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posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-bull dept.

Humane Society International announces:

Humane Society International [HSI] in Brazil has teamed up with four cities in the northeastern state of Bahia--Serrinha, Barroca, Teofilandia, and Biritinga--and the local Public Prosecutor Office, to transition all of the meals served at its public school cafeterias to 100 percent plant-based by the end of 2019, reducing meat, dairy, and egg consumption by 25 percent per semester. This marks the first time in history that any school districts have committed to having exclusively plant-based cafeterias. The change will impact over 23 million meals a year [covering 30,000 students].

The launch of the project, called "Escola Sustentável" (Sustainable School), took place on Monday, March 19th, and was followed by four days of plant-based culinary trainings for the cities' school cooks, led by HSI's Chef André Vieland. Chef André taught cooks how to prepare cost-effective, nutritious recipes, using accessible local ingredients. Escola Sustentável's mission is to improve student health, reduce the cities' environmental footprint (especially water consumption), and empower local farmers who will be able to supply the school districts with plant-based foods. Leticia Baird, Brazilian Public Prosecutor for the Environment in the State of Bahia, who led the creation of this program, stated: "Providing our school districts with plant-based meals will help save environmental and public financial resources, allow for a future of healthy adults, and build a fair world for the animals."

Sandra Lopes, food policy manager for HSI in Brazil, stated: "We applaud the cities of Serrinha, Barroca, Teofilandia, and Biritinga for becoming the world's first school districts to commit to going 100 percent plant-based. It's an honor to have worked with city authorities, nutritionists, and school cooks on the adoption and implementation of this initiative, and we're excited to continue working closely with them to ensure the success of this program."

AlterNet adds:

School meals in those cities typically feature animal proteins such as beef, lamb, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, and butter, Brazilian publication Correio reported.[pt-br] Under the new, two-year experimental program, lunches will consist of soy, rice milk, peanut butter (instead of butter), vegetables, root vegetables, grains, and whole-wheat bread.

Definitive implementation of the program will depend on health outcomes of the students after the trial period, according to Correio. Students will undergo periodic tests that count blood, ferritin, vitamin B12, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood glucose levels. Weight, height, and body composition will also be measured.

Families who do not agree with the newly imposed diet can send their students to school with packed lunches from home, [Ms.] Baird [...] said.


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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:31PM (4 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:31PM (#659078) Journal

    "taught cooks how to prepare cost-effective, nutritious recipes, using accessible local ingredients." At least they're doing it right.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:55PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:55PM (#659086)

    taught cooks how to prepare cost-effective, nutritious recipes, using accessible local ingredients.

    It's been a while since I was in school, but my kids concur with my recollections. School cooks are not known for their delicious offerings. I'd bet that there will be a lot more lunch packers in the future. Or you could do what my youngest did. When he discovered that his friends asked him to share the subs that his dad makes now and then, he went into business at school selling sandwiches. of course, I did not see any of the money to offset my raw material costs. ;-)

    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday March 28 2018, @12:48PM

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 28 2018, @12:48PM (#659459)

      School cooks

      Probably varies by district much like everything else education, but it seems common where I live for the design work to be done by the food service manager with a dietician degree at district HQ. If you want a high paying job for life with great bennies related to food, don't get a degree in food hospitality or WTF, stick with BS in dietician sciences or whatever the school district requires.

      Kinda like the line workers at McDonalds know how to cook a delicious burger, its just at work all the decisions are made maybe ten corporate levels higher than their station.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:06AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:06AM (#659268) Journal

    Just hang up some wolfsbane and tell the kids "free lunch! have at it!"

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday March 28 2018, @06:20AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday March 28 2018, @06:20AM (#659373) Homepage
    No, at least they're pushing the idea that they're doing it right. Have you not noticed that that's *exactly* the same rhetoric used by McDonalds, for example.
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