They are concerned that “vegetarian menus will disappear from our school canteens.” in a tribune of HE WorldA hundred mayors, presidents and community presidents, of all political persuasions, have expressed their fear of seeing the vegetarian alternative threatened by a decree in the process of being drafted.
This decree specifies the minimum frequency of consumption of meat and fish in school catering. “This imposed frequency could make a vegetarian alternative for school meals impossible,” they say. Among the signatories are Grégory Doucet, the mayor of Lyon, Eric Piolle, that of Grenoble, Pierre Hurmic, that of Bordeaux and Jeanne Barseghian, that of Strasbourg.
All these elected officials believe that “vegetarian meals are beneficial” and therefore call on the government to facilitate its implementation “not to hinder it.”
“A Step Back on Many Levels”
Preventing school catering from offering this alternative “would be a step backwards on many levels,” according to the forum signatories. From the point of view of health, because reducing meat consumption “reduces the risk of chronic diseases of nutritional origin, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or cancer.”
But also from a social and social point of view according to them, because “a vegetarian meal is fundamentally inclusive”. These meals also go in the direction of the climate, they say: “Food accounts for 24% of the carbon footprint of French households. Meat consumption is almost two thirds of our diet. It is essential to adapt our food system to the problems climatic conditions and planetary boundaries”. “
In France, about two hundred municipalities have adopted the vegetarian alternative, according to a Greenpeace count. “Parents and, above all, children, are convinced by this alternative. Rather than ending an experiment that has proven its effectiveness, let’s perpetuate it!” they conclude.
Source: BFM TV
