On Tuesday, Sept. 24, students eating dinner in Klages Dining Room can take Bon App\u00c3\u00a9tit Management Company’s Eat Local Challenge and enjoy a delicious, 100-percent local meal from our chef\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s table expo station.<\/p>\n
All ingredients for this meal will come from local farmers and artisans within 150 miles of George Fox; the only exception is salt! The Eat Local Challenge highlights our chefs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 creativity, educates guests about eating locally and seasonally, and supports and publicizes great local farmers.<\/p>\n
When Bon App\u00c3\u00a9tit launched its first Eat Local Challenge in 2005, the idea of caring about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153local food\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was a novelty, not a national movement. The idea behind the annual event was to encourage people to look beyond their supermarket and seek out the bounty of food growing all around them. American Farmland Trust estimates that, in general, of $10 spent on food, only $1.58 gets back to the farmers and ranchers who grew it; middlemen take the rest. By buying directly from local farms, Bon App\u00c3\u00a9tit has played a vital role in the local food movement over the last 14 years.<\/p>\n
In addition, Bon App\u00c3\u00a9tit is also sponsoring a national ELC food photography contest. Students and guests that night can take a photo of their 100 percent locally sourced meal on Eat Local Challenge Day, then Tweet or Instagram them along with #eatlocalchallenge. The best photo from all 500-plus caf\u00c3\u00a9s across the country will win a $200 gift certificate to a farm-to-table restaurant in their area and signed copies of two new food movement books.<\/p>\n