Congratulations to Bon Appétit partner Lafayette College, which was recently ranked in the top 10 for Sustainable Food and Dining in AASHE’s 2020 Sustainable Campus Index!
Celebrating 10 Years of the Fellows Program: Peter Todaro
“Fellows explain our Farm to Fork commitment all the time, and it’s sometimes easy to think about the commitment in an abstract way. [Open Hands] Owner Ben Doherty showed us around the farm, which has a long and extraordinarily deep connection to Bon Appétit. Ben made the abstract tangible to everyone in attendance.”
Roger Williams Shows Off Its Pearl of an Oyster Farm
Bon Appétiters at Roger Williams University had the opportunity to visit an oyster research farm and chat with Dale Leavitt, an associate professor of biology who oversees the research facility.
The Campus Farmers Network Sprouts Again
Fellow Peter Todaro shares insight into the Campus Farmers Network, created in 2013 to encourage and support growing food on campus at colleges and corporate locations.
Overstock.Com’s Greenhouse Grows Community, Food, and Employee Wellness
A not-so-hidden treasure is thriving on the Overstock.com campus. The 9,000-square-foot glass greenhouse grows a wide variety of crops year-round, from cucurbits and passion fruit, to purple cauliflower.
Tasting Tiny Footprint’s Big Impact at Macalester College
Based in Brooklyn Center, MN, artisanal coffee roaster Tiny Footprint Coffee has an outsize buzz on Bon Appétit campuses throughout the Upper Midwest.
Macalester’s MULCH Garden Gets Reborn
Bon Appétit Fellow Peter Todaro, who’s working on expanding Bon Appétit’s Campus Farmers Network, joins members of newly re-formed Macalester Urban Land and Community Health club (MULCH) to learn more about the campus farm
Cornell College Proud to be Key Part of Community Support for Morning Glory CSA
Bon Appétit Fellow, Peter Todaro, shares the story behind Donna Warhover’s farm, Morning Glory, after visiting the Bon Appétit Farm to Fork vendor.
Exploring the Roots of the Relationship Between Open Hands Farm and Bon Appétit
Erin Johnson and Ben Doherty, owners and operators of Open Hands Farm, welcomed a group of Bon Appétit team members and Carleton College students to the farm to share their story — one that is deeply entwined with Bon Appétit’s.
Creating a New Generation of Farmers at Carleton College
The farming program at Carleton is almost completely student-run, with staff changing year to year, a fact that made the professionalism of the farm even more impressive.