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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, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @03:24AM (4 children)
You make an astonishingly good point. Nobody should be permitted to run for president unless they actually served and got that Combat Infantry Badge. Anyone else? Chickenhawk. You were an intelligence analyst, sitting on your butt in a nice safe air-conditioned office? Chickenhawk. Chopper repair? Chickenhawk. Medic? Chickenhawk.
And, to keep it straight throughout society, we'll make sure that nobody can vote unless they at least worked for the government in some regular capacity. After all, what does some Silicon Valley pencilneck know about the hazards and complexities of public policy? Some inbred hick farmer? Some buttcrack plumber?
Heinlein was right. You heard it from -- gewg_ first, folks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @05:01AM
Nice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man [wikipedia.org]
But I guess you like corruption and government by the elite for the elite.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @05:05AM
You seem to have completely missed the core of the idea.
A Hawk is someone who advocates for war.
A Chickenhawk is someone who advocates for sending OTHER PEOPLE to war after he has found a way to assure that he himself will never be in a combat zone.
Don't want to be called a Chickenhawk?
Start by not advocating for military aggression.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2018, @07:43AM
I would actually say that noone should be allowed to vote for[1] a war unless they've been on the ground in an actual war themselves, so they at least know what they are voting for.
[1] They should still be allowed to vote against, many people are smart enough to realize they don't want to try something without actually trying it (Darwin awards are the exception, not the rule). It's the ones that are demonstrating that they want (other people) to try it that I want to make sure they know what they are voting for.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Thursday March 29 2018, @11:09PM
Hooray for Heinlein. I am not sure it should be limited to just military service, but some sort of service I could agree to. I fully support those will serve in the Peace Corps but will not carry rifle. I am not sure I could go over to say Iraq and defend the petrochemical corporations right to profit but can and do respect the hell out those that volunteer to defend our country. Woe unto any who think to invade US territory, I could and would defend our lands and people here. I am ashamed sometimes at what I fear the CIA is doing in the name of our countries interests abroad. You telling me you don't appreciate that combat medic or MASH surgeon, or the air cab who flies in under fire, unarmed to retrieve the wounded ?
For the NSA : Explosives, guns, assassination, conspiracy, primers, detonators, initiators, main charge, nuclear charge