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Microsoft Vegetarians Unite–MSVeg Provided Needed Cafe Updates

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.

REDMOND, WA - MAY 22, 2002:  (FILE PHOTO)  An exterior view of the Microsoft headquarters during the Microsoft CEO Summit is shown May 22, 2002 in Redmond, Washington. A federal judge granted Microsoft's motion January 28, 2003 to throw out five consumer antitrust lawsuits in four states filed against the company, causing shares of Microsoft Corp. to trade up.  (Photo by Ron Wurzer/Getty Images)

Microsoft makes their vegetarian and vegan techies happy by offering an extensive selection of appropriate food through the food service provider located on the campuses, which probably has a lot to do with the activism of a group called MSVeg.

MSVeg is a group of about 650 active members who are employees of the company who refused to carry peanut butter and jelly to work every day. As a result, it’s a lot easier to be a vegetarian or vegan at Bill Gates’ empire than it was a decade ago.

Mark Aggar, leader of MSVeg, had an interview with IVU online. A few highlights:

How the idea for MSVeg came about:
“It was formed out of frustration of not having very good or consistent vegan choices in the MS cafeterias and the suspicion that there were a lot of folks at MS who felt the same. Basically I formed it to create a loud voice for better food choices for veg*ns.”

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