Baltimore Schools Do Meatless Mondays
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News from Baltimore:
On Mondays throughout the year, cafeteria menus will be all vegetarian – a first for city schools and, it’s believed, any large school system nationwide. [...]
Lunch has been getting a makeover in lots of schools in Maryland and across the nation, a reaction to rising childhood obesity rates, growing nutritional awareness and the local-foods movement.
Baltimore County ripped deep-fat fryers out of five secondary schools over the summer and replaced them with ovens to serve lower-fat oven fries. Because whole-wheat pizza crust flopped with Howard County kids last year, that district just rolled out a new crust made with “white whole wheat” flour, a milder-tasting whole grain. At Hereford Middle School, the cafeteria has started using the fruit, vegetables [...] raised in agri-sciences classes.
For more on Meatless Mondays, go to meatlessmonday.com but first watch this video:
Thanks to Bea for sending me the story.
We knew this would not happen without protest from the industry:
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/AMI-Urges-Baltimore-City-Public-Schools-To-Drop–Meatless-Mondays/2009-10-05/Article.aspx?oid=844820&fid=CN-LATEST_NEWS_
And the letter from the American Meat Association starts with this: “I was disturbed to read about your school system’s decision to bow to an animal rights organization in holding “Meat Free Mondays.”
http://www.meatami.com/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/53820
This has NOTHING to do with AR – It’s an effort to get healthy LOCAL fresh foods on the menu for one day a week. Talk about subjective, slanted hysteria!
Oh… forgot to mention – the letter continues and cites “The Meatrix” — I think they are missing much of the point about healthy options, nutrition and good eating habits. And getting bogged down instead with “other” issues.