{"47402":{"#nid":"47402","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Center Hosts Organic Farmer\u0027s Market","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Dining (GT Dining) hosted a farmer\u0027s market in the Student Center on November 12.\u0026nbsp; The market featured a variety of local products including fresh produce and organic yogurt. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022GT Dining is committed to purchasing local and organic products,\u0022 said GT Dining Marketing Manager Dori Martin. \u0022We want to support the local economy and offer our customers an array of local and organic items for purchase.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe farmers that attended the market were already familiar with Georgia Tech\u0027s commitment to sustainable dining practices. \u0022We have been purchasing from the featured farmers for some time and wanted our customers to have the opportunity to meet them, and vice versa,\u0022 said Martin.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003ESpecial efforts to support sustainable dining are encouraged by many groups in the Georgia Tech community, such as Students Organizing for Sustainability (S.O.S.) and The Office of Environmental Stewardship.\u0026nbsp; \u0022GT Dining committed to hosting a farmer\u0027s market once a semester to Students Organizing for Sustainability,\u0022 said Martin.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next farmer\u0027s market will take place during Georgia Tech\u0027s Earth Day celebration on April 23.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Dining (GT Dining) hosted a farmer\u0027s market in the student center on November 12.  The market featured a variety of local products including fresh produce and organic yogurt.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-11-18 19:36:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:49","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47403":{"id":"47403","type":"image","title":"Farmer\u0027s Market","body":null,"created":"1449175107","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:38:27","changed":"1475894442","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:42","alt":"Farmer\u0027s Market","file":{"fid":"101209","name":"farmers_market.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/farmers_market_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/farmers_market_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2792114,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/farmers_market_1.jpg?itok=pgpnU5W4"}}},"media_ids":["47403"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1776","name":"GT dining"},{"id":"1642","name":"organic food"},{"id":"166904","name":"SOS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Martin,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT Dining, Marketing Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dori.martin@sodexho.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}