Appendix+A

Appendix A

Purchasing Guidelines Adopted from the Yale Sustainable Food Project http://www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/food_purchasing.html Vegetable Guidelines First Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU organic 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU ecologically-grown 0. Regional organic 0. Regional ecologically-grown 0. 150 Miles Radius conventional (small-scale operation) 0. Regional conventional (small-scale operation) Second Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU conventional (medium-scale operation) 0. Regional conventional (medium-scale operation) 0. U.S. organic (small-scale operation) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU conventional (large-scale operation) 0. Regional conventional (large-scale operation) 0. U.S. ecologically-grown (small-scale operation) Third Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. U.S. organic (medium/large-scale operation) 0. North America organic 0. U.S. ecologically-grown (medium/large-scale operation) 0. International organic 0. U.S. conventional (small-scale operation) Fruit Guidelines First Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU organic 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU IPM 0. Regional Organic 0. Regional IPM 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU conventional (small-scale operation) 0. Regional conventional (small scale operation) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU conventional (medium scale operation Second Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. Regional conventional (medium scale operation) 0. U.S. organic (small/medium scale operation) 0. U.S. IMP (small/medium scale operation) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU conventional (large-scale operation) 0. U.S. organic (large-scale operation) 0. U.S. IPM (large-scale operation) 0. International organic 0. U.S. Conventional Meat and Poultry Guidelines First Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU free-range/pasture-fed 0. 150 Miles Radius of WWU organic 0. Regional free-range/pasture-fed 0. Regional organic 0. Regional conventional (small-scale operation) Second Tier (ranked in order of preference) 0. U.S. free-range/pasture fed 0. U.S. organic (small/medium scale operation) 0. Conventional (small/medium-scale operation) 0. U.S. organic (large-scale operation) U.S. conventional (large-scale operation)