THURSDAY November 16, 2017
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Women farmers combat sexism in fields
CU to revamp health inspections Campustown health inspection results (Last 30 days)
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The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Red Lion (mobile bar) plans to abandon the scoring system in food facility Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity health inspections while continuing its effort in Theta Xi fraternity standardizing the inspection process. Alpha Gamma Delta sorority Any score below 36 is a failing grade and will Jerusalem restaurant require the facility to be reinspected. Sarah Michaels, food Delta Sigma Phi fraternity programs coordinator at the CUPHD, said Illinois Delta Chi fraternity has recently adopted the FDA food code, which is Delta Zeta sorority the leader in food safety, as its new standard. Phi Kappa Tau fraternity “( T he i nspec t ion report) will have how Alpha Chi Omega sorority many repeats, and then you take how many critiPsi Upsilon fraternity cal (violations), and match it up with a table, and that will determine whether a Sigma Nu fraternity reinspection is required, if you’re passing or that Delta Gamma sorority you’ll be closed,” she said. “There will be no score.” Jimmy John’s & Training Kitchen The table is still being worked on and has not yet Timpone’s been made public. According to Michaels, the current Food Code used by Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity the CUPHD is not up to The Canopy Club date. The current health inspection for food faciliLatea Lounge ties is based on a score out of 100 and the number of Auntie Anne’s @ Illini Union critical violations. A score below zero or an Mia Za’s imminent health hazard, such as no running water, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity sewage backup or severe pest infestation, constiPi Kappa Phi fraternity tutes as automatic closure of the facility. Triangle fraternity “We do a raw score, but then every critical violation that a facility receives Delta Tau Delta fraternity is an additional five points off each, and every repeat Phi Delta Theta fraternity is an additional two points off,” Michaels said. Taipei Cafe “Because of that adjusted scoring system, the way we Alpha Omicron Pi sorority have it designed right now, if you have a large amount Sigma Chi fraternity of critical violations and there’s no managerial conPhi Sigma Kappa fraternity trol, that’s usually where you’ll see a facility fails below that 0 percent.” Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity Michaels said the number of inspections a food Kappa Alpha Theta sorority facility receives is based on its food handling and Cocomero the risk classification. A Category I food facilMr. Kyoto ity has a high relative risk of causing foodborne illLambda Chi Alpha fraternity ness and is inspected or has to have three conSlice Factory tacts a year. A Category II food facility, such as the average fast food store, Ozu Ramen is inspected once a year. A Category III food facilThe Clybourne ity, which deals with prepackaged food or grocery stores, is inspected once every two years, Michaels said. “The main thing we Any score below 36 is a failtried to do with training ing grade and will require the is that we’re consistent facility to be re-inspected across the board, so each inspector goes through SARAH MICHAELS standardization process, CUPHD FOOD PROGRAMS COORDINATOR and we do joint inspections, and we actually have weekly staff meetings to 0 20
BY HEATHER SCHLITZ STAFF WRITER
When Mallory Krieger bought her 85-acre vegetable farm, her closing attorney expressed disbelief that a woman could run her own farm. “Oh honey,” Krieger recalls her closing attorney saying, “a farmer around these parts is a man standing out and looking at his fields.” Agricultural fields are often passed down from father to son, said Krieger. Female members of farming families often aren’t given the same opportunities to learn about equipment and techniques crucial for farming. “But mostly I think that the reason only 30 percent of farmers are women is because it’s just not seen as something women can do,” Krieger said. “There isn’t as much societal support for a female farmer.” According to Krieger, women who have muscled their way into the agriculture industry do so by asking questions and finding resources that don’t come as easily as they do for their male counterparts. Krieger is now a farmer training program manager at The Land Connection, a nonprofit that educates and supports farmers. Part of Krieger’s job is to manage the workshops, courses, field days and conferences that educate students in running a farm. “I want to provide a venue for women to feel supported in community agriculture and feel more at home,” Krieger said. When Maggie Taylor, founder and co-owner of Delight Flower Farm, needed help creating a business plan and putting a fence around her sunflower fields, she turned to the training courses, workshops and sense of community provided by The Land Connection. “I found that farming is a lot about community,” Taylor said. “I haven’t experienced a lot of sexism in the local farming community. I actually know a lot of strong female farmers and they’ve taught me a lot.” Leslie Cooperband, coowner of Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery, has worked with The Land Connection to host farm-
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A kitchen fire forced Sitara to close down in October. Now, the restaurant hopes to reopen within the next two months. “When the fire happened, our employees even didn’t notice the fire because they couldn’t smell it, and they couldn’t see the smoke,” said Holli Gomes, co-owner of Sitara. “The building owner lived next door and he saw the flame shooting out of the building.” Sitara is an Indian restaurant located at 114 S. Race St. in Urbana.
Gomes said she and her husband received an outpour of emails, calls and Facebook messages since the fire from eager customers asking when Sitara will reopen. “We had a pretty good customer base,” Gomes said. “We’ll lose our customers if they really thought we would be closed for good.” Bobby Gomes, Holli’s husband and co-owner of Sitara, said they are letting the insurance company do its job, but they still had to lay off five waiters and two chefs. “When the fire originally
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happened, we were hoping to rebuild the restaurant by the end of November, but everything has been harder to get the construction started,” Holli said. “So, it’s gonna be a couple of months from now before we get to reopen. It just took longer than what we expected.” Part of the confusion surrounding the reopening of Sitara might have to do with its status on Google Maps, where it is marked as permanently closed. “I may need to find a way to contact Google Maps to clarify it, too,” Holli said. “And I found another one
this morning. It was reported that we would be reopening this month, so I have to clarify that too. I just want to make everyone on the same page where we are on.” Loyal customers, however, are looking forward to its reopening. Heather Shoemaker, a regular at Sitara, said she eats there a couple of times per month. “It’s one of my favorite restaurants,” Shoemaker said. “I expect that they could reopen as soon as possible.”
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