Ruth, If you are going to California for "green" ideas, you may want to meet with this group, called Revolution Foods: http://www.revfoods.com/index.html I met one of the founders last summer in Mexico; I just emailed them to see if they know of any similar midwestern companies. They seem to be doing really great things--things we want to do ourselves! Katie Voss
Missed the meeting... but love the blog! What's the direction here? Are we hoping to actually influence foods that are eaten on campus? In the cafeteria?
I would like to see us grow something on campus that is served to the kids who grow it. For instance, if we grow a bunch of cucumbers, would the lower school cafeteria slice them and make them available on the salad bar?
I'm not a believer in pesticides, chemical fertilizers, etc. I accept that they're widely used and it's impossible to eliminate them from our food consumption. However, if we grow a garden here on campus, can we accept there will be some bugs and not try to fight them off with toxic chemicals?
Beasley kids planted some veggie seeds before break. Almost all of them have spouts already. This year's crop has been promised to STL Food Outreach as part of a Service-Learning project, but I hope to be able to have enough to allow for students to taste their harvest.
Greg, I have a food waste study from the interns in the Beasley Cafeteria you may find interesting. It is only in hard copy. They collected data on pizza, salad, and milk consumption / waste. Very interesting!
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Ruth,
If you are going to California for "green" ideas, you may want to meet with this group, called Revolution Foods:
http://www.revfoods.com/index.html
I met one of the founders last summer in Mexico; I just emailed them to see if they know of any similar midwestern companies. They seem to be doing really great things--things we want to do ourselves!
Katie Voss
Missed the meeting... but love the blog! What's the direction here? Are we hoping to actually influence foods that are eaten on campus? In the cafeteria?
I would like to see us grow something on campus that is served to the kids who grow it. For instance, if we grow a bunch of cucumbers, would the lower school cafeteria slice them and make them available on the salad bar?
I'm not a believer in pesticides, chemical fertilizers, etc. I accept that they're widely used and it's impossible to eliminate them from our food consumption. However, if we grow a garden here on campus, can we accept there will be some bugs and not try to fight them off with toxic chemicals?
Beasley kids planted some veggie seeds before break. Almost all of them have spouts already. This year's crop has been promised to STL Food Outreach as part of a Service-Learning project, but I hope to be able to have enough to allow for students to taste their harvest.
Greg, I have a food waste study from the interns in the Beasley Cafeteria you may find interesting. It is only in hard copy. They collected data on pizza, salad, and milk consumption / waste. Very interesting!
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