Catering Services

From farm to fork

The award winning catering team at Harper Adams operate a number of cafés and restaurants on campus, alongside serving residential catered students and delivering outside and event catering.

A holistic approach to food sourcing has meant the team now count food metres rather than miles and offer delicious, quality food to suit all tastes.

Food Sourcing

Supporting local business

Harper Adams Catering Services places special attention on the ethical sourcing of our food. We are very keen to promote local sourcing, therefore a great deal of the items on our menus come from producers nearby.

For example our bread comes from Jaspers Bakery three miles away in Newport, cheese comes from the Mr Moyden Cheese Company, milk from the Wells Farm Dairy in local Staffordshire, as a department we actively promote the use of local suppliers.

The College Farm on campus supplies pork & lamb and the Poultry unit supplies eggs reducing the food miles to mere metres in some cases. We are very proud of this sustainable food chain, allowing us to use fresh, seasonal produce on our menus, both for students and conference guests.

Harper Adams - A Fairtrade University College

Harper Adams University College assigns great importance to the University's role within the international community through the Fairtrade mark guarantee. Catering Services commitment to Fairtrade has led to Harper Adams being awarded Fairtrade Status.

Harper Adams sells Fairtrade products in all campus shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and vending machines.

Download our Fairtrade Certificate here. Harper Adams is a member of the Shropshire Fairtrade Coalition.

Food Committee

Students wanting to voice their comments on University catering are welcome to attend the Food Committee forum whose members include catering managers & staff, student union representatives, student services representatives and students from all years. To find out more please email David Nuttall. Meetings are held each month during term.