New Attitude, Environment for Student Dining

HOUSTON - College dining often has a poor reputation with regard to presentation, variety and taste, but a new concept offered at the University of Houston is helping to change that perception.

Tori Bergersen, executive chef for UH Dining Services shows FOX 26 Morning News reporter Ruben Dominguez how The Fresh Food Company is altering dining attitudes for Cougars on campus.

The Fresh Food Company also offers the following economical and energy-efficient features at the Moody Towers:

- Unbleached recycled-content napkins
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs
- More energy-efficient windows
- Entirely new and more energy efficient heating and cooling system
- Continuation and enhancement of the recyclable to-go containers program augmented with single-use recycled biodegradable content containers as an option
- Motion-activated lighting in the bathrooms and offices
- Water purifiers in the dining hall
- Elimination of straws (with the added benefit of fewer dishwasher machine breakdowns)
- Waste pulper in the dish room to greatly reduce the volume of food debris that ends up in the waste stream