September 28, 2009
Angela Newman, Dining Service Manager, and Cece Parrish, Dining Service Director
St. Catherine's School

Here at St. Catherine’s School, we have embraced the Meatless Monday cause.  We’ve decided to join in the movement for two reasons.  The first is to promote personal well-being through healthy eating habits.  By cutting out meat one day a week, one can reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease, lower one’s cholesterol and reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes and obesity.  A once-a-week vegetarian diet will provide a high intake of fiber and a feeling of fullness without the calories that accompany the saturated fats found in meat.

The second reason that we have joined the Meatless Monday movement is to better our environment.  By eliminating meat once a week, we are reducing our carbon footprint, lowering our water usage and helping to reduce our country’s dependence on fossil fuels.  From the Meatless Monday website (www.meatlessmonday.com), “About 40 calories of fossil fuel energy go into every calorie of feed-lot beef in the US.  Compare this to the 2.2 calories of fossil fuel energy needed to produce one calorie of plant based protein.” 

Michael Pollan, a professor of journalism at the University of California, said on the Oprah show: “Even one meatless day a week – a meatless Monday, which is what we do in my household – if everybody in America did that, it would be the equivalent of taking 20 million mid-size sedans off the road.”

We encourage everyone to take on this challenge and think about how they can improve themselves and their world.  What will you be eating this Monday?

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