Pacific University
(
Forest Grove
OR
97116 )
- Contact Title:
- sustainability intern with Aramark at Pacific
- E-Mail:
- glas9966@pacificu.edu
- Who was most responsible for initiating your farm-to-college program?
- Food service management company
- Student(s)
- Faculty/Staff
- In what year did the program begin?
- 2008
- Are students actively involved in maintaining the program?
- yes
- How are the students involved in the program?
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Researching availability of local products
- Work in campus/student farm or garden
- Researching costs/benefits of local purchasing
- In what ways, if any, would you like students to be involved in the program?
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Researching availability of local products
- Other research
- Menu/event planning
- Food preparation
- Work in campus/student farm or garden
- Promotional/educational outreach
- Member of project planning/advisory committee
- Culinary classes to use food products
- Who runs/is primarily responsible for the farm-to-college program? (please choose primary person/group in charge)
- Other, please specify:
- Where do the majority of your locally purchased farm products come from?
- Region-wide (e.g., Midwest, Pacific Northwest)
- Are any of these local food products organically grown?
- yes
- What is the approximate total number of individual farmers you purchase products from during an entire calendar year?
- Don't know
- Who/where are local products purchased from?
- Individual farmer(s)
- Broker(s)
- Distributor(s)
- Campus/student farm or garden
- If you work with individual farms/farmers, please write as much of the the following information as possible for two of them - Name, Complete mailing address, Phone, Email, Website.
- B Street Permaculture Project and Wild Berry Farm
- Are local food products used in...
- Catering
- Convenience store items
- Special events
- Regular menus
- Have any of the following individuals or groups been directly involved in development, coordination, education or promotion related to the farm-to-college program?
- Food service management company
- Faculty member(s)
- University department(s)
- Other student organization(s)
- Student environmental organization(s)
- Campus sustainability center(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?
- no
- Have you used any of the following to promote the program or enhance its educational value?
- Farm tours
- What, if any, other environmental initiatives on your campus are connected with the farm-to-college program?
- College/student farm
- Sustainable agriculture research and curriculum projects
- Are there any bidding requirements for purchasing local food?
- yes
- Do local products cost more on average?
- yes
- If yes, how do you manage the higher price?
- Pass cost directly on to consumer
- Use external funding (i.e., grant or subsidy) to make up the difference
- What do you see as the most significant barriers to starting or sustaining farm-to-college programs?
- Resolving insurance needs
- Getting administrative support
- Engaging students
- Seasonal availability of products
- Product quantity
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Getting farmers approved through food service company
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Meeting desire and demand from customers
- Good for school and/or company public relations
- Opportunity for student education/research
- Lower environmental impacts
- Higher quality food
- Supporting local farmers, community and/or economy
- 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:
- Federal and state policies providing incentives to state institutions for purchasing locally grown products
- Grants/subsidies to help farmers shift to more sustainable production and direct marketing
- Is dining/food services:
- Contract-managed (please provide contractor name)
- Does food services use a (please choose most appropriate answer):
- Mixed plan
- Please check any information you would like to hide
- Telephone Number
- Full Name