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Cal Poly Food
& Produce Available to the Public
SAN LUIS OBISPO
-- Cal Poly's learn-by-doing tradition means that the university's
College of Agriculture produces a variety of campus-grown or campus-made
food, flowers, plants and more that are for sale throughout the
year to both the campus community and the general public.
Some are produced
as part of hands-on lessons in college classes. Others are 'Enterprise
Projects,' in which the university provides money or resources,
students provide labor in design, production, packaging and marketing
under the supervision of faculty. Net proceeds from Enterprise Projects
go to pay the students involved and can be re-invested in the project.
For more information about College of Agriculture Enterprise Projects,
contact College of Agriculture Associate Dean Mark Shelton, (805)
756-2161; Horticulture and Crop Science Department Head Jennifer
Ryder Fox at (805) 756 -1237; Food Science and Nutrition Department
Head Doris Derelian, (805)
756-6130; or Animal Science Department Head Andrew
Thulin at (805) 756- 2419.
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Cal Poly Organic Farm &
Cal Poly Community Supported Agriculture Program
John Phillips, Faculty
Advisor
(805) 756-6146
Hunter Francis,
SARC Program Coordinator
(805) 756-5086
Organic
Farm
Organic Farm Office (805) 756-6139
e-mail the Organic Farm
Sustainable
Agriculture Resource Consortium Web site
Cal Poly's
Organic Farm is a collaboration between the Horticulture and
Crop Science Department and the Sustainable Agriculture Resource
Consortium. Students learn sustainable agriculture practices
while working at the farm growing organic produce, herbs,
and flowers. From April to October, Cal Poly offers weekly
shares of organic produce from the campus farm as well as
from other local growers to subscribers through its popular
Community Supported Agriculture program.
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Cal Poly Chocolates
Tom Neuhaus, Faculty
Advisor
(805) 756-2240
Cal Poly Chocolates is a student Enterprise Project, supervised
by faculty advisor and Food Science and Nutrition Professor
Tom Neuhaus. Students develop, create, package and market chocolate
products using fair trade chocolate. Since its creation in 2000,
Cal Poly Chocolates has grown to have $40,000 in chocolate sales
annually.
Chocolates are sold in Central Coast markets, on campus at Campus
Market, and by special order. All Cal Poly chocolates
are now certified as Fair Trade chocolate.
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Cal Poly Jam
Cal Poly BBQ Sauce
Tom Neuhaus, Faculty
Advisor
(805) 756-2240
Professor Neuhaus also oversees enterprise projects of Cal
Poly Jam and Cal Poly BBQ Sauce; both are sold in the Campus
Market when available.
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Cal Poly Cheese
Nana Farkye, Faculty
Advisor
(805) 756-6100
Orders: (805) 756-6735
Questions: (805) 756-6644
Cal Poly Cheese
Web Site
Cal Poly Cheese is a student Enterprise Project, operating in
Cal Poly’s historic Creamery. Students are supervised
by Dairy Science Professor Nana Farkye. Cal Poly Cheese Produces
seven varieties of gourmet cheeses; they are available for ordering
through the Cal Poly Cheese web site and at Campus
Market.
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Cal Poly Eggs
Poultry Center Office
(805) 756-7336
Cal Poly's
egg production program is big: 14,000 chickens and more than
3.3 million eggs a year. Cal Poly Eggs are sold in grocery
stores around the Central Coast, and in the Campus
Market. Cal Poly Eggs is an Enterprise Project,
but its size and sales set it apart from others. Cal Poly
egg sales have enabled the College of Agriculture's poultry
program to be largely self-funded; profits from egg sales
buy supplies and equipment and support students who gain work
experience in the commercial egg industry.
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Cal
Poly Honey
Scott Jeffreys,
Faculty Advisor
Horticulture & Crop Science
(805) 756-2224
Jars of fresh honey, produced fall andspring quarter from
Cal Poly's 100 bee hives and 5 million bees. At Christmas,
the enterprise project also makes and sells beeswax candles.
