5. Eat food that nourishes farmers and the land.

Student lunches in Stav Dining Hall

As Wendell Berry says, eating is "inescapably an agricultural act, and . . . how we eat determines, to a considerable extent, the way the world is used." The cafeteria is intimately connected to farm fields around the world. In our food service, we will try to serve meals that

• support local agriculture, reducing transportations costs (financial and environmental)
• support practices that reduce soil erosion, and herbicide and pesticide use
• support re-sourcing of food—like fair-trade coffee—that guarantees the livelihoods of growers