San Jose State University
(
San Jose
CA
)
- Telephone:
- () -
- Program Web Site:
- http://studentorgs.sjsu.edu/erc
- Who was most responsible for initiating your farm-to-college program?
- Student(s)
- In what year did the program begin?
- Other, please specify:
- Are students actively involved in maintaining the program?
- yes
- How are the students involved in the program?
- Menu/event planning
- Promotional/educational outreach
- What role, if any, have cooperative extension agents or other agency/agricultural professionals played in the farm-to-college program?
- Resource/contact person
- Who runs/is primarily responsible for the farm-to-college program? (please choose primary person/group in charge)
- Dining/food services director/manager
- Where do the majority of your locally purchased farm products come from?
- 50-200 miles
- Are any of these local food products organically grown?
- yes
- yes
- What is the approximate total number of individual farmers you purchase products from during an entire calendar year?
- Don't know
- Don't know
- Who/where are local products purchased from?
- Other, please specify:
- Are local food products used in...
- Regular menus
- Was external funding or other resources (grants, equipment, etc.) used to...
- Not used
- Have any of the following individuals or groups been directly involved in development, coordination, education or promotion related to the farm-to-college program?
- Faculty member(s)
- Other student organization(s)
- Student environmental organization(s)
- Is there a local farmer's organization (i.e., a cooperative) involved in your program that was in place prior to the program's start?
- Other, please specify:
- Have you used any of the following to promote the program or enhance its educational value?
- Speakers/demonstrations
- Special events (eg., local foods dinner)
- Do local products cost more on average?
- yes
- yes
- What do you see as the most significant barriers to starting or sustaining farm-to-college programs?
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Product price
- Product quantity
- Seasonal availability of products
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Higher quality food
- Opportunity for student education/research
- Of the following policy issues, please choose up to two, if any, that you believe would provide the most significant support for farm-to-college programs:
- Grants/subsidies to help dining/food services offset extra costs
- Language written into food service contracts to support local food purchases
- What strategies, if any, do you recommend for making farm-to-college programs work?
- Build positive relationships among key players (such as dining/food services, farmers, faculty/staff, and students)
- Promote the project in as many ways as possible to the campus/local community
- Is dining/food services:
- Self-operated
- Self-operated
- Does food services use a (please choose most appropriate answer):
- Mixed plan
- Mixed plan
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