Dalhousie Food Services' Farm to Table Program is an educational program focusing on:

1. Seasonal Produce, Maritime Beef, Local Pork, Local and MSC Certified Haddock on our menus
2. Promoting local menu items and,
3. Bringing local farmers and suppliers into our 4 dining halls!

Dalhousie Food Services partners with local farmers and suppliers to purchase local produce, eggs, dairy, bread, beef, fish and more! The
Farm to Table Program buys locally, which increases support of local farmers and the community, conserves energy, and creates
less pollution when food travels fewer miles to reach Dalhousie!

 

1. Seasonal Menus - Our 4 dining halls, Howe, O'Brien, Shirreff and Risley, follow seasonal menus by:

- Using Nova Scotia's Local Produce Guide to include seasonal produce

- Incorporating our federally inspected local protein suppliers             Tony's Meat             Atlantic Beef             Green Island Fisheries - provides local MSC Certified Haddock             Maritime Pride Eggs

- Offering locally made: milk from Baxter's and bread from Ben's on a daily basis.

2. Promoting local menu items - Using our LCD screens located in our 4 dining halls, we are able to promote daily local menu
items! We not only promote the local items, but also promote their nutritional value, nutritional benefits and other information
about our local suppliers. Take a minute to read our LCD screens today! 

                       

3. Bringing local farmers and suppliers into our 4 dining halls - To support students efforts toward sustainable living, 
Dalhousie Food Services has arranged to bring local farmers and suppliers into the dining halls! Check out some pictures below of past events:

 

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On Monday October 25th 2010, Joel Bowen from Green Island Fisheries visited Shirreff Hall and O'Brien Hall.
The dining halls offered local sustainable (MSC Certified) haddock from south western Nova Scotia.

  

On Tuesday, October 26th 2010, Brad Keddy from HE Keddy Brothers visited Risley Hall and Howe Hall.
The dining halls served martime beef and local produce.

 

On Tuesday, September 29th 2009, Paul Nickerson from Sysco along with other local food producers were at our Howe Hall Dining
Location to answer student questions and distribute samples of locally grown produce.  Students were invited to play Local
Farm-to-Table Trivia and enter to win prizes such as Dalhousie laptop bags, Dalhousie water bottles, and ARAMARK Green Thread
Travel Mugs. The night was a huge sucess! Check out the pictures below!

                                                   

 

On Monday, February 9th, 2009, Brad from H&E Keddy Brothers was at our Shirreff Hall Dining Hall Location
to answer student questions and distribute samples of locally grown produce. This was a huge success with
the students who attended. H&E Keddy Brothers Ltd. is located in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
Click HERE for more information about these local farmers!