The School’s commitment to environmental stewardship extends to our kitchens and cafeterias.

Our food is locally sourced:

• We use the freshest, healthiest, and closest ingredients available.
• We buy from local orchards, growers, and suppliers during the growing season to reduce the impact of long-distance deliveries on natural resources.
• Our grass-fed, hormone- and antibiotic-free milk comes from a local dairy.
• We support local communities and promote increased food safety.

We serve it sensibly:

• We rely on recyclable, renewable, biodegradable, and compostable single-use products.
• We reduce food waste by using leftovers creatively.
• We conserve water and electricity.

And we practice environmentally friendly clean-up:

• We compost all table scraps and kitchen scraps. We partner with a local composting organization and other Quaker schools to close the loop, renewing food waste to make fresh new farmable soil.
• We use environmentally sound cleaning products.