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food /sustainability/taxonomy/term/208/all en Feeding a University /sustainability/channels/news/feeding-university-238871 <blockquote> The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014 by: Lesley Chesterman </blockquote> Gone are the days when thousands of ƽ��岻�� students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus. Read the full story <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Feeding+university/10179017/story.html" target="_blank">here</a> Sun, 14 Sep 2014 05:13:50 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1988 at /sustainability What’s in ƽ��岻��’s giant brownie? /sustainability/channels/news/what%E2%80%99s-mcgill%E2%80%99s-giant-brownie-238564 <blockquote> ƽ��岻�� Reporter | Aug 21, 2014 By: Neale McDevitt </blockquote> The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual ƽ��岻�� à la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert. Read the full story <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/08/whats-in-mcgills-giant-brownie/" target="_blank">here</a> Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:36:54 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1969 at /sustainability SP0120: B-Shack /sustainability/b-shack-sp0120 Status: CANCELLED Approved Summer 2013 B-shack is an outreach, education and research hub anchored with a pavilion at the Macdonald Farm designed, fabricated and assembled by a diverse group of students to creatively engage the extended ƽ��岻�� community and the citizens of Montreal in addressing the imminent threat to the world food supply by honeybee colony collapse disorder (CCD). The SPF provided the means to construct a wooden pavilion with a steel structure that contains beehives at Macdonald Campus. Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:00:33 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1759 at /sustainability SP0118: MSEG Root Crop Washer /sustainability/mseg-root-crop-washer-sp0118 Status: COMPLETED October 2013 - 2017 The ƽ��岻�� Student Ecological Garden operates a 1 1/4 acre farm on the Macdonald Campus to produce local food stuffs from various different crops and farm animals. The MSEG Root Crop Washer is a small-scale root crop (carrots, turnips etc.) washing machine that the organization uses to increase the efficiency and efficacy of the produce cleaning process while decreasing the amount of physical exertion required. Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:40:32 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1756 at /sustainability SP0113: Out of the Garden 2 /sustainability/sp0113-out-garden-2 Status: COMPLETED June 2013 - November 2014 <div> The 'Out-of-the-Garden Project' (OGP) is an ongoing effort to establish a student-run café on Macdonald Campus which serves breakfast and lunch twice a week with ingredients sourced locally from ƽ��岻�� student farming projects. With this second round of SPF funding, the OGP purchased capital equipment and supplies to establish the café and began to serve breakfast and lunch to students once a week.</div> Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:08:02 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1745 at /sustainability Justice Alimentaire pour Montréal (Off-Campus) /sustainability/channels/event/justice-alimentaire-pour-montreal-campus-230608 <h3>You are invited to participate in the 2013 Montreal Food Justice Convergence organized by <a href="http://convergence.jamontreal.com/" target="_blank">Justice Alimentaire pour Montréal</a> (JAM).</h3> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:53:11 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1522 at /sustainability SP0099: ƽ��岻�� Feeding ƽ��岻�� 4 /sustainability/sp0099-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-4 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2013 The mandate of ƽ��岻�� Feeding ƽ��岻�� is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus’s Horticultural Research Center to ƽ��岻��’s Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:26:16 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1461 at /sustainability SP0094: Macdonald Student-Run Ecological Gardens 4 /sustainability/sp0094-macdonald-student-run-ecological-gardens-4 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2013 Fri, 03 May 2013 18:49:27 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1373 at /sustainability SP0084: Toolkit for Change /sustainability/sp0084-toolkit-change Status: COMPLETED September 2012 - September 2013 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:18:19 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1304 at /sustainability SP0080: Constructive Consumerism /sustainability/sp0080-constructive-consumerism Status: COMPLETED April 2012 - May 2015 In creating a food system known for its transparency and accountability, the ƽ��岻�� Food Systems Project (MFSP) practices an exemplary model of student engagement where diverse stakeholders are able to work in collaboration towards a common goal. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:15:36 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1302 at /sustainability SP0079: Farm Fresh Truck /sustainability/sp0079-farm-fresh-truck Status: COMPLETED May 2013 The University is blessed by the fact that it has a Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences within close proximity (35 Km) to its major downtown campus which houses and feeds nearly 3000 students on a daily basis for eight months of the year. The amount of food that is being produced and the potential for more production in the future is staggering. There are many financial, social and health benefits that this project brings to the University administrators and its student population. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:14:31 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1301 at /sustainability SP0074: ƽ��岻�� Feeding ƽ��岻�� 3 /sustainability/sp0074-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-3 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2012 The mandate of ƽ��岻�� Feeding ƽ��岻�� is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus’s Horticultural Research Center to ƽ��岻��’s Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. The 2012 season was ƽ��岻�� Feeding ƽ��岻��’s most successful season to date. They delivered around 25,000 Kg of fruits and vegetables to ƽ��岻��’s downtown residences. This is an increase of 66% from the previous year. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:06:50 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1299 at /sustainability SP0071: Macdonald Student-Run Ecological Gardens 3 /sustainability/sp0071-macdonald-student-run-ecological-gardens-3 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2012 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:45:54 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1297 at /sustainability SP0007: Food Systems Administrator /sustainability/sp0007-food-systems-administrator Status: COMPLETED May 2010 - September 2011 With the support of the Sustainability Fund, ƽ��岻�� Food and Dining Services (MFDS) hired a Food Systems Administrator in August 2010 to consolidate the food purchasing function for the department, to create more sustainable &amp; local food purchasing at ƽ��岻��, to bring fresher, tastier and more nutrient-rich food to the ƽ��岻�� community, and to support a culture of sustainability at ƽ��岻��. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:03 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1293 at /sustainability SP0076: Farmers' Market 3 /sustainability/sp0076-farmers-market-3 Status: COMPLETED April 2012 - April 2013 The ƽ��岻�� Farmers’ Market (MFM) aims to bring delicious, local, seasonal produce to ƽ��岻��'s downtown campus, with weekly Farmers' Markets throughout September and October, and a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project from July to October. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:34:43 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1123 at /sustainability