Sustainability
We believe that creating a better world for generations to come starts today.
Our Collective Responsibility
We're committed to making a positive impact on campus and the community by focusing on responsible sourcing, reducing food waste, and offering nutritious meals packaged sustainably as a way to promote a more circular service mode. From supporting local partners to making thoughtful choices in our dining halls, we're working every day to build a more sustainable future. And you can be part of the effort too!
Our Menus Make an Impact
We are dedicated to increasing access to wholesome, environmentally sustainable, and socially mindful offerings wherever we can within our menus and dining operations.
Our People
People are at the centre of everything we do and so we’re focused on equity and wellbeing for our employees and guests, the people in the communities where we live and work, as well as the people in our supply chain.
Engage Our Employees
Engaged employees are safer, more productive, and able to provide stronger customer service for our guests.
Empower Healthy Consumers
Empowering students, staff, and faculty on campus to make healthier lifestyle choices every day.
Source Ethically & Inclusively
Partnering with small, diverse suppliers to drive customer satisfaction and local economic impact.
Our Planet
We focus on the wellbeing of our planet by minimizing environmental impact across all of our dining operations, from the food we serve to the facilities we manage.
Source Sustainably
Minimizing the impact to people, animals, and the environment through responsible purchasing practices.
Minimize Food Waste
Diverting food from going to landfill to improve food security, while at the same time helping to fight climate change through reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Embed Circularity
Increasing reuse models in service and replacing traditional single-use materials with recyclable and compostable alternatives.
One Planet, Shared Responsibility
Our initiatives are designed to address specific priorities at the local level, while still ensuring a direct contribution to the United Nations’ global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our Local Partnerships
We source our food from many local farmers, producers, and distributors. Our partnerships change throughout the year depending on seasonality and availability.
Noggins Corner Farm
It was founded in Greenwich, Nova Scotia by the Bishop family in 1760—a full century before Canada became a country. First established by settlers John, Timothy, and William Bishop along the Cornwallis River, the family-run land has passed down through multiple generations of agricultural work
deen Haan Greenhouses
Den Haan Enterprises, was founded in 1963 by Dutch immigrant Jac den Haan. In 1951, Jac and his wife Helena, along with their thirteen children, immigrated to Canada through Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Station Food Hub Company
Located in Newport Station, Nova Scotia, is the combination of two distinct businesses: one focuses on value-added upcycled food products and distribution, and the other supports local food businesses through space rental, storage facilities, and product development.
Just Us!
Beyond their passion for coffee, it was their commitment to social and environmental justice that inspired the launch of Just Us! In 1995. They became Canada’s first fair trade and organic coffee roaster. Just Us! envisioned a fairer global trade system—one that fosters equity rather than exploitation. A system that benefits the Global South just as much as the Global North.
Acadiana Soy Products
Acadiana Soy started in 1994 as a small family business run by Anna Anderson and her husband George Pickford. They produced tofu in small quantities in a building on their farm in Grand Pre, in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.
