Lane Community College

• Type: Public, 2 yr, Community College, Urban, Suburban, 15,000-25,000
• Region: Northwest
• Address: 4000 E. 30th
• City: Eugene
• State: OR
• ZIP: 97405
• URL: http://www.lanecc.edu
• involvement in the Real Food Challenge?
  Level 1: Connected to the network
• Provider: self operated
• On campus concessions: food carts on campus self operated
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Clive Wanstall
• Farm size: 1/4
• Farm operated by students? yes
• Needs and challenges: Most students including Culinary students and culinary programs do not operate June-September so we must plan our growing season accordingly.
• Successes and achievements: Food grown in the garden is served in the cafeteria and used in the Culinary program. in 2009,the students voted to pay $1 of the students activity fee per term to the Learning Garden Club to facilitate relationships between the garden and the Culinary program, hospitality services, and academic programs and departments. A part time staff person was hired this fall to assist in this process.
• Composting: post-consumer food waste
• Food activities: student farm/garden, organic purchasing, academic programs, student organizations
• Farm functions: supplies dining hall, other educational, food consumed by volunteers, supplies restaurant
• comments: partners with the culinary program
• Relevant academic programs: Extracurricular Activities, Student-run programs
• comments: Non-credit courses use the garden as a classroom. Energy Management and Water Conservation programs do hands-on projects. Global Health and Sustainability students use community service hours to volunteer in the garden.