livin veg

I learned about this a while ago and it’s just so incredibly exciting. The Baltimore City school system has implemented Meatless Mondays to promote healthy eating among the kids. It’s vegetarian, not vegan, but it’s a HUGE step for health, animals and the environment. Childhood obesity is a massive health problem in this country and (in my opinion) one of the biggest culprits is the awful food served to children in schools. Between the sodas, the hamburgers, the fries, the chicken nuggets, kids aren’t being introduced to fruits and veggies.

Here is a bit about what Baltimore is doing:

The 80,000 young people BCPS serves will begin each week with a Meatless Monday menu. And that’s not all. The school system has introduced a wide variety of projects to ensure its students eat and learn about healthy, environmentally friendly choices. BCPS has teemed up with local farmers and distributors to provide students fresh, locally raised fruits, vegetables and milk. They’ve also introduced Great Kids Farm, a 33-acre teaching farm, home to chickens, goats and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Educators on the farm teach kids and adults how to produce home-grown fresh food, even in an urban setting. BCPS is also in the process of developing gardens for each of the system’s 200 schools.

Watch the video to see more. Sadly, it’s a little controversial – mostly since PETA started paying attention to the school and praising them. Some people are against the things that PETA is for on principle. Because of PETA’s sketchy tactics. Alas. For all you Wire lovers, PETA is McNulty in this circumstance saying, “What the #^@% did I do?”

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