Our goal was to develop a pizza restaurant on campus that will leverage available local agricultural resources, include a broad spectrum of the community, and operate using a minimum of cash resources.

Based on the "cashless capitalism" concept, Jack's Place utilizes ingredients from the community including tomatoes grown in SIFE's own garden. Bethel-SIFE negotiates with local farmers for other vegetables and meat products for pizzas.

We sell pizza to college students and use pizzas to pay suppliers for raw materials: dough, sauce, and vegetables. Jack's Place partners with the Tennessee Department of Human Services to provide employment opportunities for teenagers in foster care; the teens learn important job skills.

Through Jack's Place, they learn work and entrepreneurship skills by mixing dough using mixers donates by a local Wal-Mart.

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