Worth knowing - Naturally Organic - Sustainability
Not only is the canteen in Witzenhausen (which was awarded with the "BioStar" in 2003) 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, tea, juices, 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 canteens are regional products - to give but a few examples:
| Product | Supplier | |
|---|---|---|
Organic Potatoes Organic carots | Hephata Diakonie Companies: - Gut Halbersdorf, Spangenberg Origin: Hessische Staatsdomäne Frankenhausen (University of Kassel), Grebenstein | |
Organic meat products | Butcher Armbröster, Lohfelden | |
Organic breakfast eggs (boiled eggs) | Hessische Staatsdomäne Frankenhausen (University of Kassel), Grebenstein Hephata Diakonie Company Gut Halbersdorf, Spangenberg |
|
Fresh fruits, salats and vegetables from the region | T. Meissner Frucht-Handels-GmbH, Kassel | |
| Regional Salads of the season | Biohof Ruhlengut, Morschen (DE-ÖKO-022) | Biogemüse Nordhessen |
Fresh meat and sausage products | Fleischerei Dreßler KG, Großalmerode; Fleisch- und Wurstwaren Werner Sauer, Naumburg Landfleischerei Koch, Calden Schlachthaus Warburg | -- |
Fresh dairy products and tofu products | Heinrich Stein OHG, Kassel | Heinrich Stein |
Fresh pastry products | Backhaus Schwarz, Bad Wildungen | Backhaus Schwarz |
| Fresh lahmacun | Orient Bäckerei e.K., Kassel | --- |
Getränke Waldhoff GmbH, Kassel | ||
| Fresh trouts | Aqua Handelsfisch, Edermünde | Aqua Handelsfisch |
| Various types of flour | Pariser Mühle, Kassel | www.pariser-muehle.de |
| Especially for the canteen 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 |
| Juices from regional fruits | Saftmobil GbR, Gudensberg | Saftmobil |
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.
No to Laying Cage Systems
At our canteens and cafeterias, we completely do without eggs from battery-caged hens. Because of this, Studierendenwerk Kassel was awarded the animal protection award "Das Goldene Ei" in 2011.
This award comes from "Albert Schweitzer Stiftung für unsere Mitwelt" and the international animal rights organisation "Compassion in World Farming".
In addition, all boiled eggs in the cafeterias are organic eggs.
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 offerings in canteens and cafeterias.
Of course environmentally friendly
It's self-evident that all of our duties are performed in a consistently environmentally conscious way. Wherever possible we avoid disposable packages and support the use of deposit packages and thermo cups. Energetic cleaning of student housing and the use of rain water collectors are more examples of our environment protection efforts.
#BecherBonus: We support the initiative BecherBonus of the Hessian Ministry of the Environment for waste reduction. If you bring your own reusable cup for your hot drink, you will pay 10 cents less per drink from 1 March 2017. Reusable deposit cups or buyable thermos cups are available in all cafeterias.
The disposable one-way-cups in our cafeterias are internally coated with the bio-plastic polylactic acid (PLA) and certified according to DIN 13432 100% compostable. PLA is based on industrial starch and comes completely without fossil raw materials. The cup lids are also made from PLA and are therefore completely biodegradable.
The sale of one-way-cups helps us to finance organic food such as organic carrots and organic potatoes in the canteens.
