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Title: California Schools Cut Meat, Cheese From Lunches To Fight Global Warming
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URL Source: http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/15/c ... nches-to-fight-global-warming/
Published: Feb 16, 2017
Author: kk
Post Date: 2017-02-16 10:41:11 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Oakland schools partnered with the environmental group Friends of the Earth (FOE) to fight global warming by making student lunches climate-friendly.
FOE gave kids a lunch menu designed to eliminate foods it says are “unsustainable for our planet.” The new menu features far less meat and more plant-based food. Any meat or cheese the school did use came from “pastured, organic dairy cows.” The student’s lunch menu went from beef hot dogs and pepperoni pizza to vegan stir fry tofu and vegan tostadas. The new FOE-approved menu served meat and cheese-less frequently and reduced the portion sizes.
“This is a landmark moment for school food,” Jennifer LeBarre, head of nutrition services for Oakland Unified School District, said in a FOE press statement. “We were so excited to see how the data showed that we could reduce our carbon and water footprint by serving healthy, delicious food –– like the vegetarian tostadas with fresh made in-house salsa, that kids absolutely love –– all while saving money.”
The district and FOE claimed the lunch program was healthier than before, but only on the basis that food from plants is typically healthier than meat. The study justifies its health claims by stating average poultry consumption fell. FOE did not undertake an actual study into whether or not the lunches improved student health.
FOE says total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the school lunch program declined by 14 percent. The total change is equivalent to taking roughly 127 cars off the road for a year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) official calculator. The activists also claim lunch program costs fell 1 percent.
FOE says it partnered with the school to provide a “roadmap for change” to encourage other schools to fight global warming via student lunches. The green group hopes Oakland’s example will encourage numerous other school districts to switch to a similar menu.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/15/california-schools-cut-meat-cheese-from-lunches-to-fight-global-warming/
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FOE gave kids a lunch menu designed to eliminate foods it says are “unsustainable for our planet.” The new menu features far less meat and more plant-based food. Any meat or cheese the school did use came from “pastured, organic dairy cows.” FOE says total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the school lunch program declined by 14 percent. ... The activists also claim lunch program costs fell 1 percent. FOE says it partnered with the school to provide a “roadmap for change” to encourage other schools to fight global warming via student lunches. The green group hopes Oakland’s example will encourage numerous other school districts to switch to a similar menu. [dailycaller.com Ref. with 1.5 minute video] Animal Rights Activists Hold Conference | Los Angeles, CA | Video [2 hours] | C-SPAN.org Animal Rights 2016 National Conference: ... activists ... argued that school, hospital, military, and prison cafeterias should switch to meatless menus. ... The Animal Rights National Conference was held July 7-10, 2016, at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, California. ... Busily moving to crash and control a large part of our economy and the world's: livestock, associated textiles+ (wool, leather, fur, even down-feathers) and so on under the guise of their "Meatless Mondays Movement" - an agenda at taxpayer expense, aiming for "Meatless Everyday" in all cafeterias of Federally funded facilities here. A YouTube archive: 1. Song: Meat Free Monday-Paul McCartney [3 minutes] 2. A Meat Free Monday Message to Schools from Paul McCartney [9 minutes] 3. Meatless Monday by The Humane Society of the United States [3.5 minutes] 4. "Meatless Mondays" Make Republican LOSE HIS MIND - says a Leftist pundit of The Young Turks, John Iadarola [4.75 minutes] 5. What is Meatless Monday? - an initiative of The Monday Campaigns, in association with the Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health [1.5 minutes] 6. This is why Meat Free Mondays matter - from Meat Free Mondays and the Fry's Family Foundation. [5 minutes]
This makes me glad that we enjoyed venison and pork, wrapped in bacon, chopped steaks last evening.
I suspect many radical Vegans wouldn't much complain about far greasier foods
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestOakland schools partnered with the environmental group Friends of the Earth (FOE) to fight global warming by making student lunches climate-friendly.
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#3. To: Lod (#2)
This makes me glad that we enjoyed venison and pork, wrapped in bacon, chopped steaks last evening.
like deep-fried veggies and french fries.
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