WASHINGTON – This week, members of the Plant Powered Youth Steering Committee met with their elected representatives and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to advocate for expanding daily access to plant-based meals in K-12 schools.
The students – most of whom rely or have relied on free and reduced-price school meals – stressed that they and many of their peers in the public K-12 school system require plant-based meals for religious, medical, philosophical and other reasons. Despite this growing demand from students, there is an acute lack of eco-friendly foods in many schools, especially schools that serve students from underserved backgrounds.
read more https://foe.org/news/youth-plant-based-school-food/
