Newly Revamped 'Mean Greens Café' Dishes Up Delicious Vegan Entrées for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
For Immediate Release:
August 18, 2011
Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382
Denton, Tex. — When University of North Texas (UNT) re-opens its Mean Greens Café dining hall for UNT's fall semester on Monday, students are in for a real treat: In response to their requests for more vegan and vegetarian options in the school's cafeterias, UNT Dining Services has dedicated the café to an all-vegan menu that will feature vegan sloppy Joes, a panini bar with homemade focaccia, freshly baked vegan pizza, and more. The new healthy and humane café menu has netted UNT Dining Services a Compassionate Campus Award from peta2, PETA's youth division.
"With demand for vegan food skyrocketing, more and more colleges are beginning to focus on offering healthy, cruelty-free dishes," says peta2 Division Manager Marta Holmberg. "The University of North Texas is at the forefront of a trend that is sweeping the country."
UNT Dining Services says that the "number one request" from students "has always been to have more vegan and vegetarian options." And they're happy to provide—as UNT explains on its website, "Vegan dining is not just for vegans but for all who seek to eat a balanced diet that offers a host of health benefits. In addition to tasting good and being good for you, vegan dining is sustainable and helps to reduce our carbon footprint."
Meat, eggs, and dairy products contain no fiber and are loaded with artery-clogging saturated fat and cholesterol. According to the American Dietetic Association, vegans are less prone to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity than meat-eaters are. And vegans don't just save their own health—each vegan also saves more than 100 animals a year from immense suffering on filthy factory farms. In addition, switching to a vegan diet is more effective at countering climate change than switching from a standard car to a hybrid.
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