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Brightwater Culinary Institute in Bentonville Concocts Campus Kitchen

Haley O'Brien
This test meal, recently prepared by Brightwater student chefs from recovered food gleaned from local farmers market, was distributed to a low-income senior community.

Brightwater, Northwest Arkansas Community College's Center for the Study of Food based in Bentonville has launched a Campus Kitchen which is recovering surplus food to reduce hunger in the region. Once a week Brightwater student chefs will prepare healthful meals for delivery to low-income seniors and other residents. We speak with NWACC's Campus Kitchen facilitator, Lauren Peiser, as well as with a spokesperson for the national "Campus Kitchens" program.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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