Catering Contracts for Sustainable Food

Through the University’s catering contractor Gather & Gather, the University is certificated against the Sustainable Restaurant Association's - Food Made Good standard for all of the food outlets the University operates.

The majority of menu items available in the University’s restaurants are prepared in-house with high-quality fresh ingredients. Were possible the food served in our restaurants will be locally sourced.

The University is committed to continually increasing the sustainability of our food offerings and ensuring that the food and drink the University offers is of high quality, and that the food served has high animal welfare in mind.

With animal welfare in mind, the University restaurants use, 100% free-range eggs, Red Tractor-certified meat and dairy and only MSC-certified fish.

Free Drinking Water Fountains

Across the University of Bedfordshire, there are over fifty mains-fed drinking water fountains. The installation of these free drinking water fountains reduces the number of plastic water bottles bought and consumed on campus and reduces the waste and associated carbon emissions that bottled water creates.

Click on the link below to locate the nearest drinking water fountain and please bring your own cup for refills.

Putteridge Bury Campus allotment growing space for students and staff

Students and staff have open access to a food and herb allotment space at our Putteridge Bury campus. The growing space is located at the rear of the cottage at Putteridge Bury.

Staff - contact Adam at adam.higgin@beds.ac.uk for more information.

Students - contact Natalia at Natalia.Falacinska@beds.ac.uk for more information.

2024 Community Dementia & Wellbeing Garden

We have finished construction of our new Community Dementia & Wellbeing Garden at our Putteridge Bury grounds. This space will provide our occupational and physiotherapy students with respite care training and a community space for dementia sufferers in the local community to use as part of group therapy.

Goose Berry, Blackcurrant and Mulberry bushes in the Allotment

Vintage Heritage Apple Orchard at our Putteridge Bury Campus

At our Putteridge Bury campus, we have an apple orchard which is part of the original manor house, which dates back to 1910. There are more than twenty apple trees in the orchard, which is located next to the beehives for pollination purposes. The apples from the orchard are used in the Putteridge Bury campus restaurant. Staff and students are welcome to help themselves to fallen apples.