American University
(
Washington
DC
20016 )
- Contact Name:
- Yvonne Matteson
- Contact Title:
- Resident District Manager
- Telephone:
- (202) 885-3195
- E-Mail:
- ymatteson@yahoo.com
- Who was most responsible for initiating your farm-to-college program?
- Dining/food services personnel
- 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?
- Promotional/educational outreach
- What role, if any, have cooperative extension agents or other agency/agricultural professionals played in the farm-to-college program?
- Stimulating interest and/or disseminating information (i.e., outreach)
- What role, if any, would be useful for cooperative extension agents or other agency/agricultural professionals to play 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?
- State-wide
- What are the primary local farm products you purchase? (please list top 3-5 items)
- Other, please specify:
- Are any of these local food products organically grown?
- yes
- yes
- Who/where are local products purchased from?
- Farmer-managed cooperative(s)
- Distributor(s)
- Individual farmer(s)
- Farmers market(s)
- 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?
- Farmer association(s)
- What, if any, other environmental initiatives on your campus are connected with the farm-to-college program?
- Fair trade projects
- Herb/kitchen garden
- Are there any bidding requirements for purchasing local food?
- no
- no
- 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 quantity
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Lower environmental impacts
- Opportunity for student education/research
- Good for school and/or company public relations
- 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:
- Grants/subsidies to help farmers organize cooperatives
- What strategies, if any, do you recommend for making farm-to-college programs work?
- Form a supportive planning committee representative of key players
- Incorporate 'buy local' requirements into food service contracts
- Promote the project in as many ways as possible to the campus/local community
- Do lots of research before starting
- Is dining/food services:
- Contract-managed (please provide contractor name)
- Contract-managed (please provide contractor name)
- Does food services use a (please choose most appropriate answer):
- Mixed plan
- Mixed plan