Hydroponics and aquaponics systems to expand on campus
The hydroponic and aquaponic systems on campus allow fresh produce to be made available to the campus community year-round.
The hydroponic and aquaponic systems on campus allow fresh produce to be made available to the campus community year-round.
Guests who go on Experience! The Finger Lakes’ Farm-to-Table Wine and Cooking Class Tour will be able to taste food directly from Finger Lakes farmland.
Next time you go into a food store, pick up those bananas you always buy and look at the label. Where are they from — South America? Stop and consider how far that banana has traveled, how many pesticides it has been spewed with and how little money the farmer who grew it actually received.…
About 15 percent of the food served in the dining halls at Ithaca College is from local farms. Students at the college answered this question: Does it matter to you whether food in the dining hall is local?
Sustainability is on the menu for Ithaca College students now that the college’s dining services are pushing to source more local products.
Silver Queen Farm, on the western edge of Trumansburg, is one of more than 10 farms in the Tompkins County area that have joined in the farm dinner trend.
We asked Ithaca College students and professors if they think that the dining halls should incorporate more local food and produce.