Local

We need to learn how to eat locally sourced food again. We are committed to rethinking the entire food-supply chain, from producer to consumer. This will involve keeping chains short by cutting out the middlemen, and building a network of local producers. Half of the fruit and vegetables on sale in the catering points on campus will be seasonal and produced in Switzerland. And all meat will come from Switzerland too. No more than 10% of imports will come by plane and no more than 30% by boat. To achieve this, we will draw on data and analyses provided by our three partner companies: Beelong, which looks at the environmental impact of food purchases, Quantis, which measures products’ carbon footprints, and Kitro, which offers innovative food-waste solutions. Initial data for EPFL should be available in February 2021.