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Food Resources

Resources that help ensure students have reliable access to nutritious food.

Explore Available Food Resources

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Big Orange Pantry

Operating like a grocery store, the Big Orange Pantry provides food and essential items to all current students, faculty, and staff at UT.

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Vols Swipe Out Hunger

A short-term meal assistance program sponsored by the Center for Basic Needs and Vol Dining that provides access to nutritious food.

Students have breakfast inside the Rocky Top Dining Hall.

Big Orange Meal Plan Scholarship

In partnership with Vol Dining and Family Experience, we provide several meal plan scholarships for students who are facing financial barriers to attaining a meal plan.

Applications are closed.

Consultations

Our team provides one-on-one consultations with students as they navigate basic needs insecurity challenges. Through these consultations, students work closely with a member of our team to access and utilize both campus and community resources.