COBBER
FOOD PANTRY ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23
“The collaboration between the Cornucopia Garden and the Cobber Food Pantry has been such a great way for us to connect the garden to the larger campus community, while finding additional homes for our vegetables.” – Gabrielle Lommel, Sustainability coordinator
Eating Local One sustainable and fruitful way the pantry has sourced fruits and vegetables is through on-campus gardening efforts. Once the Cornucopia Garden starts producing, the garden team donates produce on a weekly basis to the food pantry. The team usually brings over small quantities of each vegetable since veggies aren’t in demand as much during the summer. In the summer of 2022, the garden harvested approximately 913.3 lbs. of produce, with 107.43 total lbs. being donated to the food pantry. Gabrielle Lommel, Sustainability coordinator, Sarah Stauner, garden manager, spearheaded these efforts.
2022-23 AT A GLANCE
17% Domestic Students of Color
PANTRY VISITORS
students served
1,418
(220 served in 2021-22)
visits by those students
food donated from campus/community members/food drives
12,183 lbs.
35% International Students
48% White U.S. Students
(1,167 visits in 2021-22)
DONATIONS 2,140 lbs.
The Cobber Food Pantry held a live cooking demonstration in order to showcase healthy and nutritious food items available at the pantry. Using the Food Lab in the Integrated Science Center, the CFP was able to gift attending students with kitchenware, including kitchen knives, measuring cups, vegetable peelers and can openers, with a grand prize giveaway of a 1.5 cup food processor.
Race Demographics
13,683 lbs. of food distributed to students 300 volunteer hours
265
Cookin’ w/ the Cobber Food Pantry
food received from Great Plains Food Bank including food rescue
$20,272 financial contributions
Gender Identity 20% of all food pantry users self-identify as LGBTQIA+
Year in School
41% Fourth Year
16% First Year 23% Second Year 30% Third Year
Socioeconomic Status 59% of all food pantry users self-identify with at least one measure of low socioeconomic status