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School 244 in Flushing, Queens, becomes first public school in nation to serve only vegetarian meals
New York Daily News ^ | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | Corinne Lestch and Ben Chapman

Posted on 05/01/2013 2:10:49 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

NEW YORKA New York City public elementary school has adopted an all-vegetarian menu, serving kids tofu wraps and veggie chili.

Public School 244 is the first public school in the city to go all-veggie. The animal-welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it might be the first all-veggie public elementary school in the nation.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott says he's proud of the "trailblazing" school. He ate the new food with children on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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A proper vegetarian diet is good for kids, but I wouldn’t trust a school cafeteria to provide a proper vegetarian diet.


41 posted on 05/01/2013 5:09:17 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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