Valdosta State University

• Type: Liberal Arts, 4 yr, 2 yr, Grad School, 10,000-15,000, Rural
• Region: Southeast
• City: Valdosta
• State: GA
• involvement in the Real Food Challenge?
  Level 1: Connected to the network
• Provider: Sodexo
• On campus concessions: Quiznos, einstine bagel, Loop pizza grill, Jazzman Cafe, Subconnection, Sky Ranch Grill
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Jenna Gilbert
• Needs and challenges: WE NEED SUSTAINABLE LOCAL organic FOODS! to achieve this - we need a large scale provider of organic food local to Valdosta with reliable production to achieve this - we need training from organic permaculture farmers to teach the skill to the unemployed - money to pay the workers and buy seeds - land to grow it on (options need soil tests) - good soil to cultivate: manure, compost