and technologies into their service.