College of the Atlantic
(
Bar Harbor
ME
04609 )
- Contact Name:
- Kenneth Sebelin
- Contact Title:
- food service director
- Telephone:
- (207) 288-5015
- E-Mail:
- ksebelin@coa.edu
- Who was most responsible for initiating your farm-to-college program?
- Student(s)
- Dining/food services personnel
- Faculty/Staff
- 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?
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Food preparation
- Work in campus/student farm or garden
- In what ways, if any, would you like students to be involved in the program?
- Coordinating purchase/delivery of products
- Food preparation
- Work in campus/student farm or garden
- Member of project planning/advisory committee
- Other research
- 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?
- Not Involved
- 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)
- Other, please specify:
- Where do the majority of your locally purchased farm products come from?
- Same city/county (ie., less than 50 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
- Approximately how much, in dollars, does dining/food services spend annually on local farm products?
- Other, please specify:
- Other, please specify:
- What is the approximate total number of individual farmers you purchase products from during an entire calendar year?
- 1-5 farmers
- 1-5 farmers
- Who/where are local products purchased from?
- Campus/student farm or garden
- Individual farmer(s)
- Are local food products used in...
- Catering
- Regular menus
- Special events
- Was external funding or other resources (grants, equipment, etc.) used to...
- Maintain the program
- Start the program
- Have you used any of the following to promote the program or enhance its educational value?
- Class research
- Farm tours
- Information in dining locations about the program
- Press releases
- Speakers/demonstrations
- Special events (eg., local foods dinner)
- What, if any, other environmental initiatives on your campus are connected with the farm-to-college program?
- College/student farm
- Composting program
- Herb/kitchen garden
- Sustainable agriculture research and curriculum projects
- 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?
- Product price
- Seasonal availability of products
- What do you see as the most significant benefits from farm-to-college programs?
- Higher quality food
- Lower environmental impacts
- Opportunity for student education/research
- Good for school and/or company public relations
- Supporting local farmers, community and/or economy
- Other, please specify:
- 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 dining/food services offset extra costs
- Grants/subsidies to help farmers build season extenders
- What strategies, if any, do you recommend for making farm-to-college programs work?
- Get college/university administrative support
- Get food service company support or endorsement
- 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
- What is dining/food services' approximate annual budget for food?
- Other, please specify:
- Other, please specify: