Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Meatless Monday is expanding to all public schools in New York City

A student receives her lunch at Salusbury Primary School in northwest London June 11, 2014. This September, a new government scheme plans to give free meals to all reception, year 1 and 2 students registered in England's state-funded schools. Local media reports that this will amount to saving families about ?400 a year per child. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY FOOD) - GM1EA6B1O5X01

Meatless Mondays will now be mandatory for New York City's 1,800 public schools. Image: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

Sophie Hirsh
Writer, Green Matters
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Agriculture, Food and Beverage is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Have you read?
Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:
Agriculture, Food and BeverageFood SecurityUnited StatesEducation, Skills and Learning
Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

How can we mitigate the impact of flash droughts?

Jeff Basara and Jordan Christian

June 1, 2023

1:39

About Us

Events

Media

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum