{"id":2767,"date":"2016-04-15T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2016-04-15T16:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:02:38","slug":"sga-launches-local-foods-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2016\/04\/15\/sga-launches-local-foods-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"SGA launches local foods campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY HAYLEY HOFFMAN – EDITOR-IN-CHIEF<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Centre College\u2019s Student Government Association has recently begun a campus-wide informational campaign on local foods.<\/p>\n

The idea for the campaign arose after students completed the organization\u2019s fall survey, in which 60 percent of students reported that they preferred to eat local foods if the option was made available to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means that over 30 percent of students were indifferent about local foods, so the campaign is aimed at putting local foods on their radar,\u201d senior and SGA\u2019s dining services committee chair Evan Baylor said.<\/p>\n

The campaign consists of both physical and online messaging from the dining services committee on the benefits of local foods. To Baylor and his team, one of these benefits is the overall health-conscience quality of the food.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe food is, simply put, better,\u201d Baylor said. \u201cIt tastes better, it looks better, and it\u2019s just all around better for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another benefit, he explained, was those for local economies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you support a local farmer, you\u2019re keeping money within your community and building connections with people,\u201d Baylor said. \u201cIf you\u2019re concerned about your food\u2019s quality and where it comes from, the easiest way to have sound peace of mind is to know your farmer and know where the food comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the local foods campaign posters, designed by senior Elle Enander.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps the biggest benefit of consuming local foods, however, comes in its contributions to sustainability efforts. As larger industrial agricultural organizations are often the biggest contributors to water pollution, Baylor pointed out that local farmers often take better care of their foods.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll find, more often than not, local farmers are more conscious of the farm because it\u2019s their land,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to them that the land be fertile and producing for generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a world where shopping for healthy and local foods is \u201ca game of words and labels in the grocery store,\u201d Baylor and his committee aim to make these foods more readily available on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur long-term goal is to put something real into place, like an SGA resolution, that gives the administration a sense that this is something students care about,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to change the way we do food on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out SGA\u2019s Facebook page to see more of their local foods campaign, and contact your SGA representatives about local foods by texting (859) 404-9742.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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