Students Switch to Organic Catering University: Initiative Soil University: Initiative Soil Association Scheme Aims to Reduce 'Food Miles'

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STUDENTS may be notorious for living on a diet of pizza and beer, but now an award-winning scheme to encourage the use of fresh and organic produce is to be introduced at a Scottish university.

Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) will become the first higher education body in the UK to adopt the Soil Association's Food For Life programme, which has already been established in dozens of schools.

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Students Switch to Organic Catering University: Initiative Soil University: Initiative Soil Association Scheme Aims to Reduce 'Food Miles'

The scheme sets targets for caterers to use more unprocessed ingredients, local produce and organic food in meals. It is being trialled at one cafe at the university, but may be extended to...

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