Saint Michael's College

• Type: Liberal Arts, Private, 4 yr, 1000-5000
• Region: Northeast
• City: Colchester
• State: VT
• involvement in the Real Food Challenge?
  Level 1: Connected to the network
• Provider: Sodexo
• On campus concessions: Sodexho
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Hank Strashnik
• Farm size: Garden (1/4 of an acre)
• Farm operated by students? yes
• Needs and challenges: We need more local foods, in Vermont we have access to so many local farms especially for any dairy product, syrup, apples, etc. It all exists very close but we can't get it into our schools.
• Successes and achievements: We just went trayless, but no success on getting better foods in our cafeteria. We are hosting a local foods competion in two weeks which will be linking up to the Winter Farmers' Market in Burlington, VT.
• Composting: pre-consumer food waste, post-consumer food waste
• Food activities: student farm/garden
• Farm functions: food consumed by volunteers, other
• comments: Community Gardens for anyone who wishes to run a small plot
• Relevant academic programs: Course(s) offered, Student-run programs
• comments: Our first course is going to be offered; Politics of Food Student run programs: Green Up SMC and Student Trade Justice Campaign; both are looking to get more local foods on our campus.