Since 2015, the Vineyard Cup was run as a zero-waste regatta serving locally sourced food grown or raised on Martha’s Vineyard. The locally sourced/zero waste model has been continually refined by Sail Matha’s Vineyard, first expanding amongst their own events, such as the Vineyard Challenge (held in 2015 and 2016), and sharing their sustainability plans and lessons learned with regattas around the country.