From the loss of chicken tenders at Golden Bear Café, to the reduction of meat at Café 3, Cal Dining has undergone a drastic makeover in the past several years. UC Berkeley has increasingly taken steps towards creating healthy, tasty menus for students as well as developing more sustainable options.
A college student browses the aisles of Safeway and Trader Joe’s as their shopping persona takes over — they touch all the items lined up on the shelves and slowly peruse all the cereals and snacks lined up on the walls. However, knowing they can’t purchase them with food stamps leaves them merely imagining what they taste like.
Food allergies are an added obstacle for students navigating college by Kristen Wehara “I know I’ve eaten something that’s been contaminated when I feel a sort of tingling in the back of my mouth. Then my throat starts to constrict.” For at least 1 in