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SU Dining Services Earns A on PETA2 Vegan Report Card

PETA2SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University’s Dining Services has the highest student vegan satisfaction rating in the University System of Maryland, according to a recent survey by PETA2, the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

SU again received an A on PETA2’s 2017 Vegan Report Card, noting students gave the University an 80 percent satisfaction rating. Salisbury traditionally has done well in PETA2’s surveys, including a 2014 nomination for the nation’s “Favorite Vegan-Friendly College.”

This year’s Report Card noted that SU offers at least one vegan entrée at every meal, provides non-dairy milk, clearly labels vegan entrées and desserts, promotes vegan options and participates in a “Meatless Mondays” campaign. Vegans and vegetarians have praised SU’s meatless salad bar, which also has expanded with a variety of fresh greens.

Offerings in the Bistro of the University’s Commons dining hall have expanded in the past two years with more grain-based options like quinoa and vegetarian-inspired salads like Asian noodle and edamame.

The Commons also offers a daily vegan soup and devotes its “Plato’s Plate” dining station entirely to a meatless menu with daily lunch and dinner complete meal solutions, along with standards made to order, such as black bean and chickpea burgers. Vegan-friendly cellophane noodles are available as an option at the dining hall’s wok station.

More than 1,400 U.S. colleges and universities were included in the PETA2 survey.

For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.