The St. Thomas cafeteria produces nearly 5,000 meals each day. With the high number of people being served, it is common to see nearly 200 gallons of wasted food at the end of the day.
In an effort to become more sustainable, the cafeteria puts the wasted food to good use. Scraps from the cafeteria help feed nearly 3,000 pigs at a pig farm just north of Andover in St. Francis.
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Naked juice bottles and Starbucks coffee cups appear to be recyclable. But the containers cannot be tossed into recycling bins in the Twin Cities and that has been causing confusion for many.
This is News in :90 for Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
In a time where most organizations are suffering, nonprofit Keystone Community Services continues to thrive and grow.
Located in St. Paul, Keystone helps families in economic crisis meet their nutritional needs.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.13.09′] This is News in :90 for Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.
In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, structural issues are being addressed in Brady Hall, solar panels to be installed on Brady Hall by spring semester, St. Paul’s social host ordinance goes into effect next month, mobile flu clinic helps with H1N1 screenings, colleges are turning to G-Mail to save money, and registration starts Nov. 16.
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.10.09′] This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.09.09′] This is News in :90 for Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
Some familiar former St. Thomas men’s basketball players took to the court again at St. Paul Central High School, Nov. 7.
Recent St. Thomas graduates B.J. Viau and Lonnie Robinson among others geared up for the exhibition game against the Minnesota Blizzards of the American Basketball Association. The team of graduated Tommies took down the Blizzards 88-77.
This is News in :90 for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.
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In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, Opus $1 million prize winner announced, Target’s restructuring doesn’t affect on-campus interviews, Sitzmann Hall opens for class and the German Club selected to help celebrate tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
