e575da0ded065ab89a70ef7de25a5996 true Providence Gretchen Willis, Director; Peter Rossi, Associate Director yes <1 6,500,000 8 taking_challenge 41.8261914 -71.4028479 Brown University 2 all-you-can-eat dining halls 4 a la carte eateries 1 campus market + many food carts true 2 true RI We now have a farmer's market on campus, a great (small) student garden, and a weekly market shares program (a subscription-based program for distributing produce to the broader campus community). For six years the Dining Services have run a "Community Harvest Program," their commitment to buying small amounts of local produce through direct relationships with Rhode Island Food service workers also won a significant contract re-negotiation recently, which, among other things, brought more "temporary" workers into full-time positions with benefits. Recently we launched a Real Food at Brown Initiative, bringing together student leaders from the Sustainable Food Initiative (SuFI), Student Labor Alliance (SLA), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and emPOWER (a climate change activism group). Our campaign goals are: 1) A University commitment to a 20% increase in Real Food over 5 years 2) The hiring of eight part-time student staff positions (within Dining Services)--to ensure the we accomplish the above goal, and execute other food sustainability projects 3) A University-wide Food Systems Working Group to address Brown's broader (potential) engagement with the food system--including curriculum, waste stream, community engagement, etc. 2009-12-07T19:24:21+00:00 http://www.brown.edu 02912