Sustainability

Chartwells sees not only more plant-based menus but greater emphasis on onsite production, vegan snacks and even plant-based “seafood” alternatives in the coming year.

Scraps from fruit and vegetables are returned to the farm where they were grown.

The sustainability bar just got higher, thanks to Sbisa Dining Hall

After success with a new container garden at Edgerton Hospital, the chef looks forward to expanding it next year.

At IDEA Elsa, a charter school in south Texas, kids grow vegetables next to the playground and gobble them up in the cafeteria.

Road Map was emailed to all resident students and directs them to nearly 350 plant-based options at both residential dining centers and retail outlets across the campus.

This season, fans of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves will have the option to enjoy totally plant-based meatball subs, brats, burgers and frozen novelties at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Culturally diverse plant-based meals are now the primary dinner options for inpatients at three New York City Health + Hospitals locations.

This and Chicago giving the go-ahead to piloting robot food deliveries are some of the tech-related developments you may have missed recently.

A farm manager and volunteers cultivate fresh produce for kitchens, residents at Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville, Va.