MN Plant-Based Kids

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It’s like a mini-website and a place to organize resources. Find links to articles that answer questions about costs and other aspects of plant-based school meal options.

MN Plant-Based Kids | Facebook | Linktree A coalition that believes students who can't or won't eat the animal-products served at school, for any reason, deserve access to school meals too.

Gratitude to all of the Moms leading the fight for plant-based school meal options. There are coalitions forming across the US and across the entire globe. 🌱💚 Happy Mother’s Day 💐

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Happy Mother’s Day 💐🌱💚

Thank you to the Hastings Journal for publishing this letter about our founder.

Maybe it’s time to DIY this goal. Who’s in?

Opinion | It’s May. Maybe you should run for office. Candidate filing for state and many local offices is open May 19 to June 2. Think of the best person you know and encourage them to run for office, Shannon Watson writes.

As the MN Legislative session approaches the final weeks, let’s keep calling and emailing our elected officials. 🇺🇸

Letter to the Editor: An extraordinary mother - Hastings Journal To the editor: For the past three years, one Minnesota mother has done something extraordinary. Without a title, without pay, and without any formal political experience, she has organized, educated, …

Our Plant-Based School Meal Option bill author had an unexpected family medical emergency. Please show your support by participating in this meal train. 💚🌱

Meal Train for The Hiltsley's Hello Friends and Family, As many of you may have heard, we have been navigating a medical emergency over the past week and could truly use some support during this time. As we adjust and focus on healing, having meals covered would be a meaningful way to help lighten the load. If you’re able to p...

My kids get cubed tofu bites at school. Does your school serve tofu? Requiring a plant-based school meal option, upon student request, could open up markets for Minnesota plant-based protein growers and products.

Good News for the Plant-Based Kids 💚🌱

What you eat as a kid can greatly impact how healthy you are as an adult, research shows.

Three studies, from Tufts University, the University of Eastern Finland, and the University of Bristol, have illuminated the relationship between childhood nutrition and adult health outcomes. https://vegnews.com/plants-childhood-healthier-studies

International news! Are you one of the 1 in 20 Minnesotans with Polish ancestry?

Good news for school food in Poland! 🎉

The Polish Ministry of Health has published new groundbreaking school food regulations that make it mandatory for schools to serve at least one fully plant-based, legume-focused lunch per week – and provide plant-based alternatives on days when meat or fish is served 🌱

The new standards are based on the Planetary Health Diet set out by the EAT-Lancet Commission, which emphasises a predominantly plant-based, minimally processed diet. In line with this, the Polish regulations now officially recognise plant-based drinks and alternatives to meat and dairy as fully-fledged components of school nutrition.

With the UK Government planning to revise its own school food standards, Poland’s progress points the way, and we believe the UK can go even further in centring nutritious plant-based meals in schools to support children’s health, their autonomy, and the future planet they’ll grow up to inherit ✏️

Our Education Officer is working to translate this ambition into action, advocating for the inclusion of more healthy vegan meals on school menus across the UK.

To get involved and help drive change in your own community, you can find a range of resources here: https://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/vegan-inclusive-education 📝

Thank you Bite Impact and Datassential for this excellent webinar. It reiterates why we need legislation for plant-based options, upon student request, to give school food service the push and confidence they need to provide a plant-based option to kids who want it.

Is your business interested in delivering more climate-smart dining options? If so, join us tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18 at 2 pm CT for our exclusive webinar around eater and operator perspectives on sustainable dining. Datassential's Huy Do and BITE: Building Impact Through Eaters's Eve Turow-Paul will share data on what’s shaping decisions today and explore practical strategies operators can implement to meet demand in ways that drive impact and business growth.

What to expect:
• Understand the growing gap between eater willingness and operator adoption
• Explore what truly motivates climate-smart choices, from flavor and familiarity to identity and values
• See how attitudes vary across generations
• Walk away with actionable strategies that make climate-smart options easier, and more appealing, to choose

Together we'll examine how cultural shifts, behavioral science, and real-world dining environments shape climate-smart food choices — and how operators can respond in ways that drive both impact and demand.

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An article published in the local paper gives a unique perspective of why individuals in Minnesota want state-wide access to plant-based school meal option, upon student request. 💚🌱

Thanks to our chief bill authors State Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley and Senator Steve Cwodzinski. And thank you to our additional 36 bi-partisan co-authors.

Letter: Schools should have option to offer plant-based meals As a nurse, a mom of preschoolers, and a market farmer here in Minnesota, I think a lot about the basics that keep families healthy: clean air, clean water, and