What is local? What is seasonal? The food served on campus—where is it sourced from? Is it produced in ways that do not harm people, the soils, or water? How are our eating behaviors impacting society in ways that impede a just society and do we contribute to environmental degradation?

These questions prompted students, faculty, and staff to make a commitment to investigate industrial agriculture and understand its impacts on a local, national and global scale. When an issue is explored, discussed and researched, the Loyola community responds in ways that seek to create solutions.