Claremont McKenna College
(
Claremont, CA
CA
91711 )
- Contact Name:
- anon26
- Telephone:
- () -
- E-Mail:
- claremont_mckenna_college
- Who was most responsible for initiating your farm-to-college program?
- Student(s)
- Food service management company
- 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?
- Other, please specify:
- 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?
- Distributor(s)
- Are local food products used in...
- Regular menus
- Special events
- Have you used any of the following to promote the program or enhance its educational value?
- Farm tours
- Information in dining locations about the program
- Special events (eg., local foods dinner)
- Web site
- What, if any, other environmental initiatives on your campus are connected with the farm-to-college program?
- Composting program
- Fair trade projects
- Nutrition education
- Recycling program
- Sustainable agriculture research and curriculum projects
- Do local products cost more on average?
- yes
- yes
- If yes, how do you manage the higher price?
- Reduce costs elsewhere to make up the difference
- What do you see as the most significant barriers to starting or sustaining farm-to-college programs?
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Finding growers/local product supply
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Other, please specify:
- 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)
- Other, please specify:
- Is dining/food services:
- Contract-managed (please provide contractor name)
- Contract-managed (please provide contractor name)
- Total number of individual meals served daily in locations operated by dining/food services:
- Other, please specify:
- Other, please specify:
- Does food services use a (please choose most appropriate answer):
- Meal (board) plan
- Meal (board) plan