Life as a foodie is good at Oxy. All these meetings (ie excuses to eat together) have kept me very well fed.
Thursday gardening help has been so well-endowed that there are not enough tools and tasks to occupy the many helpers. We're planning on adding another day for gardeners to meet and better utilize the work force. There were even more new faces at the first official FEAST meeting tonight. (Cardamom bread, mmmmm.) Plans for chicken coops, garden art, potlucks and YOGA are also under way. (Someone at the meeting- I forget her name- gave the most beautiful description of her yoga studio in SF: dehumidifiers in the place of practice suck the sweaty moisture out of the air and they use the contents to water their garden! She says the plants are crazy healthy! We want to do yoga in our own garden and exchange gasses with the plants!) I left the meeting high with excitement, there was so much enthusiasm.
We have lots of plans for improving the sustainability and nutritiousness and deliciousness of campus dining. I personally am really interested in trying to work with administration to cut back on supply of really horrible products. I understand there will be an uproar if we get rid of certain things like Cocacola but I think generally the student body would be okay with reducing our consumption of really corproate, nutritionless products in general. This next week I'm going to try to investigate the comparative harmfullness of the food brands oxy sells. See what can be improved upon. It looks like pretty soon everyone will be examining the quality of their food products:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html?ref=opinion
Micheal Pollan connecting the dots.
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Certainly students pushing for healthier vended items and any survey data could help. Talk to the students running the new cafe about including healthy snacks and beverages. they have a lot of leeway to try things out.
ReplyDeleteI think Yoga in the garden is an excellent idea and one that hopefully will be taken seriously. With so much stress, to-do lists, work etc. it is VERY important to provided ways for students to destress that does not just involve sitting in the cooler and watching espn. Yoga is extremely beneficial to the body and mind; having sessions in the garden would just add to its benefits. Not to mention, more people would be aware that Oxy has an AWESOME garden!
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