Columbia University
(
New York
NY
)
- Contact Name:
- Ina Tsagarakis, RD, CDN
- Contact Title:
- Registered Dietitian
- Telephone:
- (212) 854-4699
- E-Mail:
- iet2101@columbia.edu
- Program Web Site:
- www.gosustainable.blogspot.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
- Promotional/educational outreach
- Researching availability of local products
- In what ways, if any, would you like students to be involved in the program?
- Member of project planning/advisory committee
- Menu/event planning
- Promotional/educational outreach
- Researching availability of local products
- What role, if any, have cooperative extension agents or other agency/agricultural professionals played in the farm-to-college program?
- Facilitator for certain program components
- Resource/contact person
- Other, please specify:
- 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
- Lead organizer
- 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?
- no
- no
- What is the approximate total number of individual farmers you purchase products from during an entire calendar year?
- Don't know
- Don't know
- Who/where are local products purchased from?
- Farmer-managed cooperative(s)
- Distributor(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?
- Other community/local/state organization(s)
- Student environmental organization(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?
- Other, please specify:
- Have you used any of the following to promote the program or enhance its educational value?
- Information in dining locations about the program
- Speakers/demonstrations
- 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?
- Other, please specify:
- Are there any bidding requirements for purchasing local food?
- no
- no
- What do you see as the most significant barriers to starting or sustaining farm-to-college programs?
- Engaging students
- Seasonal availability of products
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Lower environmental impacts
- 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
- 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?
- Engage students in program activities (i.e., research, creating promotional materials)
- Start small, such as planning a local foods dinner
- What resources, research, or contacts, if any, were useful for starting or expanding your farm-to-college program?
- Buy Local Food and Farm Toolkit: A Guide for Student Organizers (Oxfam America)
- Community Food Security Coalition
- Farmtocollege.org Web site
- Is dining/food services:
- Self-operated
- Self-operated
- 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):
- Mixed plan
- Mixed plan