Head Chef and Manager Ian Keith visited lecture halls and spoke about the idea to students. These four decided on creating a sustainable and healthy dining hall for the students of Rutgers University by making meals plant-based. Harvest Cafe came to fruition because of the collaboration of the following individuals: Joe Charette (Director of Rutgers Dining Services), Peggy Policastro (Nutritionist, Ph.D.), Nicholas Emmanuel, and Ian Keith (Head Chef and Manager of Harvest Cafe). One of the main benefits of their innovation is that students may use their meal swipes-a dream come true! The cafe also sends food to Neilson Dining hall at Busch campus, so that students can have a healthy alternative when they are getting take-out food from the dining halls. Harvest also looks to combat the growing population of young adults with type two diabetes and reduce the number of obese people in NJ, while promoting proper digestive health to everyone on campus. Harvest Dining looks towards supporting local businesses while shying away from engaging with those that work with processed foods.
The organization behind Harvest Dining is The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH). It is truly a healthier alternative to all the fast food that is found on campus and takes meal swipes, which makes it easily accessible to students. Overall, Harvest Dining features house-made whole grains, a diverse salad and fruit bar, a noodle bowl station, clean made-from-scratch soups, juice and smoothie bar, brick-oven pizzettes and flatbreads, and even more vegan/vegetarian options. The meats and seafood used are hormone and antibiotic-free. Harvest Dining provides minimally processed food with limited additives, chemicals, sugars, and artificial enhancers that are found in most foods today. The menu’s concept is "Eat well, live well,” making it one of the few places on campus that are focused on the well-being of the students and their diets. They prepare food with "from scratch" culinary methods that create flavor without any added-substances including chemicals, sugars, and counterfeit enhancers that are found in most prepared foods. Harvest Cafe’s service looks to promote good digestive health while also moving towards plant-focused foods.
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