Meals

At breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you’ll find local, mostly organic, sustainable, nutrient-dense, artisanal, and whole-food meals. We take special care to provide delectable options for folks with common food allergies as well.

Gluten-free? Vegan? You'll find a delicious meal that will leave you feeling nourished.

Specific dietary questions? See our FAQ.

Every morning, you’ll find delicious, hearty breakfast foods, including fresh eggs, bean scramble, steel-cut oatmeal, home fries, fresh fruit, local yogurt, dried fruits and nuts, cereal, and granola. Daily specials may include French toast, pancakes, breakfast burritos, bagels, frittata, or kitchari.

• Salad with raw vegetables, nuts, seeds, prepared salads, and homemade salad dressings, including dairy and nondairy options
• Soup
• Cooked vegetables and grains
• Main entrée with mostly vegetarian, primarily bean-based protein options and/or eggs or cheese. Meat options may also be available.

Desserts

Delicious dessert options are available in the Omega Dining Hall during select meals, while supplies last!

Also Available at Every Meal

Bread

• Variety of local organic breads
• Flat breads and crackers
• Organic peanut butter and organic almond butter
• Fruit spreads
• Local butter and Earth Balance

Gluten-free breads, crackers and rice cakes with the same options are also available.

Essentials

• A seasonal selection of simply prepared, vegan foods, including a grain (like quinoa, or white or brown rice), organic legumes, and leafy greens and vegetables

Beverages

• Organic fair-trade coffee
• Black and herbal organic Numi teas
• Alternative sweeteners: organic agave nectar, local honey, evaporated cane juice, and stevia
• Local dairy: whole milk and half & half
• Organic nondairy: almond and oat milk
• Apple juice and orange juice
• Filtered water

Condiments

• organic ginger juice
• organic extra virgin olive oil
• organic apple cider vinegar
• Bragg's Liquid Aminos
• homemade hot sauces
• organic gomasio (salted roasted sesame seeds)
• Frontier Natural Products Co-op organic fair trade spices
• organic sea vegetable flakes, and more

The food we serve begins on local farms with nutrient-rich soil and plants. From the field to our kitchen and then to your plate, every meal is made and delivered with care.

Here is a list of local farmers, food vendors, and equipment and food service providers we are proud to work with throughout our July to October season:

• Blue Roof Honey (honey)
• Bread Alone Bakery (organic breads)
• Bulich Mushroom Farm
• Chimney Hill Farm (maple syrup)
• Dutchess Restaurant Equipment (family-owned business)
• Feather Ridge Farm (eggs)
• Flowering Sun (organic mushrooms)
• Formisano Bakery (bagels)
• Frank Sorbello Farms (greens & peppers)
• Ginsberg's (family-owned food vendor)
• Hawthorne Valley Farms (biodynamic organic yogurt)
• Hepworth Farms (organic produce)
• Klein's Kill Fruit Farms (apples & peaches)
• Markristo Farms (local greens)
• Overlook Farms (peaches & plums)
• Pomo Ridge Farm (nectarines & apples)
• Red Barn Produce (produce)
• Ronnybrook Dairy Farm (milk & butter)
• Row by Row Farm (organic greens & squash)
• Saunderskill Farm (corn & sugar snap peas)
• Taliaferro Farms (organic greens & tomatoes)
• Tierra Farm (granola)
• Tributary Farm (organic squash & peppers)
• Warren Kitchen & Cutlery (family-owned business)

There are also several wonderful regional food vendors that supply our kitchen. They are:

• Dean's Beans Coffee (organic, fair trade, shade grown coffee)
• Once Again Nut Butters (organic peanut & almond butters)
• Ithaca Soy (handmade, small-batch tofu)
• South River Miso Company (organic miso)
• Suzanne's Specialties (fruit spreads)
• UNFI (natural, organic, and specialty food vendor)

We compost food scraps at Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency. And our used fryer oil goes to local organic Thompson-Finch Farm to create biodiesel fuel for their tractors.