University garden provides food for Campus Kitchen

The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University

The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University is part of a growing network of student-run food-recycling programs helping to combat hunger, empower individuals, give companionship, and promote growth in communities.

University garden provides food for Campus Kitchen

gardenWhat began as a whim for two students during their freshman year is now a campus garden in full bloom on Polo Road. Current Sophomores Whitney Johnson and Alex Pompey were inspired to plant a garden while taking the freshman writing seminar “You Are What You Eat” this past spring.

Jamin Rowan, a Teaching Fellow for the English department, had students research several universities’ food chains from the growth and production of their food to the food’s decomposition.

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