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Excess food totals 600 tons yearly

Written by Jonathan Evans, Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2009
After every dining hall meal at Rocky-Mathey, students place their leftovers into receptacles labeled “Food” and “Non-Food.” By the end of the day, a large red garbage can has been filled three or four times over with food waste, Rocky-Mathey ...(back to the article)

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  • 3:24 a.m. on April 16th, 2009
    Posted by
    TRAYLESS TIMOTHY

    WOOP TRAYLESSNESS

  • 7:41 a.m. on April 16th, 2009
    Posted by
    AC

    If a soup kitchen is unable to accept perfectly good food, what does that say about the regulations in place? There is a slight risk of getting sick from reheated food. There is a certain risk if you do not eat at all.

  • 3:40 p.m. on April 16th, 2009
    Posted by
    12

    By that logic we should feed homeless people our feces. You have to draw the line somewhere.

  • 8:55 p.m. on April 16th, 2009
    Posted by
    AC

    If they are willing to eat it, who are we to stop them? I'm not saying we should force anyone to eat our food, but why not at least give people the choice?

  • 2:46 a.m. on April 17th, 2009
    Posted by
    08

    I agree with you, AC. But I bet it's more government regulations than TASK regulations that are getting in the way.

  • 4:57 a.m. on April 17th, 2009
    Posted by
    @ AC

    If you get a bunch of homeless people in a shelter sick, it's an epidemic waiting to happen. Moderate your tone with your ignorance.

  • 2:53 p.m. on April 17th, 2009
    Posted by
    AC

    Food poisoning typically doesn't spread person to person; it's spread through food. Thus unless all the sick homeless people are preparing food for other homeless people, an epidemic is almost impossible. Moderate your fear-mongering with scientific literacy.

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