History

The first official audit that the Real Food Challenge (RFC) did on UNC’s food spending took place in 2010. Later, after more persistent student advocacy, UNC’s previous Chancellor, Carol Folt, signed a contract with RFC in 2016. This contract outlined that UNC would use RFC’s 1.1 standards to evaluate its food spending.

Since 2016, RFC has updated its standards from 1.1 to 2.1 in the fall of 2018 and then again to 3.0 spring of 2023. Carolina Dining Services still uses the 1.1 standards as their baseline, per the contract agreement, but student interns evaluating the food spending use 1.1 standards along with the most updated RFC standards over the years. Each semester the RFC interns audit UNC’s food purchases from one month from the previous semester (always either September or February).

Reports

This site documents all reports conducted by RFC interns since 2010. Click here to see the full list of reports.