Honey is available year-round at the Cal Poly Campus
Market and at the Poly
Plant Shop, and
beeswax candles are available at both locations during the
holiday season.
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Cal
Poly U-Pick Crops
Dan Ray, Faculty Advisor,
citrus and avocado
(805) 756-2272
Jeff Wong, Faculty
Advisor, vegetables
(805) 756-2428
Cal Poly U-Pick Crops are grown on campus and are available
when in season at local Farmers' Markets as well as on-campus.
Campus U-pick opportunities are frequently advertised by flyer
and in the classifieds section of the San Luis Obispo County
Tribune when available.
Cal
Poly Crops Club
David Headrick,
Faculty Advisor
(805)756-5382
Also offering seasonal U-Pick pumpkins is
the Cal Poly Crops Club. The club's pumpkin patch is open
to the public every October.
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Cal Poly Meats
Bob
Delmore, Faculty Advisor
Animal Science
(805) 756-2254
Cal Poly Meats offers fresh beef, pork and chicken
cuts and also specialty meats and packages, including bacon,
sausage, jerky, hot dogs, ribs, brisket, tri-tip, and fajitas.
Students in beef, swine and poultry production and evaluation
classes evaluate the meats and grade them according to U.S.
Department of Agriculture standards, then cut, produce and
package the meats as part of their classes. Their products
are then sold to public. Cal Poly Meats is open to the public
every Thursday and Friday from noon - 5 p.m. in the food processing
building next to Campus Market on Via Carta, and also at Campus
Market itself.
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Swanton
Pacific Ranch Natural Beef
Jon Beckett, Faculty
Advisor
Animal Science
(805) 756-7011
Swanton
Pacific Natural Beef Web site
The Swanton
Pacific Ranch Natural Beef Project offers grass-fed and grain-fed
natural beef for sale every spring, and grass-fed natural
beef for sale in the fall. Cal Poly Swanton Natural Beef has
been minimally processed and beef cattle were never given
growth-promoting hormones or antibiotics. Students participating
in the project work throughout the year raising a herd of
Black Angus-based cattle fed only grass and grains, pastured
in rolling hills between the sea and the redwood forests on
the university's Swanton Pacific Ranch in the mountains just
north of Santa Cruz.
The project gives students experience in ranch management
and the cattle business as well as "hands-on" learning
in ranching and agribusiness.
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Poly Plant Shop
Plant Shop main phone number: (805) 756-1106
Sharon Dobson, Faculty
Coordinator
(805) 756-1606, office, (805) 756-2994 Plant Shop
Ellen Brack, Horticulture
Unit Technician
(805) 756-2995 Plant Shop
Poly
Plant Shop Web Site - Click Here
The Cal Poly Plant Shop is a commercial nursery and florist
and is open year-round to the general public. The plant shop
holds special sales events for various plant and flower Enterprise
Projects throughout the year, including the holiday Poinsettia
project and spring projects including Tomato Mania, Easter
Lilly and hydrangea sales. Year-round offerings include potted
plants, bedding plants, house plants, cut flowers, and flower
arrangements. Metered parking is available at shop, which
is located on Via Carta across from the Horse Unit. To get
there, take Highland Drive entrance to campus all the way
to Via Carta; turn left at stop sign.
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Campus
Market
Operated by the Cal Poly Foundation
Campus
Market Web site
The Cal Poly Corporation operates all commercial food outlets
on campus (as well as Cal Poly's El Corral book store). The
Campus Market employs students and sells many campus-made
or campus- grown products as well as brand name and locally-produced
products. The Campus Market has Cal Poly chocolates, cheese,
meats, produce, and more for sale, and is one of the best
places for the general public to find Cal Poly-grown and -made
items. Cal Poly cut flowers and container plants are also
sold outside the market on Fridays. Metered parking is available
in front of market on Via Carta. To get to the market, take
Highland Drive to Via Carta stop sign; turn right at stop
sign and look for large ‘Campus Market’ sign.
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