Campus Dining Suppliers

Another great couple weeks of eating. Wellfed the saturday before last was UNBELIEVABLE!

I did some research on the websites of the companies our campus dining patronizes. There is definitely room for improvement. As far as I could tell Driftwood Dairy has a pretty good ecological reputation and they are located pretty close to Oxy. Meyer Natural Angus Beef is hormone free (but not free range or grass fed), most of our seafood is sustainably harvested, and a lot of the other websites claimed to be 100% organic. However, it's really difficult to a) sort through all the misleading bullshit on the websites and b) figure out how the relative proportions we buy from each supplier. So while a lot of our companies claim to be organic, sysco is not, and I have a feeling they are the most major source. I looked at Pamona college, they got an A- on their green report card and their main supplier or Cysco equivalent is Sodexho which has one numerous green ethics awards. Also, none of our coffee is fair trade and I couldn't figure out where we get our poultry and eggs, so I don't know if they are cage free or not.
Here are the suppliers:

Cakery Bakery (Special Events
Dr. Soda

Dreyers Grand Ice Cream
Driftwood Dairy
EnviroTech (Green Cleaning Products)
Farmer Brother's
First Class Vending (Vending Machines throughout Campus)
Fosselman's Ice Cream (Tiger Cooler)
Gavina Coffee (Tiger Cooler)
Goldberg & Solovy Foods
The Growers' Collaborative
HannahMax Baking
Healthy Baking Company (Tiger Cooler)
The Individual Group (Paper Products)
Kikka Sushi (Tiger Cooler)
Le Chef Bakery
Meyer Natural Angus Beef (Marketplace and Tiger Cooler burgers)
Mutual Trading Company
Naked Juice (Marketplace)
Nature's Best
Oliver's Artisan Breads (Marketplace)
Organic to Go (Coffee Cart)
Otis Spunkmeyer
Pura Vida Coffee (Coffee Cart)
Rossmoor Pastries (Special Events)
Sparkletts Water
Swiss Chalet
Sysco
Taylor Maid Farms Coffee (Marketplace)
Trellis Earth (Corn-based Plastics)
United Natural

Also, I found that nutritious vending machines are on the rise. I wonder how difficult it would be to make a switch to something like this:

Forbes Vending machine snacks Click the links for more details on calories, fat and carbs. • GOOD • BAD Food Example • Bottled water • Baked chips Baked Cheetos Crunchy • Dried fruit Dried apricots • 100% fruit juice Red Jacket Orchards Juice • Nutrition bars Balance Bar • Nuts Almonds • Pretzels Rold Gold Classic Style Sticks • Skim milk • Tea Diet Arizona Green Tea • Vegetables Baby carrots • Yogurt Dannon Light 'n Fit Nonfat