Partners

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY DINING SERVICES

Marshall University Dining Services makes it easy to find all your favorite foods on campus. Students, faculty, and staff can enjoy signature brands and menu selections from Towers Marketplace and Harless Dining Hall to retail dining in the Memorial Student Center. Feeling hungry, but are on the go? No problem, you can enjoy foods from MU Campus Express, Drinko Coffee Shop, or Simply To Go located in Smith Hall.  In 2013, Marshall dining services served 643,745 meals to the campus community. Sodexo has taken a stance on providing healthy food options and sustainability efforts with Mindful Sodexo and Sodexo’s Better Tomorrow Plan.This year Marshall dining services team is on board with the 100 Mile Meal to provided you with nutrient rich foods from local farmers and businesses in the surrounding area.

Mindful Sodexo provides healthy options to advance the well-being of the entire campus community. To learn more, please visit http://mindful.sodexo.com/

Sodexo’s Better Tomorrow Plan includes 14 commitments for a brighter future by focusing on health, community and planet. To learn more, please visit http://www.tomorrowstarts2day.com/commitments.html

For more information regarding dining and catering services, please contact Cheryl King, General Manager, at 304-696-3329 or e-mail cking@marshall.edu.

Follow dining services on Facebook at Marshall Dining Services and Twitter @MarshallDining.

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT 

The MU Sustainability Department, now in it’s seventh year, has continued to grow our campus greener and more efficient. We’ve instituted Meatless Mondays, an effort that helps to reduce our carbon footprint. We collect vegetable prep waste from campus dining halls, and compost it with the help of a local farmer and veteran. The MU Student Gardens seasonal harvests supply the weekly Fresh Market at the MU Student Center, which helps improve access to fresh local produce on campus. And, all the Sustainability Gardens help to educate campus and community alike, including: Very Important Pollinator (VIP),  Butterfly Oasis, Monarch Waystation, Rain Garden, and Rooftop Gardens. In addition, we have worked to grow and develop our Green Trail project, in partnership with many other departments.

The focus of the Sustainability Department is to identify guidelines that promote the most efficient use of the University’s resources, as well as coordinating and consolidating environmental and sustainable efforts on campus and beyond.

Efforts include: the Green Trail project, conservation of water and energy, campus wide recycling, the sustainability gardens, and the inclusion of green technologies and materials into the University, such as the new Applied Engineering Complex. They work closely with many different departments across campus to help make them as energy efficient as possible.

The Sustainability Department offers many opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to get involved. They host and attend many events in the area involving sustainability, looking to make connections between Marshall University and the community.

This year the MU Sustainability Department is a partner with the 100 Mile Meal on Oct. 22nd. Come join us, Be Marshall Green, and find out how you can get involved.

For more information please visit http://www.marshall.edu/sustainability/ or call 304-696-2992.

Follow us on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/MarshallSustainability

The WILD RAMP Fresh Market

The Wild Ramp at Old Central City, Huntington’s only year-round farmers market, is located in the heart of the Antiques District at 555 14th Street West. The Wild Ramp is dedicated to providing economic opportunities to local farmers, food producers, and artisans and features products from more than 150 local producers. It also serves as a visitor’s center for people traveling into the area. The market is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The market has three paid employees and relies on volunteers to staff the market. All products sold at the market are produced within a 250-mile radius of Huntington. More than 75% of producers are located within a 50-mile radius of Huntington. Producers drop off items and sell on a consignment model, getting back 90 percent of the cost while the market retains 10 percent for operating expenses. Since opening in July 2012 the market has has paid out more than $500,000 to local producers.

More information can be found at www.wildramp.org or contact the market at 304-523-7267. Come join us this year at the 100 Mile Meal to learn more about ways to purchase locally and how to get involved.

Videos:

http://youtu.be/PBqNlWbWhUQ – Silver Bridge Coffee

http://youtu.be/yF1E-JX9_94 – Produced by the Two Nutrition Nuts

30 Mile Meal