Food Security


1.  Food Security:

  • Achieve overall food security at Bishops through providing safe and nutritional food that promotes sustainable agriculture and sustainable food systems.





5.1 Well-established working food garden on campus, the products of which are utilised ethically by Bishops community members.
5.2 All suppliers of food are required to provide evidence of their sustainable practises.
5.3 All food consumed on campus should be locally produced, seasonal and have followed sustainable practises.
5.4 All food waste needs to be composted and where possible re-used at Bishops.
5.5 Align Bishops food systems with latest research on sustainable food systems
5.6 Well-established working food garden on campus, the products of which are utilised ethically by Bishops community members.
5.7 All suppliers of food are required to provide evidence on their contract and to report on their sustainable practises surrounding their food systems.
5.8 All food consumed on campus should be locally produced, seasonal and have followed sustainable practises.
5.9 All food waste needs to be composted and where possible re-used at Bishops.
5.10 Hot nutritional lunches provided to all Bishops staff.
5.11 Align Bishops food systems with latest research on sustainable food systems
Behavioural:
5.12 Conduct visual surveys on all energy usage on campus (e.g. energy appliances to be surveyed in in each house).
5.13 No individual plastic water bottles and juice to be provided at any Bishops function.
5.14 Discussions between Bishops stakeholders and Origin must take place on existing food systems and potential solutions need to be created that facilitate Origin to move towards a sustainable food system.
5.15 Hot nutritional lunches provided to majority of all Bishops staff..
5.16 Low to no sugar food alternatives are introduced.

What has been done in 2017?

Behavioural:
5.12 Not done yet, still waiting for some returns on other policy areas before cross-subsidisation can happen.
5.13 Meetings have been had with Marketing Department and for all events at Bishops, certain measures and guidelines will be in place to eliminate waste from food packaging.
Meetings have been had with Origin.
5.14 Constructive discussions have been had with Origin - please click here for details.
5.15 This has been happening and is valued at Bishops by all staff.
Other
  • Sustainable Agriculture Society has been established as an offshoot of GIN. There is a keen interest amongst boys to grow food in a sustainable manner (using permaculture and agro-ecological principles). This society has been on a weekly basis during school term, managing a vegetable farm on school campus and distributing any food picked to support staff.
  • GroPros have been set up throughout the school, which grow food and educate boys and staff about food systems and ecology.