Allison Dining Hall

NUCuisine is committed to supporting sustainable food purchasing and use of locally grown foods. We purchase products from many local producers in Chicagoland such as Tags Bakery in Evanston and Treasure Ocean in Chicago. We also purchase organic and natural products for purchase in our retail locations such as Stonyfield Farm smoothies and yogurt,... Amy's Kitchen Natural and Organic frozen meals, and Kashi cereal just to name a few. We use Seattle's Best Fair trade organic coffee in all resident dining and retail locations on campus. The milk served in the resident dining locations is rBGH & BGH free and purchased locally from Muller-Pinehurst Dairy in Rockford. NUCuisine offers a weekly sustainable and/or local menu in the dining halls. Each item has a sign that explains why an item is sustainable or local. NUCuisine is also dedicated to helping students reduce their carbon footprints through providing a wide range of vegetarian and vegan options at every meal. Our efforts were recognized in 2007 and 2010 when Northwestern was named Peta2's Most Vegetarian Friendly College. nucuisine-farm All of our shelled eggs served in the resident and retail dining locations are CERTIFIED HUMANE cage-free eggs. We also host NUCuisine Fresh Markets throughout the year. These markets offer fresh fruits, vegetables, cheese, flowers and produce grown on the NUCuisine Farm available for customers to purchase. The resident dining halls take part in MeatLESS Monday, while still providing meat options, Monday's feature a wider variety of meatless options as an ongoing program. Watch the video below to see why you should participate in MeatLESS Monday.Read More