Can’t finish caf meal? These pigs will

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.

‘Connected.’ – Nov. 12, 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.