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Todd Rothe standing in kitchen

Northland Announces Food Systems Center

…processing kitchen and classroom space has been named the Don R. and Carole Larson Food Lab. The College recruited and hired entrepreneur and farmer Todd Rothe ’10 in January to manage the Hulings Rice Food Center. “Todd’s business acumen, knowledge of local foods, and his connections on campus and in…

Local Food Important to Northern Wisconsin Residents

…about where and how they get their food, how much of their food comes from those sources, from where they would like to get more food, and their general attitudes and values toward food. More than two-thirds of respondents—68.3 percent—identified feeding their families from four or more different food sources….

Northland College student repackage leftover food.

Students Combat Food Insecurity

food insecurity through eliminating waste on college campuses. Since 2011, the chapters of the Food Recovery Network have recovered over two million pounds of food across the country. “The Food Recovery Network Chapter at Northland is an essential component of promoting a more sustainable and just food system in our…

Setting the table at the Farmers Union Dinner

Room for More at the Table

Reflections on the Universal Power of a Shared Meal

…regional bounty our food system has to offer, and perhaps thank a farmer or food producer. Think about the future of food and farming in Chequamegon Bay. Express your vision and excitement for the next phase of the local food movement and let’s see where this can take us.  …

Northland College Baldwin Commons

Dining

Northland College is proud to have a strong local foods initiative. We’re already half way to our goal of having eighty percent of the food served on campus supplied from local sources. We have built the Hulings Rice Food Center to help reach that goal. Currently nearly twenty farms and…

Northland College student installing hoop house

Food Is Everything

Danny Simpson '18, Assistant Manager of the Hulings Rice Food Center

…All of my fondest memories involve food and gathering with people I love,” he said. “And in this politically polarized world, food retains a universal power that can, at least for a time, transcend perceived divisions and bring people together.” As the new assistant manager at Hulings Rice Food Center,…

Northland College Food Center Director Todd Rothe stands in front of the composting machine.

Northland College Wants Your Leftovers

Community Compost Program

…composting machine, installed in 2017 at the rear of the Hulings Rice Food Center on campus has greatly expanded the college’s ability to deal with food waste. The industrial-strength composter can take 70,000 pounds of food scraps and 26,000 pounds of leaves and wood chips and convert them into 32,000…

stuent planting garden

Local Food Systems

The Center for Rural Communities pursues research projects and conducts analyses that work to strengthen and expand community food systems in the north woods region….

Growing-Local-Food-Economy-Final-Report-09082021

…Some households are highly engaged with the local food economy, they have multiple connections with local food locations, producers, and other local food consumers, and they have a comprehensive mental map for where to find local food in the region. • A proportion of households have growing engagement with the…