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The University of British Columbia Food System Project (UBCFSP) : scenario 1

University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office

The UBC Food System Project is in its third year and aims to assess and improve the sustainability of the UBC Food System. Building on the best of the general models prepared for this purpose in 2003, we examine the sustainability of one specific part of the UBC Food System, namely Agora, the student-run food outlet in the Faculty of Agricultural Science’s MacMillan Building. We select a total of four indicators to represent and measure economic, social and ecological sustainability, and we assess Agora’s current business model against these indicators. While we find that Agora does well with respect to ecological sustainability, we find significant room for improvement in economic and social sustainability. Several recommendations are made with respect to each indicator, and instruments are provided for measuring and assessing progress over time. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. AGSC 450; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108717

Land and Food Systems, Faculty of

Unreviewed

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