Worth knowing - Naturally Organic - Sustainability
Not only is the Mensa in Witzenhausen is working hard to get and use groceries from organically run farms, so are the cafeterias in Kassel.
Inexpensive and quality organic products like breakfast eggs, coffee and tea, can be found in the cafeterias.
In 2003 the Studierendenwerk was awarded, after successful control, a Bio-Certificate and has since the been allowed to put the seal of organic control on all of its organic food (codenumber: DE-ÖKO-039).
Regionality
Short distances for fresh products: Many foods we serve in our Mensas and cafeterias are regional products - to give but a few examples:
| Lebensmittel | Lieferant | |
|---|---|---|
Organic Potatoes Organic carots | Hephata Diakonie Companies Timo Opfermann | |
| Organic breakfast eggs (boiled eggs) | Gut Halbersdorf, Hephata Diakonie Companies, Spangenberg | Hephata |
| Fresh fruits, salats and vegetables from the region | T. Meissner Frucht-Handels-GmbH, Kassel Markthalle Werra-Meißner Timo Opfermann | |
| Regional Salads of the season | Biohof Ruhlengut, Morschen (DE-Öko-022) Bio Birkenhof Jana & Timo | |
| Fresh meat and sausage products | Gilde Mitte eG Landfleischerei Leffringhausen Fleischerei Schomberg | |
| Fresh pastry products | Backhaus Schwarz, Bad Wildungen Schwälmer Brotladen | |
| Fresh pastry products, lahmacun, börek | Yenigül Anatolische Backwaren | www.yeniguel.de |
| Beverages | Getränke Waldhoff GmbH, Kassel | Getränke Waldhoff |
| Fresh trouts | Aqua Handelsfisch, Edermünde | Aqua Handelsfisch |
| Various types of flour | Pariser Mühle, Kassel | Pariser Mühle |
| Legumes, quinoa, cereals | Hofgut Klein Schneen | Hofgut Klein Schneen |
| Especially for the Mensa in Witzenhausen: | ||
| Organic dry goods, organic juices, organic lemonades | Naturkost Elkershausen GmbH, Göttingen | Naturkost Elkershausen |
| Organic vegetables | T. Meissner Frucht-Handels-GmbH, Kassel | Meissner Fruchthandel |
| Organic meat products | Hessische Staatsdomäne Frankenhausen (Uni Kassel), Grebenstein Frischgeflügel Roth | |
Green means organic
Green bowls for side dishes in the dining halls allows for more transparency and proves without a doubt, that our boiled potatoes are 100% organic.
Next to that there are futher meals from organic products and more conventional ingredients, such as: raw vegetables-carrot salad, mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes and potatoe soup. In Witzenhausen, a green bowl always means 100% organic.
Simply healthy
In the interest of your health, we buy ingredients that are virtually free of any additives that are required to be labeled. For example, there is no sodium glutamate in any of our dishes.
No genetically modified foods
We do not use any products that are genetically modified in any of our dining halls. To guarantee this, we require our suppliers to bring non-genetically modified foods; for this they are obliged.
Transfair as much as possible
Fair to humans, fair to Nature: We serve fair-trade-coffee from egological production. Wherever economically possible teas and sweets are from fair businesses and ecological production, too.
Climate protection with a knife and a fork
Meatless and vegan food meet the trend and are part of our daily offerings in Mensas and cafeterias. For example, since October 2022, the cheapest Mensa meal is always vegan - those who want to eat meat or fish pay more. There is a wide and varied variety of vegetarian and vegan options, supplemented by little but high-quality meat.
Of course environmentally friendly
In all our areas of responsibility, we work as sustainably and environmentally friendly as possible.
Energy-efficient renovations of student halls, the installation of photovoltaic systems for so-called “Mieter-Strom” (German for electricity supply for tenants) and the use of rainwater collection tanks are further examples of our efforts to protect the environment.
