Get Local or Get Goin'

Rensselaer Dining Services is committed to working closely with local produce distributors to maximize the fruits and vegetables purchased from local farms. As part of the Get Local program by Sodexo and Better Tomorrow Plan, Rensselaer Dining Services is aiming to have 20% local purchases by 2020.

As part of our local sourcing initiative, we have committed to serving entirely locally sourced meals twice a month in our dining halls. These meals, as well as the ingredients and local providers from which they are sourced, are detailed to students on the brightly-decorated local boards found at the entrance of each participating dining hall.


Here is a list of some of our local providers:

Farm	Locations	Products
Carrot Barn	Schoharie, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Davenport Farms	Stone Ridge, NY	Sweet corn, broccoli, tomatoes, cantaloupes, peppers, squash, pumpkins, kale, spinach, lettuce, swiss chard, watermelon
Wertman Farms	Melrose, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Miss Sydney’s	Feuro Bush, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Riccardi	Berlin, NY	Lettuce, basil, watercress, tomatoes
Yonder Farms	Troy, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Black Horse	Coxsackie, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Brizzell Farms	Latham, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Torrey Farms	Elba, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Farm at Miller Crossing	Hudson, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Bulich Mushrooms	Catskill, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Carioto Produce	Green Island, NY	Produce, Vegetable, Fruit
Purdy & Sons	Sherburne, NY	Meat
Byrne Dairy	Lafayette, NY	Dairy
Rockland Bakery	Nanuet, NY	Baked Goods
Lakeside Farms	Ballston Lake, NY	Cider Donuts, Cider
Red's Best	Boston, MA	Seafood