University of North Carolina

• Type: Public, 4 yr, 15,000-25,000
• Region: Southeast
• Address:
• City: Chapel Hill
• State: NC
• ZIP: 27514
• URL: http://www.unc.edu/
• involvement in the Real Food Challenge?
  Level 2: Active in the network
• Provider: Aramark
• On campus concessions: Chick-fil-A, Subway, Starbucks, Alpine Bagel, Mediterranean Deli, 1.5.0. ("local" take out restaurant operated by Carolina Dining Services) Wendy's supposedly coming...
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Paul Basciano
• Farm size: 0.5
• Farm operated by students? yes
• Successes and achievements: Some grass-fed beef in the dining hall, cage free eggs available upon diner's request, efforts to have local food and to label it so, efforts to use more sweet potatoes, opened 1-5-0 local campus restaurant, Green Theme meals every few months
• Composting: post-consumer food waste, food waste from special events
• Food activities: student farm/garden, local purchasing, student organizations, humane purchasing, academic programs
• Farm functions: food consumed by volunteers, other
• comments: New campus employee garden merging with the existing student garden
• Relevant academic programs: Course(s) offered, Research, Major or concentration, Extracurricular Activities, Internships, Undergrad degree
• comments: Brand new Food Studies major- still sort of run as an "independent study" major program. Real Food Calculator pilot internship. Alice Ammerman in School of Public Health