School lunches go vegetarian

Comment: I became a vegetarian for purely ethical reasons, but as Peak Oil makes itself felt even more, most people will be forced into eating quasi-vegetarian diets, meaning they will be able to eat meat only when they find it. You don't think it will get that bad -- it will. The government is already preparing for it by introducing vegetarian diets in schools countrywide.


Almost 2 out of 3 U.S. schools now offer vegetarian fare for lunch on a regular basis, according to a new nationwide survey by the School Nutrition Association. That's a nearly 40 percent increase since 2003, the first year veggie meals were tallied.


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Related: World Oil Production Peaked in 2008; An excerpt from Eating Fossil Fuels  by Dale Allen Pfeiffer:

Domestically, 34.6 million people are living in poverty as of 2002 census data.43 And this number is continuing to grow at an alarming rate. Too many of these people do not have a sufficient diet. As the situation worsens, this number will increase and the United States will witness growing numbers of starvation fatalities.

There are some things that we can do to at least alleviate this tragedy. It is suggested that streamlining agriculture to get rid of losses, waste and mismanagement might cut the energy inputs for food production by up to one-half. In place of fossil fuel-based fertilizers, we could utilize livestock manures that are now wasted. It is estimated that livestock manures contain 5 times the amount of fertilizer currently used each year. Perhaps most effective would be to eliminate meat from our diet altogether.