SA Dining Services Committee

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!