We are proud to announce that MIU has just received a $46,500 USDA Rural Business Development Grant! We will be using this grant to offer seminars and workshops open to local small businesses.
Since late December, all of the food waste from Annapurna Dining Hall —leftovers from veggie prep, leftover food in serving trays at the end of a meal, and diners’ uneaten food deposited in the colored bins — is being composted, amounting to about 720 lbs per day.
Farmers selling their produce at the Fairfield Farmers Market on a Saturday late last month received a nice surprise when MIU students came bearing gifts.