Georgetown University Law Center
(
Washington
DC
20001 )
- Contact Name:
- Gerald Hutchins
- Contact Title:
- General Manager - Bon Appetit Management Company
- Telephone:
- (202) 662-9047
- E-Mail:
- gh33@law.georgetown.edu
- Program Web Site:
- Bamco.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?
- Menu/event planning
- What role, if any, have cooperative extension agents or other agency/agricultural professionals played in the farm-to-college program?
- Resource/contact person
- 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?
- 50-200 miles
- 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)
- Farmers market(s)
- Are local food products used in...
- Convenience store items
- Regular menus
- Special events
- Was external funding or other resources (grants, equipment, etc.) used to...
- Not used
- What, if any, other environmental initiatives on your campus are connected with the farm-to-college program?
- Fair trade projects
- Recycling program
- Are there any bidding requirements for purchasing local food?
- no
- no
- 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?
- 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:
- 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)
- What resources, research, or contacts, if any, were useful for starting or expanding your farm-to-college program?
- Bringing Local Food to Local People: A Resource Guide for Farm-to-School and Farm-to-Institution Programs (ATTRA)
- Other, please specify:
- 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):
- A la carte plan
- A la carte plan