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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Students must stand up to Aramark on egg policy
Letters to the Editor | 4/29/08
Posted online at 2:56 AM EST on 4/29/08
To the Editor:
Our organization was happy to read the op-ed published in the Justice calling for Brandeis University to stop using eggs from caged hens. ("Chicken Run: Making cage-free eggs a priority for Brandeis," April 15 issue) As the op-ed stated, confining hens in barren wire cages is cruel and inhumane, and no socially responsible institution should ever support this form of animal cruelty.
Unfortunately, Brandeis' dining operations are run by the food service company Aramark, has a long history of resisting students' efforts to remove caged eggs from campus. The company has done so poorly on this issue that students at the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities and University of California at Irvine called for Aramark to be removed from campus because of its lack of commitment to animal welfare. These universities shortly afterward switched to cage-free eggs.
One of Aramark's leading competitors, Compass Group, made the responsible decision to phase out its use of eggs from caged hens. Aramark should make a company-wide commitment to do the same. Until then, students at Brandeis are doing the right thing by protesting Aramark's direct support of farm animal cruelty.
-Adam Durand
The writer is campaign director for Animal Rights International.
Our organization was happy to read the op-ed published in the Justice calling for Brandeis University to stop using eggs from caged hens. ("Chicken Run: Making cage-free eggs a priority for Brandeis," April 15 issue) As the op-ed stated, confining hens in barren wire cages is cruel and inhumane, and no socially responsible institution should ever support this form of animal cruelty.
Unfortunately, Brandeis' dining operations are run by the food service company Aramark, has a long history of resisting students' efforts to remove caged eggs from campus. The company has done so poorly on this issue that students at the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities and University of California at Irvine called for Aramark to be removed from campus because of its lack of commitment to animal welfare. These universities shortly afterward switched to cage-free eggs.
One of Aramark's leading competitors, Compass Group, made the responsible decision to phase out its use of eggs from caged hens. Aramark should make a company-wide commitment to do the same. Until then, students at Brandeis are doing the right thing by protesting Aramark's direct support of farm animal cruelty.
-Adam Durand
The writer is campaign director for Animal Rights International.
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Miles
posted 5/03/08 @ 1:35 PM EST
How are caged hens any different from the cows bred for their meat and consequently served in the Boulevard hamburgers? Brandeis food is expensive enough, if you don't like eggs from caged hens, eat something else for breakfast. (Continued…)
Alan Royals
posted 5/03/08 @ 5:09 PM EST
Cry me a river. They're chickens, not people! I'm not going to pay even more for on campus food just so some bleeding hearts can have a good cry together about how beautiful the world can be. (Continued…)
Gideon Klionsky
posted 5/06/08 @ 1:18 AM EST
$44,000 per year is enough. Eggs taste good fried or scrambled or whatever. Unless someone can show me that wild chicken eggs taste enough better than normal chicken eggs, I don't know why I'd want to pay more for the same quality of the product. (Continued…)
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