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January 23, 2002 MEDIA CONTACT: Diane Baedeker Petit, 617-626-1752, Diane.Baedeker@state.ma.us
Workshop Slated A new Institutional Food Sales Task Group, formed by the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture to encourage institutions to serve more Massachusetts-grown products, will host a workshop for institutional food service buyers, growers, educators, and distributors on Wednesday, January 30, 1:00 pm at Tufts University, Medford in the Coolidge Room of Ballou Hall. The task group was formed in conjunction with the Tufts Institute for the Environment and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, Conservation Law Foundation, Red Tomato, and Pioneer Valley Growers' Association, and is made up of growers, buyers, distributors, co-ops, nutritionists, and others interested in the issue. The workshop will feature a discussion with Robert Volpi, Dining Services Director at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Volpi has successfully and economically integrated fresh local foods into his school's dining services and will share the nuts and bolts of his approach. His talk is entitled "Improve the Quality of Your School Dining Services By Serving Local Foods: How to Make it Work." Volpi has won national recognition for his environmental and local food purchasing initiatives. Through his increased purchase of local foods, Volpi has enhanced the quality of the food served in his dining halls, increased student satisfaction, and strengthened Bates' role in the local economy. The presentation will be followed by an informal local foods reception at 2:30 pm. For more information, contact Kelly Erwin, MDFA marketing specialist, 413-545-2353, or kerwin@umext.umass.edu. Directions to Ballou Hall at Tufts are online at http://admissions.tufts.edu/directions.htm. |
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