Food

[edit] Food Goal

The Green Dorm will serve food that is delicious, healthy, and sustainable.

Sustainable Garden
- The Green Dorm will have a sustainable food garden, growing a significant portion of our own produce
- Garden food will be post-organic (organic-plus, i.e. no unnatural or foreign inputs, but also no potable irrigation, no non-renewable energy)
Sustainable Purchasing
- All food purchased for the Green Dorm kitchen will be seasonal, organic, and local
- All types of food will be served, but Green Dorm cuisine will include lots of raw food, vegetarian and vegan options, and little red meat

Garden (what plants should go in there, where should it be, etc)
- perhaps similar to the Columbae's garden
- perhaps learning from Community Gardens
- perhaps bio-intensive/ french method high output gardens
- high output green roof garden.
- small green house for growing seedlings for the garden.
- learn from the ecology action center and John Jeavons.
- monitor the microbial life in the garden and the nutrient values of foods produced.
Interactive biogas digester
Arrange for food waste from FloMo to power the Green Dorm
Food that will be served
Contract with local/organic food suppliers (look at what Columbae or Synergy does)
Displaying the source of the food, versus the average source
Displaying the nutritional value of the food
Self Op: the house will hire a cook - find cooks with a sustainable edge
Building Integrated Solar Oven
Processor for meat waste-Dog food
Keep track of how many days people are sick - evaluate effects of better food
Edible landscaping (greenhouse-building integrated?)
Waste elimination
Net positive food output supplying other nearby houses