Weinberg senior Sam Rappin said he became familiar with plant-based eating practices while studying in Copenhagen, Denmark. His experience abroad led him to establish the Northwestern chapter of the Plant Futures Initiative, a sustainable eating organization with more than 50 chapters nationwide. Rappin, the chapter’s acting president, said the sector of plant-based foods and sustainable.
The Associated Student Government Senate met Wednesday to consider three new resolutions and vote on three resolutions presented at last week’s meeting. Four Undergraduate Schools Caucus senators — SESP sophomore Addison Feldman, Communication junior Aidan Klinges, Weinberg freshman Jamal Omoniyi and Weinberg sophomore Melissa Kusi-Amponsah — proposed a resolution to mandate crisis response training for.
As a member of a majority-vegan family, SESP sophomore Lauren Walcott frequently ate plant-based meals before arriving on campus. But after moving in, she said eating sustainably proved difficult because meal exchanges did not include vegan alternatives and dining halls served plant-based foods inconsistently. “I wasn’t sure how to replicate (veganism) on campus,” Walcott said..