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Meredith Maher
  • Biology - Environmental & Organismic Biology Option
  • Mason, MI

Meredith Maher Selected to be on Real Food Challenge Team at Fort Lewis College

2013 Oct 21

Meredith Maher, of Mason, MI, was selected to be a member of the Real Food Challenge Team at Fort Lewis College's Environmental Center. Maher's major is Environmental Studies.

The Environmental Center’s Real Food Challenge Team works as part of a national campaign to shift food purchasing at universities towards food that is “Real” (local, ecologically sound, humane and fair-trade). The team has conducted a baseline study of dining service food and has launched an education campaign to inform students on the important of “Real” Food. The team is also working closely with the college administration and dining services to increase the amount of “Real” Food purchased at Fort Lewis College.

Founded in 1991, the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center (EC) is a campus organization committed to working for environmental sustainability and social justice both at Fort Lewis College and in the Durango community. As part of its student-driven mission, the EC works to connect students to opportunities to create real change. Each year, the EC selects student leaders through a competitive application process. Selected students work on small teams in a non-profit like setting to address the most critical environmental and social issues facing our world. Through their work, the EC students are creating change today while also gaining skills and experience vital to becoming tomorrow's civic leaders.