Bon Appetit of Cornell College Hosts Eat Local Challenge September 24th, 2024
The culinary team of Cornell College’s food service provider Bon Appétit Management Company is celebrating 20 years of Eat Local Challenge, our annual tradition challenging our chefs to serve a meal made entirely from ingredients harvested or raised within 150 miles of our kitchen— the only exception is salt. Our chefs will create 100% local meals highlighting the breadth of flavors of our local food systems, including produce, dairy & meats from several of our local Farm to Fork partners. We will also be hosting a “Farmer’s Market” on campus. Students, faculty, staff & members of our community are invited to dine with us this day and browse and purchase fresh, harvest-time ingredients from our visiting Farm to Fork partners.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the hard-working men and women who help us provide and prepare quality foods in a socially responsible manner.
Our Farm to Fork Partners (Many of which will be featured at our Farmers Market & on our menu) include:
Echollective Farm, Mechanicsville, IA
Buffalo Ridge Orchard, Central City, IA
Little Scratch Coffee, Mount Vernon, IA
Country View Dairy, Hawkeye, IA
Farmer’s Hen House, Kalona, IA
Heartland Fresh Family Farm, Donnellson, IA
Morning Glory Farm, Mount Vernon, IA
WW Homestead Dairy, Waukon, IA
Olde Capitol Food Company, Iowa City, IA
Dan and Debbie’s Creamery, Ely, IA
Pure Green Earth Farms, Mount Vernon, IA
Bon Appétit first launched the Eat Local Challenge in 2005 and has celebrated local food every year since to remind our guests of the bounty growing all around us. This year also marks 25 years since the creation of our industry-leading local purchasing program, Farm to Fork, which requires all our cafes nationwide to source at least 20% of food from small, local farms. There is one thing we’re sure of: our unwavering commitment to developing local foodsheds that not only benefit local farms, ranches, and food businesses but also enrich local communities.
Farmers Market – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
Lunch: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
Hilltop Cafe, Bon Appetit of Cornell College
810 Commons Cir, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
CONTACT: Dave Smigo, General Manager
e-mail [email protected]
Office: 319-895-4363
Cell: 319-440-9768
