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Lincoln will join more than 150 cities Thursday ir.
observation cf the third national Food Day and will fea
ture one of a dozen national debate panels.
Six Nebraskans, including two UNL professors, will
represent various opinions of the food situation. They
will participate in the 8 pjn. debate at the First Plymouth
Congregational Church, 20th and D streets. Transcripts
of the debate will be compiled in a book to be published
by the Center for Science and the Public Interest, accord
ing to Deborah Kirschenman, Food Day local coordinator.
Nebraska was selected as one of the national debate
sites because of its geographic location.
"Lincoln is in the heart of the agricultural belt, yet
is an urban community with consumers who don't have a
high knowledge of food problems," Kirschenman said.
She said Food Day's aim is to increase public aware
ness of the world food dilemma, with emphasis on educa
ting urban dwellers. ',. . .- ':. ' .
"Hunger is a big problem in the world right now,"
Kirschenman said. "People are losing control of the food
system and the food system is really changing now."
Bert Evans, UNL associate economics professor, and
William Splinter, agricultural engineering professor, wEl
participate on the debate panels. The other debaters in
clude state Sen. Loran Schmit, Ed Tvardy of the National
Farmers Organization, Newman Grove farmer John Han
sen, and Robert Thompson of the Farm Bureau Federa
tion. Food Day will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday with a food
fair on the Centennial Mall. Fifteen food and agriculture
related groups will sponsor booths providing information,
education and community service on their involvement
with the existing food system, Kirschenman said. The
display will run until 9 pjn.
A community meal featuring high nutritional food at
a low cost will be served at 6 pjn. at the First Plymouth
Congregational Church. Admission will be $1 for the
meal provided by Open Harvest Food Cooperative, 2637
Randolph St. .-. - .
The debate will follow the meal. - .
There was a similar observation at UNL in early March,
Kirschenman said. The "Seeds of Change" program
sponsored by International Educational Services, the
, Nebraska ,,IMle Interest Resssrch Group and Open
Harvest, was i. syrrposiurn on food policy.
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vending companies bid for UNL s vending machine con
tract, srJJ Gene Meerkatz, vending systems nr.r::r for
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The university currently is negotiating a two-year
contract with 1 1 Lincoln and Omaha vending companies
for the servicing of 255 machines on campus, Meerkatz
said. . .
The companies bid on what percentage of the price
of the products they wint to pay UNL, Mecrkatz ex
plained. The companies bid item by item, so the bid
affects only that item, he added;
Meerkatz said he has power to decide the prices of the
products, lie said he was specifically trying to keep the
price of coffee at 1 5 cents a cup.
UNL's current contract is with Lincoln's Canteen
Vending Service. He said UNL received approximately 1 5
per cent of the money made on product sales under that
contract. He declined to give specific figures because
publication of those figures might hurt UNL's chances of
getting a good contract, he said.
UNL is negotiating for a two-year contract with a
two-year option. The contract is essentially a four-year
contract but the two-year option allows UNL to cancel
the contract after two years if the company's service is
not satisfactory, Meerkatz explained.
The contract outlines general requirements, ssts
pricing, and lists equipment requirements, Meerkatz
said. Service and quality of the product also will be
important in the decision of who gets the contract, he
ailed, ' -;.
The money the university makes from the vending
machines goes toward creating new vending areas such as
Che one in Oldfather Hall, he said. It also pays for the
cost of Meerkatz's office, utilities and custodial services,
and accounting -services done by the university, Meer
katz said. ,
The university may add vending machines in the new
life sciences building and the new veterinary science
complex, he added.
The alternative to contracting with vending companies
is self-ownership and operation, Meerkatz said. Luying
the machines initisly woaM cost quite a bit but could be
profitable, he said. r ;
Meerkatz aid he plans tQ visit other universities who
own their machines and study the self-ownership system.
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