Food

We serve substantial, delicious vegetarian meals at NBTSC (made with fresh, sometimes local, mostly organic, ingredients). And, healthy snacks are available several times each day. We encourage you not to bring candy, soda, or other sugary snacks, either for yourself or to share, because most people get sick more readily when they eat sugar. We also discourage your bringing greasy or otherwise unhealthy snacks like potato chips.

Meat

At most sessions of camp (Oregon Session 1 a possible exception) we don't serve meat. But we know that some people include meat as an important part of their diet. You are welcome to bring your own meat to supplement your diet. But, since storage, cooking, and the possibility of cross-contamination present major challenges, your meat must be dried or canned or otherwise able to be kept completely separate from our kitchen and refrigeration systems.

Caffeine

We don’t normally serve caffeinated beverages—we feel that caffeine can lead to health problems when people are already pushing their bodies and not getting enough sleep. If you can’t live without caffeine for a week, bring your own teabags or instant coffee. Please do not bring caffeine to share.

Oregon Session 1

The Camp Latgawa site staff will be cooking for us. It's possible that we'll choose to have meat served a few times during the week. (Don't worry; if you're vegetarian or vegan we are committed to making sure your needs are always met.) We'll most likely communicate with registered campers via email, during the summer, about this topic.

Oregon Session 2

Nicole won't be with us in Oregon this year. We eagerly welcome back Biko Long, a former and much-loved kitchen coordinator.

Vermont, both sessions

In an inspiring and relatively new (as of 2009) development, Nicole Martin, our long-time kitchen coordinator, is making a proactive effort to purchase food from camp families who grow it, as well as from neighboring farms and other ultra-local sources. (In the past couple years a large proportion of our honey, tomatoes, and a few other items have been supplied by campers. We think that is extremely wonderful.) If you have a small farm or a large garden and use organic and/or other sustainable growing methods, and would like to be part of this project, let us know and we'll put you in touch with Nicole. (We do need to purchase food at wholesale prices, to keep camp fees as low as possible.)

 

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