The Wheaton College Garden has become a hub for a wide variety of initiatives after winning a Bon Appétit Student Activist Grant in 2019.

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The Roots of Lafayette College’s Sustainable Food and Dining Program
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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!

Road Tripping to Willamette University’s Zena Land
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Bon Appétit Fellow Shannon Tivona joined student leaders from the campus Farm Club, for a special visit to Willamette University’s living educational laboratory known as the Zena property.

The Campus Farmers Network Sprouts Again
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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.

Depauw University Engages Community with Multiple Events
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Bon Appétiters at DePauw University stayed quite busy, even during the summer break, with a series of community focused events.

Macalester’s MULCH Garden Gets Reborn
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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

Gallaudet’s “Gally Gardens” Grows Into Exemplary Social Enterprise
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Back in 2009, Gallaudet students and Bon Appétiters transformed an abandoned volleyball court into 14 garden beds. Since then, Gallaudet’s garden has also gone through different management structures, all leading up to a major transformation this season.

MIT Raises the Roof with Two New Initiatives
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, boasts sweeping vistas of the Charles River and Boston’s impressive skyline. It also now boasts something else: a rooftop farm.

Lafayette College’s LaSeed Library Puts Public Gardens in Circulation
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Lafayette College’s library and campus farm join forces to empower community members to grow their own foods through a free source of organic seeds.

Creating a New Generation of Farmers at Carleton College
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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.