October 19, 2015 - 01:01
Every time I settle down to have a meal in a dining hall, I see the words “100-Mile Meal” on the plastic container for tissues, which has a list of all the events and dates that the dining halls hold for a year. I remember myself asking the customs people what “100-Mile Meal” was on my very first breakfast in Bryn Mawr. And I remember how they told me I would get to have the best meal on the campus on that day. And I did. The tastes of the food were just ineffably fantastic, but the fact that all the ingredients came from the nearby Philadelphia area gave me shivers. After reading “Take Back the Market”, I began to question how well and how much the dining halls in Bryn Mawr are interacting with the local community. I would like to research about the special productions around Bryn Mawr relating to its geographical advantages. Also, I would like to know how consuming local products can actually benefit the community. And relating to “a fair trade premium” on page 102, I would like to know if community around Bryn Mawr can implement village projects with the benefits from the local consumption. (If applicable… This is just one of my random brainstormed ideas.) Also, I would like to know what would happen if there is an actual farm run by Bryn Mawr College and get students actually get engaged into the production and consumption. Would students, dining halls and local community be able to benefit from the student-run farm, having students to have more opportunities to engage with localities?