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From enticing crowds at events and get-togethers to satisfying late-night cravings, pizza is one of the world’s most popular foods and a staple in the college-student diet. At Brown University, the cheesy dish is a menu fixture at campus dining halls, which offer roughly 10,000 meals a day to students, faculty and staff, including about 1,550 slices of pizza. So when Brown’s dining team brainstormed ways to devote even more of their food budget to local spending, one food product was at the top of the list — cheese. Brown purchases nearly 75,000 pounds of shredded mozzarella each academic year. Through persistence, resourcefulness, and commitment to finding a local solution, Brown University forged a partnership with a local creamery that has benefited the University, other schools, and creamery, and helped build a local food economy.
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