A Texas elementary school’s decision to offer “meatless Mondays” in the cafeteria has outraged the state’s agricultural commissioner. Todd Staples blamed the meatless menu on an “activist movement that seeks to eliminate meat from Americans’ diets seven days a week.’’ School officials said kids who wanted meat on Mondays could bring their own lunch.
It reminds me of a story I was told by a friend who works at the USDA. She indicated that there was a movement afoot to make the USDA meatless on Mondays too, but the Cattle Ranches put the kibosh on that saying it was against them. BUT, we forget that the USDA is also supposed to represent vegetable farmers, too... so what was the problem? Evidence of the strength of certain groups on our government....
It seems the cattle ranchers are eager for us to eat meat in spite of the fact that if we were to cut some out it would be cheaper - as I indicated here. Again, planting a garden is like printing money. I love that idea!
I have also already posted on the subject of the effects of raising beef on our planet here.
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