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...House finally lowered the iron curtain, and purged the freshman from dining during lunch and dinner, reminiscent of Harvard President Josiah Quincy III’s, the House's namesake, suspension of the entire sophomore class. The People’s House pioneered the community dinner and trayless dining, and in true Trotsky form, has exported its radical agenda to other Houses. But as always, there’s nothing like the original: Community Dinners in Quincy are unparalleled, with delicacies such as alligator prepared by House Chef Diana, and Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world...
...about as unremarkable as its name. Many residents choose to receive the digest version of the list and some simply never sign up. On the subject of dining, however, Quincy is quite vocal. One of the most heated perennial debates concerns the House’s environmental dining policies (trayless dining induced numerous residents to produce fiery manifestos). In a recent exchange one resident went so far as to compare the packed dhall to a “refugee camp.” They must have temporarily confused Quincy with Leverett or the Gulag—unclear which...
...that’s where the biggest bang for the buck is and it’s the most challenging.7. FM: So where does the leftover food from HUDS go?TAM: To the Boston Food Bank.8. FM: Signs in the dining halls recommend that students try “trayless dining.” How does ditching the tray help Harvard’s efforts in sustainability?TAM: People take less food. They take less food and they waste less. They’re a bit more conscious of their choice. And it also saves money, and if you save...
...Education Food Services, a dining company serving about 500 schools nationwide, students waste 25% to 30% less food when they aren't carrying a tray, and dining halls save a third- to a half-gallon of wash water per tray, on average. The University of Maine at Farmington went trayless in February 2007, reporting an overall reduction in food waste of 65,000 pounds and 288,288 gallons of water conserved. Meanwhile, Georgia Tech - which implemented a no-tray program in response to the drought of 2007 - estimated that the university saved 3,000 gallons of water...
Although Quincy House’s “Trayless Thursdays” experiment reduced the amount of waste per meal, the House abandoned the program last week. Quincy’s month-long trayless initiative yielded an average of 1.40 ounces of waste per tray compared to the 1.87 ounces in the four weeks prior—a 22 percent decrease, according to Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) spokewoman Crista Martin. Quincy had trayless Thursdays during its community-only dinners throughout the month of February. While the trayless campaign in Quincy decreased the amount of leftover food, it remains...