SA Dining Meeting Minutes
September 14, 2010
Hughes Dining Hall
Changes to Hughes
- New menu and new interior
- All day breakfast 8am to 2:30 pm
- Waffles, eggs and potatoes
- New BBQ menu
- Dr. Pepper baked beans
- Homemade veggie burger
- Pulled pork etc,
- Trying to do as many foods from scratch and fresh each day
Dairy Bar
Presentation by Jason Huck, general manager of Cornell Dairy
- Changes:
- Stocking Hall needs renovation
- New research building
- With new classrooms and a new dairy bar
- Also, a new dairy plant on Judd Falls Rd.
- With a glass wall to see into factory
- Yogurts, pudding, juice and cider will still be Cornell produced at a smaller facility
- New dairy will hopefully be in operation by 2013
- Milk is now from Crowley
- Ice cream is still Cornell Dairy for now
- Future ice cream will be supplied by Perry’s Ice cream
- Flavors will be decided by SA dining committee
- Apple cider as soon as Friday!
- Primary mission of Cornell Dairy is to support extension and research
Cage Free Eggs?
Presentation by Prof. Joe Regenstein
- Eggs spark a discussion of ethics in animal agriculture and welfare
- Cage free eggs make up 5% of US egg production
- Advantages of caged eggs:
- Fewer soil borne diseases
- Better overall health and welfare for the laying hens
- Cleaner, safer eggs (if waste is properly disposed of)
- Increased egg production
- Advantages of cage free eggs:
- Doubles floor space per chicken
- Allows dust bathing
- Allows nesting and perches
- Disadvantages:
- Laying hens are still inside
- Increased mortality, cannibalism and ammonia
- Very expensive to switch from caged to cage free eggs (almost double)
- Brown Univ. had cage free but switched back because it was too $
- Should Cornell switch?
- Alumnus coming to Cornell to make a case for cage free eggs
Next meeting at Trillium in two weeks to discuss local beef program!