Growing Food AWS
Growing Food for Campus Dining Donielle Nolan Greenhouse & Gardens Specialist Office of Sustainability
Garden Fresh Food
Presidents Park Greenhouse
Hydroponics
No Weeding, No Digging
Automatic, Less Water
Campus-Grown Food in the Dining Halls
How We Made it Happen 1. Greenhouse >$100,000
2. Restore and Add Equipment $60,000 3. Part-Time Employee $20,000/year 4. Utilities and Supplies $10,000/year
5. Revenue from Produce $20,000 - $30,000/year
Student Involvement
Food Safety ✿ Mason & Sodexo ✿ Liability Insurance ✿ GAP Audit Certification NOT REQUIRED ✿ Checklist: ❀ Clean water ❀ Sanitation ❀ Hand-washing
Pest Management ✿ Integrated Pest Management System, or IPM ✿ Live Beneficial Organisms ✿ Predatory Insects and Nematodes
✿ Beneficial Fungi and Bacteria ✿ Regular Applications, Prevention ✿ Chemicals as Last Resort
Local, Fresh Food on Campus
Anyone Can Volunteer and
Learn Hands-On Email: Doni Nolan [email protected] Green.gmu.edu
Garden Fresh Food
Presidents Park Greenhouse
Hydroponics
No Weeding, No Digging
Automatic, Less Water
Campus-Grown Food in the Dining Halls
How We Made it Happen 1. Greenhouse >$100,000
2. Restore and Add Equipment $60,000 3. Part-Time Employee $20,000/year 4. Utilities and Supplies $10,000/year
5. Revenue from Produce $20,000 - $30,000/year
Student Involvement
Food Safety ✿ Mason & Sodexo ✿ Liability Insurance ✿ GAP Audit Certification NOT REQUIRED ✿ Checklist: ❀ Clean water ❀ Sanitation ❀ Hand-washing
Pest Management ✿ Integrated Pest Management System, or IPM ✿ Live Beneficial Organisms ✿ Predatory Insects and Nematodes
✿ Beneficial Fungi and Bacteria ✿ Regular Applications, Prevention ✿ Chemicals as Last Resort
Local, Fresh Food on Campus
Anyone Can Volunteer and
Learn Hands-On Email: Doni Nolan [email protected] Green.gmu.edu
