first annual tufts harvest food festival
october 19-21, 2004

TFAP had its first successful Food Harvest Festival during October 2004! Many thanks to our sponsors, including, Tufts Institute of the Environment, Tufts Dining Services, and the United Nations Foundation. We also extend our gratitude to staff and vendors who made this a great success: all Dining staff at Dewick, Carmichael and Campus Center eateries, Annie’s Homegrown, WhiteWave Soy Products, Stez Organic Sodas, Food for Free, the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, TransFair USA and many, many others!

Please check back soon for photos from this year's event!

2004 Festival Schedule

Tuesday, October 19th "Supersize Me" 7:00pm: Barnum 008 The recently released film “Supersize Me” will be screened in Barnum Auditorium. The film “explores the horror of school lunch programs, declining health and physical education classes, food addictions and the extreme measures people take to lose weight and regain their health.” Come enjoy snacks!

Wednesday October 20th Local Farmers Market 2:00-4:00pm: Meet @ Jumbo Express (Campus Center) "Tucked into half a parking lot behind Davis Square, this is a bustling market of some dozen or so vendors. There is plenty of produce here - Enterprise Farm's organic mountains of lacinato kale, red curly kale, collards and chards looked especially enticing - but the offerings go further into flowers (gorgeous ones from Fertile Crescent Farm in Vermont), goat cheese, breads and baked goods. Business was brisk and customers came in all ages, sizes and colors..." --The Boston Herald "Understanding Fair Trade: Farming Panacea or Agricultural Pipedream?" 6:00pm: Hotung Café (Campus Center) A Fair Trade farmer from a coffee producing country in Latin America will speak for approximately 20 minutes in Hotung Café at 6:00pm as the keynote to a panel discussion. The panel will be made up of Tufts experts in economics, environmental protection, nutrition, and food policy will meet to discuss the role of biodiversity in ensuring availability of safe and nutritious food to all people. Panelists include: Tim Wise from the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts; Kathleen Merrigan, Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program and the Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; and James Tillotson, Professor of Food Policy, at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Come sample Fair Trade coffee!

Thursday October 21st Organic Menu and Organic, Local, and Fair Trade Vendors All Day: All Medford Campus Eateries Throughout the day on Thursday, all campus eateries will present a special menu or option of an organic entrée and produce options, such as an organic breakfast, and organic pasta with marinara sauce. Educational posters highlighting the nature of these products and their environmental and social benefits will be hung at the food stations, and throughout cafeterias. Vendors and representatives from social organizations will set up tables at different eateries on campus to educate students about their products and activities. Vendors may include: Annie's Homegrown Amy's Kitchen Earthbound Farm Equal Exchange Green Mountain Nate's Nature's Path   Odwalla Silk is Soy Steaz Green Tea Soda Wild Oats Stoneyfield Farm Special thanks to Wild Oats for their in-kind donation to our festival! Social organizations that focus on providing food to the needy, creating personal and social change through sustainable agriculture, Fairtrade, and a wide variety of other domestic and international issues will be represented at the festival. including: Food For Free The Food Project Oxfam