News Bites
Emma Willard becomes the First Fair Trade School in America!
Emma Willard Fair Trade press release
Sodexo press release
Meet our Food Committee Members for 2010-2011!
Taylor Garrison- Senior - Co - Head |
| Josephine Rea-Tomlinson - Sophmore Co - Head |
Samantha Kreda - Junior |
| Stella Pabis - Junior |
| Grace Smith - Sophmore |
| Autumn Hinton - Senior |
| Camille Shaw-Pigeon - Senior |
| Brittany Cuff - Senior |
| Kevin Bayer – Dining Services |
Our Mission The Food Committee consists of members from all four classes, the faculty and dining services. The committee meets on a bi-weekly basis to discuss issues related to the dining room and the meals served at Emma. The members serve as liaisons between the larger school community and dining services and can be reached at food@emmawillard.org. |
If you would like to be a part of the Food Committee this year, please email Kbayer@emmawillard.org
A quick glance at what is Local, Organic, Fair Trade & Homemade
What's Fair Trade?
Aspretto Coffee, Tea & Sugar
Jasmine Rice
Divinitea Loose Leaf Organic Tea
What's Homemade?
Beside our meals, here are some uncommon homemade items:
Granola - Yogurt - Croutons - Re hydrate Beans
What's Local this Week? Available in Season
A Listing of Produce we are getting from local farms this week:
Cabbage - Corn - Squash - Pears - Pumpkins - Apples -Tomatoes - Gourds - Indian Corn - Hay
Provided By Wertman Farms, Deforge Farms, Black Horse Farms & Bowman Orchard
A Listing of Organic Items we offer regularly:
Raisins - Bread - Field Greens - Annie Naturals Salad Dressings - Yogurt Covered Raisins - Beans - Divinitea Hot & Iced Tea’s - Tabbouleh - Jasmine & Brown Rice - Hummus - Stoneyfield Yogurt
Points of Interest
Tray-less
In an effort to lessen our water, energy, and food waste, we have removed the trays from the servery!
Homemade Granola
In our continuing effort to bring you the freshest & healthiest options, we are now offering our own homemade blend of granola made by us in our kitchen.
Homemade Yogurt
Homemade Yogurt is back new & improved! We offer plain and a variety of fresh fruit flavors. Let us know your opinion on it!
Annie’s Naturals Dressings
Our salad bar will feature 3 rotating Annie’s Natural Dressings on a daily basis. All of the Annie’s dressings are made with natural ingredients and will have the original labeling to indicate if that dressing is organic, vegan and gluten free!
Organic Field Greens
We feature organic field greens daily on our salad bar and on most entrée salads.
Bragg Liquid Amino's - America's Healthy All Purpose Seasoning!
We have introduced a new condiment over by the rice station, soy sauce alterative Bragg Liquid Amino's. Bragg Liquid Amino's is a certified non-GMO liquid protein concentrate, derived from healthy soybeans, that contains 16 Essential and Non-essential Amino Acids in naturally occurring amounts.
Display Table
You may notice something new as you come through the main entranceway of the servery. We have set up a display table that will feature our menu options. This will help in deciding what you would like while also educating you as to what the proper portion sizes are.
Past Events
October 29th - Halloweeen Dinner
November 2nd, 2010 - Local Dinner & Special Dessert w/ Traveling Chef Rob MacFarlane!
November 17th - Community Lunch
October 6th, 2010 - Divinitea Seminar & Demo
Owned and operated by Master Tea blender Linda Smith, Divinitea is an international company based out of Schenectady NY. Linda has over 25 years experience in blending teas and her company was the first organic tea company in the United States.
Linda Smith conducts lectures & seminars nationally on the process of tea blending and the importance of being a socially and environmentally conscious business owner.
Ms. Smith will be here on Wednesday, October 6th, at Dinner talking about the tea process, providing samples of new teas, and her message of creating peace on cup at a time