Colleges & Universities

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75 best American colleges for food

Bowdoin College and New York’s Columbia University top The Daily Meal’s list of colleges for best food.

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12 colleges leading the way for sustainable dining

American University in Washington D.C. and Boston University top Food Tank’s list of universities purchasing and preparing food sustainably

The university, which has run its own foodservice since it was founded, is hiring Aramark to take over dining services.

Cal DeMercurio joins Chartwells at the California-based Simpson University.

Miami Dade College’s north campus will now offer students free produce, in addition to its established food pantry stocked with non-perishable food items.

Intervale Food Hub is now an “approved vendor” of the University of Vermont and expects to sell local produce worth $50,000 to the university before the end of the year—roughly $3,000 per week for the upcoming semester.

In addition to its new Fresh Market cafeteria, Mississippi State University has added Moe’s Southwest Grill and Insomnia Cookies to its roster of campus food options.

The university’s newly renovated Garden Commons dining hall features a salad and fruit bar, Asian and Italian food stations, and a grab-and-go convenience store.

The university’s dining services was named the Grand Prize winner in the association’s 2015 Sustainability Awards competition.

A coalition of food, farming and advocacy groups, along with students and staff, are working together to urge the UMaine system to purchase more locally sourced products.

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