In classes, field trips, and excursions with Virginia Tech faculty members Joell Eifert, Vivica Kraak, Nicolin Girmes-Grieco, and Steger Center Executive Director Sara Steinert Borella, students learned about European food production, culture, sustainability, nutrition across the lifespan, and health. With its central location in Europe, the Steger Center provided easy access to many of the continent’s premier culinary, cultural, and geographic highlights. 

“Switzerland hosts three language groups, and hence three cultural groups, all of whom approach food traditions from varying…