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Featuring products from local farms and others within the Appalachian regions, the Farm Store offers a wide variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, grains, beans, mushrooms, honey, pork, beef, chicken and more – all produced by students gaining hands-on farming experience while working their way through college. “The main purpose of the store is to serve as the college farm’s experiential learning laboratory in value-added agriculture and local food systems...” | |||
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Revision as of 18:29, 26 October 2016
Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: https://primary.berea.edu/tag/local-foods-initiative/
Description:
Local Food Initiative Mission and Goals
The mission of the Berea College Local Food Initiative is to promote the participation of Berea College in the development of a sustainable food system.
Our goals are:
- To understand and foster the ecological, economic, social, and spiritual components of a sustainable food network
- To promote understanding by Berea College students, faculty, and staff of the sources of their food, thereby increasing appreciation of fresh, local foods
- To increase the purchase of locally grown foods for all of Berea College’s dining facilities;
- To encourage campus use of College Farm and Garden products
- To provide new marketing opportunities for local growers.
Featuring products from local farms and others within the Appalachian regions, the Farm Store offers a wide variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, grains, beans, mushrooms, honey, pork, beef, chicken and more – all produced by students gaining hands-on farming experience while working their way through college. “The main purpose of the store is to serve as the college farm’s experiential learning laboratory in value-added agriculture and local food systems...”