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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.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @07:01PM (9 children)
Build a fair world for animals? Is Berkley shipping some of their crazy tree huggers to Brazil? Or has PETA infected South America with their brand of crazy?
(Score: 3, Touché) by takyon on Tuesday March 27 2018, @07:10PM (7 children)
What would be fair is if we raised humans for animal consumption.
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(Score: 2) by archfeld on Tuesday March 27 2018, @08:11PM (1 child)
So says a soylent subscriber...
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:19AM
So say we all!
SO. SAY. WE. ALL!!!
Man, i'd kill for a McDonald.
;)
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday March 27 2018, @10:47PM (2 children)
Well, on could claim the Zoroastrians raised humans for animal consumption, considering their funerary practices. Though they discouraged consumption by rats, and, to a lesser extent, mice. And favored birds.
The constructed racks out in the countryside on which the corpses of the deceased were laid to be eaten. Of course, the corpses had usually been dead for a day or two before they got there, but the eagles didn't seem to mind.
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(Score: 2) by archfeld on Thursday March 29 2018, @10:59PM (1 child)
To be eaten for food or as part of a religious ceremony ? Zoroastrians as I understand worshipped God in the form of a flame, and thus the burning bush was a good Segway into the newest shiniest form of religion at the time Judaism. I wish I had spent more time studying comparative religion when I was in school, but there were other things that drew my more immediate attention, such as studying women, and beer, and pot.
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday March 30 2018, @12:58AM
The bodies were usually mainly eaten by birds, but climbing animals probably got a bit. Eagles is what they wrote about.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @02:44AM (1 child)
Why don't you volunteer to be the first in line? Nobody here would miss you.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday March 28 2018, @02:46AM
So says the AC scumbag. Get into our Soylent meat grinder and feed the Brazilians.
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(Score: 2) by archfeld on Tuesday March 27 2018, @08:08PM
Not from Berkeley, they are too busy sitting with their fingers in their ears chanting I am in a safe spot and can't hear you...
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