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  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    1 year ago

    That sounds like a move designed to spark outrage and controversy. Mandating a certain percentage be vegetarian would make sense, and encouraging people to consider more vegetarian options is fine, but I can’t see it being popular insisting it be totally vegetarian.

    • omoikiri@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I completely understand their ethical standpoint and wanting to be more sustainable. But you’re completely correct. Encourage more vegetarian options. Half the time I do choose the vegetarian option anyway because I just prefer vegetables to meat. But mandating it? Seems extreme. A lot of my Asian colleagues are just not comprehending ‘no meat.’

      And from what I’ve heard (though it could be inflated because, like you said - outrage), it’s all catering done on campus. Even if the funding doesn’t come directly from the university. If it’s from our own funding that doesn’t come from the unis coffers. If it’s affiliated and on campus, it has to be vegetarian.

      • Bacon@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        “Owing to the university’s policy, instead of weekly pizza on campus, we will now be feasting at a restaurant off campus once a month.”