The Terra Café is a service provided by RPI students to enhance the community of RPI while educating our peers of the benefits of supporting the local and organic movement.

This full service, sit-down restaurant, is committed to serving local and organic foods. Each week will feature a new menu with a meat option, vegetarian option, and a dessert.

The Terra Café started as a student initiative first cooked up by members of EcoLogic, the environmental group on campus, and then turned into a PDI project in business planning. Students work closely with the executive chef of hospitality services, Jackie Baldwin, to accent food issues through the menu choices available at the Café.

NEWS

Terra Café recently resumed growing its own salad greens in an on-campus greenhouse. In a few weeks, they will be served in our weekly lunches. Watch here for updates!

The Terra Café took part in the Troy Chowderfest once more this year. The Chowderfest is a competition in which Troy area restaurants prepare chowder of their own choosing to be evaluated by a panel of judges and the public. Last year we took best vegetarian with sweet potato chowder and this year the Terra Café's Saffron Corn Chowder won Judges Choice! See a picture of the trophy and members who participated here!

The Terra Café hosted the Sustainable Iron Chef event once again at during RPI's NRB week. Freshmen who competed prepared food using ingredients from a local organic farm and Co-Op in the Terra Café Spirit.

The Terra Café presented the Farmer's Market Sampler in Mother's Wine Emporium in the RPI Student Union. The event took place on Friday November 14th 2008, 8-10pm. Guests were able to sample some of the best the Troy Famers Market has to offer while being happily entertained with live music. Then, on Saturday November 15th, we met at the Student Union Horshoe @ 11:30 for a trip downtown to the farmers market. For a copy of the flier click here!

The Terra Café was featured in the food section of Metroland alongside other dining services across campus. Pick it up and read all about us. A special thanks to B.A. Nilsson for coming to talk to us.

Our sweet potato chowder won the Best Vegetarian Chowder award at Chowderfest on Saturday!!! Thanks to everyone that came out and supported us, as well as those who volunteered. It was amazing and we thank you all. Check it out!

The Terra Café hosted the Sustainable Iron Chef Event for NRB! It went wonderfully and we really hope we get more people coming out to the café this year. To read more about the event, click our [Events] link on the left hand site of the site. Or click here!

The Terra Café was featured in Rensselaer Magazine. Look it over by clicking here.

Ella Braco was featured in an article about the 100 mile diet. We are glad she stuck with it. Way to go! To read all about Ella, click here.

The Terra Café was presented in an article by The Business Review. Discussing the motivations and brief history of the café the review offered info to the capital district. If you want to check it out, click here.