Go Meatless Monday — It’s Good for You, and Good for the Planet
We have delicious plant-based recipes and guides to help you implement Meatless Monday in your school, hospital, workplace, and community.
Weekly Features
This week we’re highlighting the ways your food choices impact the health of your gut. Some foods can help boost your body’s production of beneficial bacteria, while other foods may reduce the diversity of gut bacteria, weakening its overall effectiveness.
This week we’re highlighting the ways your food choices impact the health of your gut. