In an effort to raise awareness about food waste, Fellows worked with various Bon Appétit accounts to show screenings of a documentary called “Wasted!” and serve up fun zero waste food items.
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Tasting Tiny Footprint’s Big Impact at Macalester College
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Based in Brooklyn Center, MN, artisanal coffee roaster Tiny Footprint Coffee has an outsize buzz on Bon Appétit campuses throughout the Upper Midwest.
Case Western’s Farm Grows Minds and Food
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The farm at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland is more akin to a land-grant institution’s research farm than the small but mighty student-run operations found on most Bon Appétit campuses.
Staff Spotlight: Cecilia Carrasco Practices Compassion at the Register
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Students can always count on Cashier Cecilia Carrasco’s smiling face at Santa Clara University. Here, the campus celebrity shares her favorite parts about working with Bon Appétit for more than 17 years
Staff Spotlight: The Accidental Chef – Case Western’s Dick Thompson
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When asked how he ended up in cooking, Bon Appétit Chef/Manager Dick Thompson answers, “Life happened.” In just over three years, Dick has gone from supervisor at Melt to chef/manager of the entire TVUC, which has five concepts.
Best Buy Opens Up World Of Future Opportunities For Special Workers
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The partnership between the Bon Appétit team at Best Buy in Minneapolis and Minnesota Life College (MLC) has changed many lives in both organizations.
Oberlin Debuts Healthy Breakfast Bars
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More than 200 blueberry-banana-oat bar samples were eagerly snapped up at the annual employee wellness fair at Oberlin College
Reed’s Food Security Initiative Sustains Those in Need
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The Bon Appétit team at Reed College recently opened a food pantry as a part of their Food Security Initiative, which services Reed community members who experience food insecurity.
Macalester’s MULCH Garden Gets Reborn
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Bon Appétit Fellow Peter Todaro, who’s working on expanding Bon Appétit’s Campus Farmers Network, joins members of newly re-formed Macalester Urban Land and Community Health club (MULCH) to learn more about the campus farm
Willamette’s Small Plates Pop-Up Combines Creativity with Sustainability
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Willamette’s small plates station, which operates as a pop-up of sorts every Thursday afternoon, is about as far from stereotypical cafeteria fare as you can get. Executive Chef André Uribe encourages his team to use the station as an opportunity to experiment and be creative.