For Syracuse university to increase it’s purchasing from local suppliers, the biggest thing it needs to do is build momentum in the student body demanding such a change, starting on a small scale.<\/p>\n
The biggest problems with local food for syracuse University are:\u00a0Logistics, and\u00a0Supply. The university currently contracts with Syracuse Banana<\/a> for all of it’s produce because it can provide all of the university’s needs in a single delivery. Syracuse Banana does work with local farmers, but the majority of it’s produce comes from Florida and California.<\/p>\n Farm to institution programs have been popping up around the United States, purposed to provide market opportunities for farmers, and to bring high-quality food to people in schools, hospitals, or any of many other institutions.<\/p>\n Farm to Institution New York State has over 36,000 farms with 7 million acres of cultivation in New York serving over 300 million meals in 2012.\u00a0Major Syracuse and Onondaga county purchasers<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>can look to programs such as these when increasing their purchases of local foods.<\/p>\n The representative that we talked to addressed several issues that many large purchasers of food have with local purchasing, directly refuting the notion that local food is too expensive, and unavailable year round.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/h1>\n
Success Stories in connecting campuses to local farms:<\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/h1>\nNew York State Farm to Institution:<\/h2>\n
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“If we were to try to implement a more local food service system the key is starting at a small scale<\/h2>\n
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\u2014Glenda Neff, New York Farm to Institution”<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Real Food Challenge:<\/h2>\n