Eckerd College
(
St. Petersburg
FL
33711 )
- Contact Name:
- Paul Bulau
- Contact Title:
- General Manager
- Telephone:
- (727) 864-7808
- E-Mail:
- pbulau@cafebonappetit.com
- Who was most responsible for initiating your farm-to-college program?
- Student(s)
- 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
- Other research
- Other, please specify:
- 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?
- Facilitator for certain program components
- Stimulating interest and/or disseminating information (i.e., outreach)
- 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?
- 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)
- Individual farmer(s)
- Farmers market(s)
- Are local food products used in...
- Regular menus
- Special events
- 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?
- Campus sustainability center(s)
- Student environmental organization(s)
- Have you used any of the following to promote the program or enhance its educational value?
- Information in dining locations about the program
- Press releases
- Special events (eg., local foods dinner)
- What, if any, other environmental initiatives on your campus are connected with the farm-to-college program?
- Water conservation program
- Are there any bidding requirements for purchasing local food?
- no
- no
- Do local products cost more on average?
- no
- no
- What do you see as the most significant barriers to starting or sustaining farm-to-college programs?
- Product price
- Product quality
- Product quantity
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Higher quality food
- Lower environmental impacts
- Meeting desire and demand from customers
- 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?
- Promote the project in as many ways as possible to the campus/local community
- Start small, such as planning a local foods dinner
- 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