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Baltimore City Schools First in U.S. to Adopt Meatless Monday
USAgNet - 10/02/2009

The Baltimore City Public Schools system was recognized this week by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future as the first Meatless Monday school system in the U.S. The 80,000 young people it serves will begin each week with a Meatless Monday menu.

Dr. Robert Lawrence, Director of the CLF and Dr. Michael Klag, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, presented the Center's 2009 Award for Visionary Leadership in Local Food Procurement and Food Education to Neil Duke, Chairman of Baltimore City Board of Schools and Tony Geraci, Director of Baltimore City Schools Department of Food and Nutrition.

The school system has introduced other projects that they claim 'ensure its students eat and learn about healthy, environmentally-friendly choices.'

School system staff have been working with local farmers to provide fresh produce, and with distributors committed to finding local suppliers.