Kennesaw State University

• Type: Liberal Arts, Public, 4 yr, Grad School, 15,000-25,000, Suburban
• Region: Southeast
• Address: 1000 Chastain Road
• City: Kennesaw
• State: GA
• ZIP: 30144
• URL: http://www.kennesaw.edu/index.shtml
• involvement in the Real Food Challenge?
  Level 1: Connected to the network
• Provider: self operated
• On campus concessions: Chick-fil-A, Einstein Bagles, PJ's Coffee
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Gary Coltek
• Farm size: 3 acres
• Farm operated by students? no
• Needs and challenges: KSU needs to work towards sustainability in the food administration. We need to utilize locally grown food, as well as healthy and organic food. At the moment, we are working on getting rid of all styrofoam on campus, and we would like to see more compostable packaging being used. We would also like to see a student and staff run, organic garden on campus. In addition, we would like to instate a green fee into the tuition at our school.
• Successes and achievements: The KSU dining hall is LEED certified and composts the left-overs. The Commons (dining hall) has an on-site herb and vegetable garden as well, which we would like to see the university and dining hall utilizing more frequently.
• Composting: post-consumer food waste
• Food activities: organic purchasing, local purchasing
• Farm functions: supplies dining hall
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