Comments on: College offering more veg*n options http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/ Steak, take a break. Tempeh, you can stay. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack Parker http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-546 Jack Parker Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:33:48 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-546 My litle company (now called Natural Chef Foods, LLC) makes meat alternatives and some other veg products for college and university foodservice. The Top Ten list is great and they really do support vegetarians and vegans. However, without strong support from students the schools, their foodservice companies and the distributors that sell them food all tell me (as a producer) that there is no real need for vegetarian or vegan options and they go back to steamed veggies, tofu and a salad bar complete with iceberg lettuce! Hopefully students will continue to form groups on campues and demand that their dietary needs are met. My litle company (now called Natural Chef Foods, LLC) makes meat alternatives and some other veg products for college and university foodservice. The Top Ten list is great and they really do support vegetarians and vegans. However, without strong support from students the schools, their foodservice companies and the distributors that sell them food all tell me (as a producer) that there is no real need for vegetarian or vegan options and they go back to steamed veggies, tofu and a salad bar complete with iceberg lettuce!

Hopefully students will continue to form groups on campues and demand that their dietary needs are met.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-545 Sarah Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:56:25 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-545 I go to Valley Forge Christian College in PA, and last semester, they decided to start serving Vegan dishes.. Now, I'm a new Vegan, and coincidentally, haven't seen one of those dishes since before Spring Break... So, hold on to the stuff ya'll got :-) I usually make salads, and wheat pita's with veggies in them... I go to Valley Forge Christian College in PA, and last semester, they decided to start serving Vegan dishes.. Now, I’m a new Vegan, and coincidentally, haven’t seen one of those dishes since before Spring Break… So, hold on to the stuff ya’ll got :-) I usually make salads, and wheat pita’s with veggies in them…

]]> By: ana http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-544 ana Sun, 01 Dec 2002 06:30:39 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-544 i'm a vassar student and i don't think that vassar's dining hall is actually that vegetarian and vegan friendly. there is a vegan station but it's just a do-it-yourself stirfry thing which is the same everyday and can get boring. and they have veggie burgers, but they're kind of gross. they need to pay at least a couple more people, students or workers, so that those people can just make veggie and vegan food. there are SO many vegetarians and vegans at vassar, and the number seems to be rising all the time. it would be really time-consuming to go to a restaurant off-campus all the time bc most students don't have cars, and lots of dorm kitchens are too small to really cook every day in. i wonder if it's the same situation at some of these other "vegetarian-friendly" schools. in my opinion, if you're paying for a meal plan, you have a right to as good of a meal if you're a vegetarian as if you're a meat-eater, and that doesn't seem to be happening... i’m a vassar student and i don’t think that vassar’s dining hall is actually that vegetarian and vegan friendly. there is a vegan station but it’s just a do-it-yourself stirfry thing which is the same everyday and can get boring. and they have veggie burgers, but they’re kind of gross. they need to pay at least a couple more people, students or workers, so that those people can just make veggie and vegan food. there are SO many vegetarians and vegans at vassar, and the number seems to be rising all the time. it would be really time-consuming to go to a restaurant off-campus all the time bc most students don’t have cars, and lots of dorm kitchens are too small to really cook every day in. i wonder if it’s the same situation at some of these other “vegetarian-friendly” schools. in my opinion, if you’re paying for a meal plan, you have a right to as good of a meal if you’re a vegetarian as if you’re a meat-eater, and that doesn’t seem to be happening…

]]> By: lydia http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-543 lydia Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:00:51 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-543 this is also quite a problem at my school; the only vegetarian options usually come from the vending machine. it's also a bit of a coincidence that you wrote about this: i'm attending a meeting of a fledgeling animal rights group at my school, and this was to be one of our major discussion points. :) this is also quite a problem at my school; the only vegetarian options usually come from the vending machine.

it’s also a bit of a coincidence that you wrote about this: i’m attending a meeting of a fledgeling animal rights group at my school, and this was to be one of our major discussion points. :)

]]> By: johanna http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-542 johanna Wed, 06 Mar 2002 02:27:18 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-542 when i was in college in dallas, often the promised "vegetarian entree" was corn!! btw, i mentioned a few weeks ago that i left some of your stickers @ my gym. i noticed the other day that someone had tacked one up on a bulletin board that had a series of neatly arranged business cards on it--local merchants & what not. hee! so if you get a lot of hits from central queens in nyc, that might be why... when i was in college in dallas, often the promised “vegetarian entree” was corn!!

btw, i mentioned a few weeks ago that i left some of your stickers @ my gym. i noticed the other day that someone had tacked one up on a bulletin board that had a series of neatly arranged business cards on it–local merchants & what not. hee! so if you get a lot of hits from central queens in nyc, that might be why…

]]> By: Robert http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-541 Robert Tue, 05 Mar 2002 19:44:21 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2002/03/05/college-offering-more-vegn-options/#comment-541 It got better after you left, with a veggie/tofu bar and a tortilla/quesadilla bar. It got better after you left, with a veggie/tofu bar and a tortilla/quesadilla bar.

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