Eckerd College Gets Juiced About Farm-Fresh Oranges

Written by Nicole Tocco on May 17, 2013in Education, Farm to Fork, Featured - 0 Comments

An Eckerd student fills a cup with fresh orange juice

Eckerd students Samantha Haskell and Cat Pappas learn how to eat a kumquat: rolling it between their hands to break up the bitterness and then popping the whole thing into their mouths , peel and all.

The Bon Appétit team at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, wanted students to experience the fresh, seasonal oranges coming from nearby farms. The best way to do that, they decided, was to install a fresh juicing station into the main café.  This spring, I joined Eckerd students to follow the journey those oranges take from the farm to their cup.

We started at Mixon Fruit Farms in Bradenton, FL, less than 20 miles from their campus. Continue…

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