My seven year old is a vegetarian. When she started her quest of avoiding meat we thought just cutting out meat itself would be enough, but it has become a journey of shocking, jaw-dropping discovery at just what contains ground-up animal parts. As a result, I am now a veggie. So I have gone from researching good recipes and nutritional information, which is essential for such a young vegetarian, to the family taking on a healthier, more compassionate outlook on life.

Thursday 19 April 2007

School dinners, rubber chips....

Fortunately, the majority of schools these days provide vegetarian meals, although parents may need to write to schools to request vegetarian meals on behalf of their children.
In the unlikely event of a school not offering a vegetarian choice, a packed lunch is the only answer, look on the Vegetarian Society website http://www.vegsoc.org/info/familyindex.html they have lunchbox recipe ideas.

The Vegetarian Society is considering how it can best support vegetarian groups in universities and colleges in the United Kingdom, and encourage the formation of new veggie groups. This support would include a special email discussion list for student contacts and supplies of leaflets, posters etc.

Students involved in a veggie group at college/university, or thinking about starting up such a group, are asked to get in touch via http://www.vegsoc.org/network/studveg, the Vegetarian Society would like to hear from you.

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