New York School’s Plan to Go Vegetarian Is an All-Around Success

[Amy SF]

New York School’s Plan to Go Vegetarian Is an All-Around Success

Remember the pink slime scandal? Parents across the country were horrified to learn that most school cafeterias serve students the lowest possible quality of meat: beef by-products treated with ammonium hydroxide.


In response, most states started shelling out the extra couple of cents for 100 percent lean beef that hadn’t taken an ammonia bath before landing on the plate. (Incredibly, some schools have switched back after students complained that the meat looked and tasted too meat-like. Yeah, wrap your head around that one.)


A public school in Queens, N.Y., decided to take it one step further. The school, P.S. 244, is the first in the nation to offer a 100 percent vegetarian lunch menu. That’s right, no more sloppy joes or scary meatloaf. Instead 400 students in grades pre-K through 3 choose from options like organic roasted tofu, braised black beans and falafel.

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This makes me wonder how much an omni diet figures in hyperactivity disorder, if at all.

 

[shyvas]

It is a good idea that schools in large cities,are bringing more awareness about what kind of diets are available.

 

[ledboots]

I also like that they are teaching the children about nutrition AND that they give them breaks from sitting to run around at intervals. I suspect this may also have helped the attention span and weight reduction of the kids.

I'm so glad the veg menu has been so well-received by the students.

 

[Oasis]

That's brilliant. If they tried it out at a high school first, it probably would've ended up in miserable failure. By the teen years, kids tend to be VERY set in their ways, and don't like change. Younger kids are much more open to trying new things. Teach them healthy habits at a young age, and then slowly make the changes through the highschools as they grow up. If they were used to a veg lunch as a child, they'd be happy to continue a veg lunch as a teen too.

 

[thefadedone]

That's brilliant. If they tried it out at a high school first, it probably would've ended up in miserable failure. By the teen years, kids tend to be VERY set in their ways, and don't like change. Younger kids are much more open to trying new things. Teach them healthy habits at a young age, and then slowly make the changes through the highschools as they grow up. If they were used to a veg lunch as a child, they'd be happy to continue a veg lunch as a teen too.

This is a very good point. It makes sense as to why the high schools haven't been as successful.

 

[nigel1]

This is delightful. I hope it doesn't go the way of Fonzie's library card.