CCCE partnership with Northfield CAC develops verified carbon offsets project
Led by staff member Erica Zweifel, Carleton students in the Center for Community and Civic Engagement partnered with Northfield’s Community Action Center.
In partnership with the Community Action Center (CAC), Erica Zweifel, assistant director for community impact in Carleton’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE), led Carleton students in developing a first-of-its-kind verified carbon offsets project quantifying the avoided landfill methane emissions from food recovered by the Carleton student-led Food Recovery Network. Students collect food from Cub Foods and distribute it to the CAC’s food shelf. Food that is non-recoverable goes to compost or to a local pig farmer. The CAC will now be able to sell these credits to further its mission.