Locally Grown and Processed

Aggie Grown!

We are proud to feature campus grown products, including:

• Organic, student grown produce from the UC Davis Student Farm
• House-made Russell Ranch Roasted Tomato Sauce with tomatoes from the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility
• UC Davis Olive Oil
• UC Davis Meat Lab products
• Campus grown floral arrangements from the UC Davis Grounds Department
  

Farmers Market Specials

Each month look out for the Farmers Market Special - a dish that contains locally grown and produced ingredients. These items are typically served at the Go-Live platform in each resident dining room during lunch or dinner.

Featured items:

• UC Davis Olive Oil
• Rue and Foresman Ranch organic brown rice
• locally grown produce items
• Kimberly wine vinegars

Next Generation Foods

Dining Services is proud to partner with local vendors to provide high quality, locally grown and sustainably produced food. Beginning in 2007, Dining Services has worked with Next Generation Foods to bring the following items as standard options on campus:

• Rue and Forsman Ranch, Inc. organic white and brown rice
• Norene Ranch walnuts
• Warda Farms organic almonds
• Intermountain horseradish
• Kimberly Vineyards wine vinegars
• Bellindora Vinegars

Culinary Support Center

University Dining Services is proud to have a Culinary Support Center (CSC) located at the University of California, Davis campus. The CSC helps us meet our goals of providing fresh, from-scratch foods to the campus.

The CSC processes and produces several items from scratch including the following:

• soups, sauces, dressings
• dips and salsa
• seitan, vegan 'burgers'
• salads
• organic roasted tomato sauce
• ...and so much more!

Harvest Bakery

The University Dining Services Harvest Bakery operates in the Tercero Commons year-long at the UC Davis campus to provide the campus fresh baked goods.

Several of the items made from scratch by the Harvest Bakery include:

• cupcakes
• vegan cookies
• breads
• desserts
• pizza crusts