Source: LIVE KINDLY, 3/11/19


All New York City public schools– the largest public school system in the world — will offer Meatless Mondays in the 2019-2020 school year in a bid to improve student health. The program — announced by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Chard A. Carranza, and vegan Brooklyn Borough President and 2021 mayoral candidate Eric Adams — will see vegetarian breakfast and lunch options served every Monday. It follows a successful trial led by Adams in 15 Brooklyn schools in Spring 2018, followed by a test-run at the city’s more than 1,700 public schools last fall.

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