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Way to go, New York City! All 1,200 schools in the New York City public school district will now offer a vegan hummus option every day at the beginning of this school year, thanks to The Coalition for Healthy School Food (CHSF), a non-profit that helps introduce plant-based foods into schools. Vegan options for students that are available on the school’s vegetarian menu will range from Mexicali Chili, Lentil Stew, Lentil Sloppy Joes, Braised Black Beans with Plantains, and Zesty BBQ Crunchy Tofu. These yummy meals will be on rotation for the vegetarian menus.
And this isn’t CHSF‘s first initiative to help students have access to fresh, healthy food. CHSF has worked with the city’s department of education to help three NYC schools, Active Learning Elementary School in Queens (PS244), Peck Slip School in Manhattan (PS343), and The Bergen Elementary School (PS1) in Brooklyn, to transition to an all-vegetarian menu.
How can they have any pudding if they don't eat their meat?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @08:33AM (2 children)
Your trolling is weak. Protein exists plentifully in several edible plants.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @01:45PM (1 child)
There are, however, some amino acids that are _very difficult_ to get without eating meat. Vegans require an extremely carefully planned diet, and I can't see how the schools can easily work into this, not on budgetary or time constraint reasons.
I'm also curious what percentage of students in NYC are vegans, for this to even be considered as a city-wide option. Most likely, I suspect, some politically connected person (perhaps a former superintendent?) has recently started a vegan food service business.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Monday October 09 2017, @03:00AM
Going Vegan is a really smart idea for school lunches:
Given that kids are only eating 5 meals per week at school (out of ideally 21 meals per week), there are plenty of options for the home to include meat and dairy into their diet to ensure that they get other nutrients.