Florida School Serves All-Vegetarian Meals

How wonderful! Who in hisher right mind would feel sorry for these kids? referring to lbkilpatrickcfl.rr.com's comment? When I was in elementary school I distinctly remember the kids wishing they had better food to choose from. At the lunch tables the gross pieces of meat were often just played with and made fun of and there was a lot of waste because the food was such low quality. And often school lunches were just food fight material. The only stuff I remember liking were the "Spanish rice and refried beans." That stuff was total grub and it was still before I ever thought of becoming vegan! It's so silly to pity kids who will grow up used to the taste of a delicious plantbased diet vs. one which not only keeps animals miserable but gets kids stuck in unhealthy eating patterns so early on they'll never get out! Moreover we are meant to be intelligent feeling beings. Why else would we be sending our kids to school? It is not at all farfetched to consider that children would actually rather eat food they know was not rendered through captivity struggle blood and screams. I started wondering about that fairly early on. I remember looking at a piece of pepperoni pizza I was partaking of and I got this sudden sick feeling mingled with the taste and smell of it that there's no way that greasy thing came to be without a lot of unpleasantness and I had to stop eating it. But no one ever talked to me about it. I had to hunt down the reason for my feelings and eventually found more than enough information to justify them. We are not obligate carnivores! We have a conscience individually and collectively and we have choices. It's awesome that this school made the right choice for these children! That shows mercy and leadership from all angles.

I wish my school stopped serving the greasy burgers... No veggie options for me. I have pack lunched. Plus the kids go over to the "Burger Van" to get their 99p hot dogs. I don't even want to think where that meat comes from....

I grew up in Florida and know all too well how difficult it was to eat healthy cafeteria food. The only vegetarian option they would have in high school was salad with eggs in it. This is huge progress and I seriously hope other schools follow the trend.

Awesome. That is soo cool. A school that doesn't just spend thousand of dollars on marketing ads to tell kids to eat fresh fruits and vegetables but actually works by example. Imagine that!!! By Charter school it must be private which explains a lot.

Not the total success you'd like charters are private schools and therefore tend to have better budget but for you guys yes a step in the right direction. That said you still might be more successful in your endeavors if you attempt to talk to the state diet boards to have a more balanced menu at schools afterall it's our tax dollars at work.