Maine-grown vegetables - Colby (College) changes its cafeteria salad bar

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http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4455534.html

WATERVILLE -- Colby College students may notice the vegetables are fresher than ever when they peruse the salad bar next week.

Beginning Monday, Colby will begin offering a new salad bar that's comprised entirely of Maine-grown produce.

The produce comes from as near as The Apple Farm in Fairfield, Backyard Farms in Madison and Kennebec Bean Co. in North Vassalboro, said Ruth Jacobs, spokeswoman for Colby College. Other items in the salad bar come from Aroostook County and southern Maine.

The new salad bar is being offered in response to calls from students for local produce, but it also is an outcropping of the ongoing commitment by Colby College and Sodexho, the food service management company the college works with, to support the local community, according to Varun Avasthi, director of dining services.

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