Should public schools offer vegan friendly lunches?!
no meat meals to children whose parents may not know how to cook such food. Tofu and beans aren't alien substances from an evil parallel universe.
In my experience, school lunches are low quality food that is fit for dogs, not children, in general. Ever wonder why so many young adults are obese? Maybe the crud in school lunch makes kids prone to becoming fat, not just fast food at home.
Fresh fruits and vegetables should be available to children at school and at home.
Fresh foods should be the basis of everyone's diet, now that so many good foods are available.
Answers: It would be useful as a way to introduce
no meat meals to children whose parents may not know how to cook such food. Tofu and beans aren't alien substances from an evil parallel universe.
In my experience, school lunches are low quality food that is fit for dogs, not children, in general. Ever wonder why so many young adults are obese? Maybe the crud in school lunch makes kids prone to becoming fat, not just fast food at home.
Fresh fruits and vegetables should be available to children at school and at home.
Fresh foods should be the basis of everyone's diet, now that so many good foods are available.
Yes because Vegans have a right to eat something in a cafeteria.
Not public schools, if you're on a special diet, bring your own lunch. There is no way the public schools could afford to cater to ever ones special diet, there are too many different diets out there...
Yes.
I think most do, do they not?
You can always substitue the meat with other fruits or vegetebles. Or you can get a salad.
There are always options. School lunches are never great, vegan or no vegan!
absolutely......
I think they should offer vegetarian alternatives. But maybe people should bring their own lunches. It would be very difficult to cater to every diet there is out there, especially for schools that are already short on resources.
yes we even pick out all the ham chunks of the mac and cheese just to meet dietary needs with the religious ones. I'm not joking this was hand down from SB administration. pack your own.
I should say yes. I believe most of them do. They are not allowed to season vegetables with meat products or by products for health reasons. I would hope that a vegan student would choose nutritious meal items when they enter the cafeteria.
No, Unless you like your kids to be malnurished.
Absolutely. They should offer some simple vegan choices. Not even for vegans alone but for there to be some healthier food choices for ALL of the kids.
My *middle school had a baked potato bar and you could definately make a vegan lunch from that. Sure some of the toppings were things like sour cream, diced ham, etc... but they also offered things like salsa, sunflower seeds, broccolli, italian dressing...yeah. It was pretty good stuff for school food.
(*public school)
It would be great...but they could never afford to do that. If they can't afford music departments they can't afford a vegan option.
Well, it would be nice if public schools fed our children healthy food. If they're feeding them anything other than a vegan lunch or breakfast then it's not as healthy as it could be, is it?
Public schools should offer vegetarian alternatives because there are a lot of vegetarians out there (I am one) but realistically speaking, vegan is harder to cater because organic fruit or vegetables are more expensive than meat (however if you're at a university/college, they should be meeting your needs). Many schools, especially mine, would rather spend the tax money they receive on education (which is where it should be going) rather than the food, so I say bring your own lunch so you can eat what you want to. Making your own is actually cheaper anyway.
Yes they should, mine has a salad bar for vegans, French fries. Thats it, We have a big selection of food, but not that much for vegans.
Yes, or at least options. Like not having meat in anything other than that "meat meal". I was vegan in high school and it is tough... I couldn't get a salad without cheese or meat. Everyone has their preference and that should be respected.
Are you kiddinme?
The Cancer and Tumour industry, ahem, Meat and Dairy Industry pay big bucks to schools to get you hooked on that crack, ahem, meat and dairy...
It will never happen
YES! Or at least some vegetarian options every day!
No because then everyone would want something special! Pack you frigin lunch or eat the damn salad.
i guess so, as long as it doesn't ruin it for the meat eating healthy kids. look here- got this from a kids health site.
Calcium builds strong bones to last a lifetime, so you need these foods in your diet.
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 1-2 cups of milk (or another calcium-rich food) each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old girls need 3 cups of milk (or another calcium-rich food) each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old boys need 3 cups of milk (or another calcium-rich food) each day.
If you want something other than milk, you can substitute yogurt, cheese, or calcium-fortified orange juice - just to name a few.
Meats, Beans, Fish, and Nuts
These foods contain iron and lots of other important nutrients. Like grains, these foods are measured in ounce equivalents.
An ounce equivalent of this group would be:
* 1 ounce of meat, poultry, or fish
* 1/4 cup cooked dry beans
* 1 egg
* 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
* a small handful of nuts or seeds
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 3-4 ounce equivalents each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old girls need 5 ounce equivalents each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old boys need 5 ounce equivalents each day.
well, I suppose if they got a bin of rabbit pellets for all the vegans to eat that wouldn't be so bad, right?