Food for Thought: A New Way to Measure "Farm-to-Campus" Operations

"Farm to campus" is a growing movement to mobilize the influence and power of colleges and universities to shape the food system. Research done before the Covid-19 pandemic shows that New England colleges with dining services served more than 87 million meals and spent nearly $400 million...

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Published inThe New England journal of higher education
Main Author Leighton, Hannah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New England Board of Higher Education 03.01.2022
Subjects
Agriculture
Colleges
Food
Food Service
School Community Relationship
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Summary:"Farm to campus" is a growing movement to mobilize the influence and power of colleges and universities to shape the food system. Research done before the Covid-19 pandemic shows that New England colleges with dining services served more than 87 million meals and spent nearly $400 million on food and beverage annually. Farm to Institution New England (FINE) works with the higher education sector to better understand and help shape the role higher education plays in the food system. The Data Center will be the one-stop shop for New England colleges to aggregate information about farm-to-campus efforts, generate reports, measure progress over time, network with other campuses, and more. The Data Center will build on and streamline the data-collection process and decentralize data ownership across multiple stakeholders.
ISSN:1938-5978