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The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

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Eating Like Adults

Devonte Barr, Photographer // November 11, 2021

Does it ever cross your mind where your food comes from? Or maybe, less about the food and more about why what’s offered is an option? It's overdue that we impose changes in the way the food industry...

Brianna Mulvey, senior ecological, evolutionary and organismal biology major and Associated Students compost education coordinator brought the idea of tower gardens to the Wildcat Recreation Center. Photo credit: Lana Goddu

Students grow plants at gym for cafeteria

Lana Goddu // October 30, 2014
The Wildcat Recreation Center is planting their own vegetables in tower planters within the facility. The gym has given the vegetables to the Bell Memorial Union Marketplace Cafe for the local lunches.
Zi Kuang, a business administration alumni, pulls a head of lettuce from an aquaponic grow bed. Photo credit: Christine Lee

Fish feces fuel sustainable food business

Christine Lee // March 11, 2014
Two Chico State alumni have developed a system for simultaneously growing vegetables and raising fish.
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