Creative Dining Services to use cage-free eggs

“Creative Dining Services has announced it will soon only use eggs from cage-free farms.

The Zeeland company, which operates food service programs at Hope College, Grand Rapids Community College and other local colleges, switched to cage-free eggs for its shelled egg products July 1 and plans to convert entirely to cage-free (liquid egg products included) by December.

As part of the transition process, 40 chefs from Creative Dining Services toured Vande Bunte Eggs’ cage-free hen houses to see where the birds are housed in natural settings — giving the birds the ability to exhibit natural behaviors — and ask questions about the egg farm.

‘Our chefs are passionate about using the best local ingredients and want to see how and where they are produced,” said Janine Oberstadt, director of corporate sustainability at Creative Dining Services. “This not only supports the Michigan egg industry and the upcoming changeover to cage-free, but also makes our chefs feel great about what they’re serving our guests every single day.'”

Read the full article in the Holland Sentinel at:  http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20180714/creative-dining-services-to-use-cage-free-eggs