Student Projects

Course Description
This course emphasizes learning through action. Through a mixture of reading-based discussion, guest lecture, field trips, and independent research, students explored the issue of local food as it relates to Grinnell’s campus with the intent of presenting their findings and recommendations to campus decision-makers.

In addition to weekly meetings and discussion, each student spent the semester researching one aspect of the relationship between Grinnell College and locally grown food. The centerpiece of this course was a final paper and presentation. The compilation of these final papers is included in our final report. In addition, on May 9th, students gave a powerpoint presentation to campus administrators and over 75 other members of the Grinnell community. Copies of that presentation are included for download below.

Downloads

Final Report

Final Presentation: May 9, 2006

Links

• Grinnell Area Local Food Alliance (GALFA)
• Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (INCA)
• Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI)
• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University – Marketing and Food Systems Initiative
• Community Food Security Coalition, Farm-to-College Resources
• Farm to School: Publications and Case Studies
• Sustainable Table: Sustainable Food in Schools – Cafeterias and Dining Halls
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Food and Society Program
• ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Bringing Local Food to Local Institutions: A Resource Guide for Farm-to-School and Farm-to-Institution Programs
• University of Iowa Local Food Project
• Value Chain Partnerships for a Sustainable Agriculture: Regional Food Systems Working Group
• For a list of colleges and universities with local food initiatives see:
  • http://www.farmtocollege.org/list.php

Contact for questions/comments: Prof. Jon Andelson, andelson@grinnell.edu

Students: Julia Bradley-Cook '06, Calvin Dane '08, Sarah Fowler '08, Meredith Groves '08, Anna Isis-Brown '08, Kip Kelley '06, Molly Lewis '06, Avi Pogel '06, Phoebe Souza '08, Eli Zigas '06.