How friendly are MN campus dining halls to vegan students?

It’s a debut effort and includes few details, but the animal-rights group Peta2 has just released a report card on how accommodating colleges and universities are to vegans.

One of the two Minnesota “A” earners is no surprise — “A” St. Olaf College, which is renowned for its cafeteria.

But the University of Minnesota – Crookston? That A student pummeled the Twin Cities campus, which received an “F.”

(That said, it could be lack of participation in the ranking that drove this.)

The survey-driven methodology is a bit fuzzy. Peta2 said it polled campuses for the report card, but also enables students to rate their colleges on the site.

USA Today reports:

The schools were ranked based on factors such as having an all-vegan dining facility, partnering with students to distribute vegan food and including a vegan member on its student advisory board.

You can access the ranking here. Choose “Minnesota” on the state-selector menu at the top.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.

get real

How friendly are they to people who want a junk food diet? If you choose to have a special diet, why should the state pay for seperat facilities to accommodate YOUR SPECIAL CHOICE.