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courtesy of animals.timduru.org
published on 11/11/05
ACDC commits to serving cage-free chicken
Kyle Nelson 
Assistant Life Editor
It all began with a shocking statistic: 95 percent of the hens laying eggs in this country are caged or battery raised. “The problem is that they are not kept in a humane manner,” said Director of Campus Dining Maureen King. Caged or battery raised implies a life in which chickens are kept in such close quarters that they cannot even spread their wings. Cage-free chickens, however, are allowed to roam around the hen house.
Concerned students brought the plight of caged chickens to King’s attention last semester. “We, at Campus Dining, take our role as supplier of thousands of meals a day very seriously,” said King. “We understand that we have to provide food to everyone on campus in a manner that is socially and environmentally responsible.”
Vassar was contacted by the United States Humane Society and began looking for a free-range supplier. Vassar presently serves four different types of egg products (liquid pasteurized eggs, whole eggs, egg whites, and hard boiled peeled eggs) and is still looking for suppliers for cage-free egg whites and hard-boiled eggs. This is just part of the effort on behalf of Campus Dining to incorporate more natural foods offered at the ACDC and the Retreat.
According to PETA, Vassar is one of the top vegetarian-friendly colleges in the country and is home to a local food program that has colleges from all over the country curious. Even the milk is now from a local farm.
“If [the environmental concern] was made more public, it would influence the way that I dined here,” said Sam Charner ’08.
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