University of Florida students and protestors announced Wednesday afternoon that they would occupy the J. Wayne Reitz Union until their demands for a more equitable university food service contract are met.
Ava Kaplan, a UF sophomore studying political science who is one of the event organizers, said they had a plan and were prepared to deal with conflict and police if necessary but would not specify details to help protect the group. The point of an occupation is to disrupt enough that they will actually listen to us, she said. We re not leaving.
About 21 people filled the hallway outside of and below UF s Business Services division inside the Reitz Union when the announcement was made at 4 p.m. Ten of them, all with the local activist coalition the Food Justice League, planned to spend at least the night and following two days there, Kaplan said.
From farm to food pantry: Hudson Valley farmers increase efforts to fight hunger
From farm to food pantry: Hudson Valley farmers increase efforts to fight hunger
Rock Steady Farm co-owner D. Rooney: We get to fully farm into our values and that feels amazing
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In a guest column published last month, the field president for Aramark Higher Education, Trevor Ferguson, wrote to explain some of their business practices in the context of rising scrutiny of their food service contract with the University of Florida. As part of the movement behind that scrutiny, Food Justice UF would like to respond.
Our coalition demands the inclusion of six specific, quantitative and stakeholder-driven measures in UF’s invitation to negotiate for a new food service contract. These measures are to support food service, food chain and farm workers; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; increase purchases from local small and mid-sized farms and vendors; and end support for the exploitation of prisoners. Ferguson’s column was more of an advertisement for Aramark than an engagement with these demands, and advertisements rarely give you an accurate view of the product.
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