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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 dry on Wednesday March 28 2018, @12:15AM (3 children)

    by dry (223) on Wednesday March 28 2018, @12:15AM (#659240) Journal

    Just grow hemp, grows like a weed, the seeds have complete protein, all the essential oils, most of the essential B vitamins and as I said, grows like a weed.

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  • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Wednesday March 28 2018, @09:31AM (2 children)

    by deimtee (3272) on Wednesday March 28 2018, @09:31AM (#659412) Journal

    Serious question. If hemp grows that fast and is that good as a food source, it should be the diet of choice for a whole raft of insects and animals. Is it?
    If not, why do bugs and critters avoid it?

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    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:22PM

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 28 2018, @01:22PM (#659480)

      Wikipedia implies but does not state that insects may not like THC very much. "Journal of the International Hemp Association" claims it very explicitly, but I donno if the source is trustworthy. The idea in a post-legalization world of gardeners spraying food crops with 5-gallon buckets of pure THC is kinda weird, but probably would work. Rinse off your apple before eating it or you'll get pretty high...

      With respect to animals, some googling around indicates without extensive industrial processing and masking by stronger flavors, low-THC hemp tastes like grass and dirt, so almost anything else would taste better, although I imagine hungry herbivores would ravage a hemp field if they got into it. High-THC weed probably doesn't taste good to animals plus or minus getting high.

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Wednesday March 28 2018, @02:41PM

      by dry (223) on Wednesday March 28 2018, @02:41PM (#659530) Journal

      Lots of bugs and animals like to eat the leaves, though it is mostly birds that like to eat the seeds, which ripen pretty late in the season for bugs, at least around here. It's the seeds that are nutritious, as well as not containing any active compounds.