Mondays = Veg Day in San Francisco

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(http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/04/san-francisco-is-first-us-city-to-declare-mondays-as-veg-day.html)

 

San Francisco is First U.S. City to Declare Mondays as " Veg

Day "

SF Veg Society | Dixie Mahy | 04/07/10

 

It was a good milestone for vegetarian activist Dixie Mahy, President

of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society, to see her efforts come to

fruition in a Board Resolution on Tuesday, April 6, 2010.

 

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a

Resolution declaring Mondays as " Vegetarian Day " to urge all

San Francisco restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a

variety of plant based options to improve the health of San Francisco

residents.

 

Mahy hopes that other cities will be encouraged to use the Resolution

as a template to get their cities to adopt a similar Resolution.

 

Dixie Mahy and Hope Bohanec, Campaigns Director from In Defense of

Animals (IDA), worked on the Resolution with Supervisor Sophie

Maxwell, a vegetarian of 35 years. They are now working on strategy to

inform the various restaurants, grocery stores, and schools on how to

implement Veg Day. The San Francisco Vegetarian Society will be

offering recipes, menu suggestions, and even some special classes on

vegan cooking. At this time SFVS has a Discount Program that includes

various mixed Restaurants that offer a variety of vegan options. With

this Resolution, Mahy now hopes to expand the Program with a special

list recognizing various participants with as an extra advertising

incentive.

 

Following is the full text of the Resolution.

 

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Resolution declaring Mondays as " Vegetarian Day " to urge all

restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a variety of plant

based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents.

 

WHEREAS, The Plant based diet is truly a Green Diet that reduces the

serious ecological problems involved in livestock production; and

 

WHEREAS, The 2009 report from World Bank environmental advisers,

Goodland and Anhang, called " Livestock and Climate Change " ,

reveals that farmed animals and their byproducts are responsible for

at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent

of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Goodland and Anhang

concluded that replacing animal products with soy-based and other

alternatives would be the best strategy for reversing climate change;

and

 

WHEREAS, The findings from the United Nations Food and Agriculture

Organization report prompted Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Nobel

Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to

recommend that individuals reduce their personal carbon impact by

decreasing their meat consumption; and

 

WHEREAS, Plant-based diets are good preventive medicine and could help

reduce medical costs to individuals and the health care system;

and

 

WHEREAS, In July 2009, Ghent, Belgium recognized the relationship

between diet and climate change by establishing a VegDay each week of

the year; and

 

WHEREAS, In April 2009, the City of Takoma Park, Maryland, adopted a

Mayoral Proclamation designating April 24-30 " Takoma Park Veg

Week, " to encourage citizens to choose vegetarian foods as a way

to protect the planet, their health, and animals; and

 

WHEREAS, In February 2009, as part of the Green Cincinnati Plan, the

City's Food Task Force recommended that residents replace some of the

meat in their diet with fresh fruits and vegetables; and

 

WHEREAS, The American Dietetic Association recognizes that reduced

meat consumption decreases the risk of various health problems,

stating, " Scientific data suggests positive relationships between

a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for several chronic degenerative

diseases and conditions, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes

mellitus and some types of cancer " ; now, therefore, be it

 

RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors designates Mondays as

" Veg Day " to encourage restaurants, grocery stores, and

schools to offer a greater variety of plant based options to improve

the health of San Francisco residents and visitors, and to increase

the awareness of the impact a GREEN DIET would be on our planet.

 

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(for the official copy of the resolution as submitted, see http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag040610_100413.pdf)

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a good idea.

 

Jo

 

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> San Francisco is First U.S. City to Declare Mondays as " Veg Day "

> SF Veg Society | Dixie Mahy | 04/07/10

>

> It was a good milestone for vegetarian activist Dixie Mahy, President

> of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society, to see her efforts come to

> fruition in a Board Resolution on Tuesday, April 6, 2010.

>

> The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a

> Resolution declaring Mondays as " Vegetarian Day " to urge all San

> Francisco restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a variety

> of plant based options to improve the health of San Francisco

> residents.

>

> Mahy hopes that other cities will be encouraged to use the Resolution

> as a template to get their cities to adopt a similar Resolution.

>

> Dixie Mahy and Hope Bohanec, Campaigns Director from In Defense of

> Animals (IDA), worked on the Resolution with Supervisor Sophie

> Maxwell, a vegetarian of 35 years. They are now working on strategy

> to inform the various restaurants, grocery stores, and schools on how

> to implement Veg Day. The San Francisco Vegetarian Society will be

> offering recipes, menu suggestions, and even some special classes on

> vegan cooking. At this time SFVS has a Discount Program that includes

> various mixed Restaurants that offer a variety of vegan options. With

> this Resolution, Mahy now hopes to expand the Program with a special

> list recognizing various participants with as an extra advertising

> incentive.

>

> Following is the full text of the Resolution.

>

> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

>

> Resolution declaring Mondays as " Vegetarian Day " to urge all

> restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a variety of plant

> based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents.

>

> WHEREAS, The Plant based diet is truly a Green Diet that reduces the

> serious ecological problems involved in livestock production; and

>

> WHEREAS, The 2009 report from World Bank environmental advisers,

> Goodland and Anhang, called " Livestock and Climate Change " , reveals

> that farmed animals and their byproducts are responsible for at least

> 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual

> worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Goodland and Anhang concluded

> that replacing animal products with soy-based and other alternatives

> would be the best strategy for reversing climate change; and

>

> WHEREAS, The findings from the United Nations Food and Agriculture

> Organization report prompted Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Nobel

> Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to

> recommend that individuals reduce their personal carbon impact by

> decreasing their meat consumption; and

>

> WHEREAS, Plant-based diets are good preventive medicine and could

> help reduce medical costs to individuals and the health care system;

> and

>

> WHEREAS, In July 2009, Ghent, Belgium recognized the relationship

> between diet and climate change by establishing a VegDay each week of

> the year; and

>

> WHEREAS, In April 2009, the City of Takoma Park, Maryland, adopted a

> Mayoral Proclamation designating April 24-30 " Takoma Park Veg Week, "

> to encourage citizens to choose vegetarian foods as a way to protect

> the planet, their health, and animals; and

>

> WHEREAS, In February 2009, as part of the Green Cincinnati Plan, the

> City's Food Task Force recommended that residents replace some of the

> meat in their diet with fresh fruits and vegetables; and

>

> WHEREAS, The American Dietetic Association recognizes that reduced

> meat consumption decreases the risk of various health problems,

> stating, " Scientific data suggests positive relationships between a

> vegetarian diet and reduced risk for several chronic degenerative

> diseases and conditions, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes

> mellitus and some types of cancer " ; now, therefore, be it

>

> RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors designates Mondays as " Veg

> Day " to encourage restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a

> greater variety of plant based options to improve the health of San

> Francisco residents and visitors, and to increase the awareness of

> the impact a GREEN DIET would be on our planet.

>

> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

>

> (for the official copy of the resolution as submitted, see

>

<http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag040610_\

100413.pdf>http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/\

bag040610_100413.pdf)

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