Comments on: Why don’t schools offer a vegetarian or vegan lunches?

By: redhedsweethart

redhedsweethart — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:19:42 +0000

Quite honestly, the public school system is the largest market for the meat and dairy industries, and therefore the politicians put in office by these industries are sure to fight for these unhealthy foods to stay on schoolchildren’s plates. ^_^

By: Ugly Jim

Ugly Jim — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:59:06 +0000

Its an awareness thing. Most schools could do more to cater for those on a specialist diet.

Some kids are vegan due to intolerances to dairy, etc. Schools have got to cater for such children.

By: clandestine

clandestine — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:36:00 +0000

I have never had to think about this, as our schools don’t serve lunch or have cafeterias. I’d die if I had to eat somewhere every day that had no vegetarian/vegan options! I wouldn’t eat.

By: kate c

kate c — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:55:53 +0000

More people need to support the options.

By: arlenok372255

arlenok372255 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:38:03 +0000

I think for a number of reasons.
-It is seen that children don’t want to eat “healthy
food”.Which vegetrain and vegan food is seen as.
-Also it costs a lot more than the food they already serve.

By: Take me Out To The Ballgame

Take me Out To The Ballgame — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:50:17 +0000

Because they can’t afford to cater to dietary minorities. They would have to have diabetic lunches, kosher lunches, gluten-free lunches, allergy free lunches (which would be 100+ varieties in itself), halal lunches, etc…..

I’m not really arguing against though. I’m just saying that it isn’t feasible. Most schools are woefully short on $ $ $ and could better use the $ $ $ they have than to offer a menu to a group that consists of 2% of the population. (U.S.)

Schools should have a salad bar. While I realize it isn’t haute cuisine, it is however an opportunity for ALL to eat healthy raw vegetables if they choose. It doesn’t need to be a super deluxe salad bar, but a nice variety of healthy, raw, vegetable items would be beneficial to everyone.

By: stmml02

stmml02 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:40:05 +0000

They’re required by the government to serve so much milk and dairy.

By: laylahtov

laylahtov — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:49:36 +0000

here is a good little article
http://www.pcrm.org/news/commentary022708.html

By: an

an — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:16:37 +0000

If they were to offer vegetarian lunches, they’d have to offer Hindu lunches (no beef, pork, turkey, chicken allowed but not on Fridays), diabetic lunches, etc. You can’t please all the minorities out there. Schools offer a variety of foods that don’t contain meat. Besides, if somebody has a special “eating issue”, they should just bring their own foods. Schools aren’t really required to feed students.
Also, it costs more and meat fills you up. MMMmm meat.

By: Gypsy Whitemoon

Gypsy Whitemoon — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:19:38 +0000

The majority of people literally don’t understand what vegan and vegetarian mean. I told my mother in law I was vegetarian and she said “You will eat chicken wont you??

Many of the cooks are self trained cooks and so they cook a lot of tried and true meals. It would take quite some thought to think outside of this.

I also read a answer which said it was expensive to make vegan – I say on the contrary No its not expensive. Noodles with vegetables, beans on toast, vegetarian ministrone, spaghetti with zuchini, brocali and onions, bean soup, curried chickpeas, bubble and squeak,vegetarian roast (selection of roasted vegetables) or roast vegetable soup, its cheap meals but many people thinks its expensive.

Another reason is turn over – many students do eat meat so they think it will be mostly to make a dish/s for two or three stiduents when majority rules.

Many people thinking vegan or vegetarian think fake meats and tofu cheese – surprizingly there are 1000s of dishes made without fake meats or fake cheese but people just cant get their heads around it.