green alfred

Alfred University and AVI Fresh, a division of AVI Foodsystems Inc., are exploring the feasibility of purchasing a greater portion of Alfred University’s foods and beverages from local/regional farmers, buyers and Alfred-area retailers.  The benefits are easy to identify:  fresh, high quality food for our students, faculty, staff and guests; reduction of transportation costs and fuel utilization; and a robust contribution to the economic viability of Allegany County and Western New York.  To that end, we are requesting proposals from local merchants, farmers and business owners to source locally grown and produced foods to serve in our dining halls and at catered events on the Alfred University campus.

See detailed information at http://blogs.alfred.edu/greenalfred/?page_id=68 

GreenFILE™, a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns, is available through Herrick Library. The database includes information for individuals, such as installing solar panels and recycling; for corporation needing information on green agriculture, hybrid cars or waste management; as well as environmental laws, regulations and studies.

GreenFILE contains scholarly journals as well as more popular publications such as E-The Environmental Magazine, Natural Life, and Mother Earth News.

In total, the database has nearly 300,000 records, some of which are full-text.