Food

Dining at UVA has a larger impact on our daily life than we could have ever imagined. Read more to hear about how UVA is taking the lead on sustainable eating and how you can get involved and reduce your environmental impact through food.

In the face of adjusting to our new normal, the ability of some to adjust has been harder than others, and this has required many to step up and change normal operations. Read more about how Cultivate Charlottesville has helped our community's adjustment in the face of COVID-19.

Check out the Office for Sustainability's promo student employees' takes on a sustainable thanksgiving.

Over the past decade, University Dining has taken strides towards providing more sustainable and healthier options for students and staff alike. The recent revamp of the “Castle” into a vegan-friendly hub, promotional events such as Meatless Mondays in dining halls, and University farmers markets all point towards progress in the arena of sustainable food. The recent opening of a second Charlottesville location of The Juice Laundry in the space that was once occupied by Freshens in the University Aquatic and Fitness Center (AFC, pictured above) poses new and exciting possibilities for not only sustainability but also community integration and collaboration. 

Check out Brooke Kinsey's take on "green dining" and how we can do it at UVA!

Morven Kitchen Garden is currently undergoing the process of becoming GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) Certified which would allow UVA to purchase crops from them, the farm being only about 12 miles away would decrease the environmental costs of transport.