tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215381544627640873.post5711814067417342909..comments2023-10-15T03:32:42.169-07:00Comments on Brown Animal Rights Club - BARC: Last Meeting & Food ServicesEric Gastfriendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14866034452626300819noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215381544627640873.post-39322279660703647822007-04-15T18:46:00.000-07:002007-04-15T18:46:00.000-07:00Hi,I go to RISD, and I'd like to meet some vegans....Hi,<BR/><BR/>I go to RISD, and I'd like to meet some vegans. Can I come to a meeting? Email me at hopearms@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks!010101https://www.blogger.com/profile/06962650726195868759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215381544627640873.post-8120514025821674302007-03-07T18:39:00.000-08:002007-03-07T18:39:00.000-08:00To me, the issue here is less what they're serving...To me, the issue here is less what they're serving and more how they label it. So long as things are labeled vegan/vegetarian according to a reasonable definition of vegetarian/vegan, I can make an informed decision about which things I want to eat. Unfortunately, it seems that Dining Services has an incredibly lax standard. Not only that, but the policy of substitution is troubling. As far as I understand it, vegan doesn't even just mean no meat, eggs, or dairy. Rather, it means that something is based on a recipe that contains none of these things. I think that as customers, we at least ought to be informed when a substitution is made (perhaps they could make note of this wherever they label it). Even if it didn't say what the substitution was, I'd have the option of avoiding the particular dish if I wanted to.<BR/><BR/>As for the booklet idea, I don't think it's necessarily going to be easy, but as customers, we should have access to the information or contact information for suppliers, and if we want to use the information to put together a booklet, I don't think Dining Services can stop us. They don't have any obligation to help us distribute it, certainly, but that we can manage on our own. Incidentally, another possibility would be to put together an online database with the information. This could hold more information, but would require more effort on the part of the students since it wouldn't be as easy to carry into the dining hall. There would, however, be the potential for users to be able to print their own personal booklets based on their own dietary choices. I'd be happy to write the backend for such a project (perhaps during spring break) if people think this is a good idea.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'd like to talk to talk to Bridget about all this at some point. If the status quo does not change, I probably will not return to meal plan next year.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568240389227330702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215381544627640873.post-23170450570826443412007-03-01T12:46:00.000-08:002007-03-01T12:46:00.000-08:00Eric/Kate--Did she say anything after I left? Like...Eric/Kate--<BR/>Did she say anything after I left? Like what is the way to move forward with this, are we going to meet again etc? <BR/>I thought what Bridget was saying is kind of problematic. Like that they solely define vegan as not containing dairy/eggs/meat. Because that is a overly minimal definition, not really what 'animal products' means. We can talk about this more at our next meeting.<BR/>I would really like to see peaceable kingdom but I can't figure out how to borrow/rent it. <BR/>-Aditiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09326862362291603952noreply@blogger.com