Muhlenberg College
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Muhlenberg College purchases food that meets one or more of the following criteria:
Grown and processed within 250 miles of the institution
Third-party certified (USDA Certified Organic, Marine Stewardship Council Blue Ecolabel, Food Alliance, Fair Trade)
Grown on a farm that operates as a cooperative, has a profit sharing policy for all employees, or has a social responsibility policy covering all workers
Sodexo purchasing in ’10-’11 t
Sodexo expenditures on sustainable food:8%
8% of Sodexo’s expenditures on 08’-09’ is considered sustainable
Notes about submission
80% of all of the food we purchase is bought during the months of October through April when most local produce is out of season.
All of the milk and eggs purchased are from farms within the 150 mile radius with most coming from the following farms and dairy cooperatives:
-We are using Cage Free Eggs from Sauder
-We are no longer using Crowly Foods in Hatfield, rather we are serving Stoneyfield Organic Yogurt in the Wood Dining Commons.
-Produce Vendors:
-Kegels Produce: Lancaster, PA
-Ambrosi: West Deptford, NJ
-Butter Valley Harvest Farms: Bally, PA
-Balford Farms: Philadelphia, PA
Local Vendors:
-Indian Ridge Provisions: Telford, PA
-Lehigh Valley Dairy: near Allentown, Pa
-Rockland Bakery: Nanuet, NY
-RC Fire Food: Belle Mend, NJ
-BK Enterprises: Philadelphia
-A & L Foods: Baltimore
-Morbito Baking: Norristown, PA