University Dining is currently working to promote vegetarian options for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian students on campus.

According to Lisa Eberhart, head dietitian of NC State, University Dining has worked in recent years to increase available vegetarian and vegan options around campus, particularly outside of the dining halls.

Our goal in the past years has been to have vegan and vegetarian options available at every venue on campus, Eberhart said.

This year, University Dining added several new vegetarian options to the dining halls special services bars, including a hummus bar and a vegetarian option in the Asian dumpling bar.

University Dining also introduced several new vegetarian entrees, including spicy potato curry, edamame with red grain, roasted cauliflower steaks and Ethiopian cabbage.

The dining halls usually have a wide variety of options, said Anna-Claire Bousquet, a freshman in human biology and nutrition. Im pretty happy with the way the dining hall caters to vegetarians.

According to Eberhart, the school wants to increase the amount of vegetarian food they offer for financial and health reasons.

Since meat prices have gone up so much, we are looking for non-meat center of the plate options, which are also healthier, Eberhart said.

Out of 9,000 students signed up for an NC State meal plan, there are only 198 students who self-identified as vegetarians and 20 as vegans.

Yet, University Dining wants to see all students opting for vegetarian entrees.

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University Dining works to satisfy vegetarian students needs