Cambridge College students vote for absolutely vegan menus

College students at the University of Cambridge have voted to assist a transition to a entirely vegan menu throughout its catering companies.

The Cambridge Student union voted on Monday to keep talks about eradicating all animal items from its cafes and canteens with the university’s catering companies.

However, the move does not ensure that Cambridge’s catering companies will go fully vegan, as that ability lies with the university. It also does not use to the university’s 31 colleges, whilst the campaign said that it supplied “an exceptionally potent mandate for colleges to get started transitioning to 100% plant-based mostly menus”.

The group’s movement, which calls for the change in reaction to “climate and biodiversity crises”, was backed by 72% of non-abstaining pupil representatives who voted after a 4-7 days consultation system. It comes just after lobbying from Cambridge’s Plant-Based Universities marketing campaign, which is supported by Animal Rebel.

William Smith, 24, from the Cambridge branch of the Plant-Primarily based Universities campaign, mentioned: “It’s excellent that Cambridge students’ union has passed our motion to operate with the college to implement a just and sustainable plant-dependent catering method.

“By eradicating animal items from its menus, the university could appreciably lessen its environmental impression and showcase to the world its determination to sustainability.

“The university catering products and services has previously built essential strides, for illustration in 2016 when it taken out beef and lamb from all its menus. We seem forward to doing the job with them on the up coming important actions.”

The Plant-Centered Universities marketing campaign is a nationwide initiative of pupils who are pushing for their universities and scholar unions to adopt thoroughly plant-based mostly catering, and has offshoots at additional than 40 establishments.

Cambridge College was approached for remark.