Oct 1 Gathering Notes

Today was a difficult day. We talked about food for a bit, in between caves and a vigil.

Remember that this is about people and friends, not just food.

what we did this week:
Deanna & Stella talked to Jess Wilson; will post report on blog.
jane & olivia helped out at the farmers market

what we will do this next week:
kate will write up thoughts & suggestions from last year
jane & olivia will return to the farmers market
Bill will talk to Smith.
jane, compton, & michael will plan farmers potluck for the week of october 23rd.
everyone will read research from blog.
Follow up on Deanna & Stella's new suggestions.

Next gathering: 8pm Thursday Oct 8th in the LAL.

Local food & community building can be overwhelming. While Sewanee has a long, long ways to go, we have to think about this not as a problem, but as a wonderful opportunity to do something no one has ever done before. let's make it happen.

Food Radicality Gathering #2

Paul:

Talked to food god at Sewanee Scott Maynow

Mixed messages, not too excited about local food

He is worried about supply issues; issues of insurance

Willing to track food (e.g. where it comes from)

**Tracking a hamburger meal from grill

Want to eventually make a really cool map put in McClurg

Once we do this, we need to make strong case about local food

Very willing to do composting—going to be trashcan in back of McClurg, to be taken out to the garden

Jane: Colorado College

Supplier is Bon Appetite(was backer of local foods store)

Very focused on local foods and trying to incorporate local/regional food

Aim is toward working lands

They have a local foods store...see if can find a student that is involved

Deanna: Oberland

Bon Appetite helped buy greenhouse that is run on grease oil

“Farm to fork”

Policies of Bon Appetite

35% of food is from local resources

sent email to Dr. Cuppenger

meeting with Rocco---said that he will have a meeting with Scott from McClurg

            **topics for discussion with Scott

**need to make map and showing where Aramark food is coming from/where waste food goes

            **then push really hard for local food

**could make a comparison map and what it would look like if bought closer …pick one product

RESEARCH

Jane and Olivia go to market

How did Victoria get off meal plan

Bill talk to Gerald Smith about local foods

Talk to Alexis about Newspaper article…eventually

Jane and Olivia look at Bowdoin, Furman, Wafford (president of Furman in charge of sutainable food)

Deanna—Talk to Melissa Dunn, get to know Shane

How does Aramark treat employees? (make clear confidential)

Ask about health insurance and a living wage

Stella—talking to Jess and Dan Pate

Slow Food Movement Chapter on Campus?—Olivia talk to Compton

Gathering #1

Tonight was the first gathering of Food Radicality. Our goals our simple: become friends with our neighbors this Mountain while working together to nurse Sewanee's food chain back to health.

Who: Deanna W, Paul D, Jane S, Olivia S.
Not present but interested: Kate C, Katie Q, Stella P
We talked about the history of food at Sewanee and updated everybody on the current situation.

In the coming days, we agreed to:
1) Create google / gmail accounts so we can use Google Docs and this blog.
2) Read the background info which Paul will post on this blog.
3) Research how other schools do it (Jane: Colorado, Olivia: Bowdoin, Deanna: Oberlin). Details on how to research will be posted shortly.
4) Talk to Jess about potential cooperative organization & history (Deanna, Stella)
5) Help set up for the Farmer's Markets (Olivia & Jane)
6) Gather next Thursday 9/24 at 8pm in the LAL.