Highlight and promote vegetables through Cook Along videos for at least 300 students who are self-isolating in self-catered halls.Increase the average weight of vegetables used per recipe from 90 grams to 150 grams per serving.Increasing the number of vegetarian salad options in grab n' go cafe outlets.Increasing the number of vegetable side-serving options in hot food retail outlets.Work towards achieving the UniversityвЂ™s Peas Please pledge through:.

Continue to expand our range of vegetarian and plant-based options, and ensure that at least 50% of meal options in our outlets continue to be veggie or plant-based.In June 2021, the UniversityвЂ™s catering team was rewarded with the вЂњ Peas Please вЂ“ Rising StarвЂќ award for itsВ drive to encourage the consumption of more fresh vegetables.Development of Bloom CafГ© in Kings Buildings (including: wider range of reusable items good food graphics to educate staff and students living plants to support wellbeing).200 drinking water pointsВ being installed orВ upgraded, and we haveВ introduced measures toВ discourage bottled water purchases.50%В of items in every UniversityВ catering outlet areВ vegetarian or plant-based.100%В of the fresh products weВ serve are prepared on-site (apart from packed meals when students miss a meal in halls).The University will provide good value,В high quality, healthy and sustainable food that meets dietary needs andВ enhances the wellbeing of staff and students. The policy was first approved in 2016В and then updated in 2020. The UniversityвЂ™s Good Food Policy sets out our ambitions in five key areas. Good Food is food and drink that is tasty, healthy, good for the environment and good for the people who make it. We also aim to support staff and student-led activities and research to enhance the UniversityвЂ™s contribution to sustainable food systems. Our vision is to run a responsible catering service that succeeds in providing healthy, sustainable and affordable food to the University community. Overgrazing, deforestation, inefficient land use, freshwater depletion and contamination from agricultural runoffДЄs a University, we recognise the need to keep food systems within environmental limits while supporting sustainable livelihoods.Food is essential for life.В However, food is also becoming highly unsustainable and the food we eat has effects locally and globally, including:

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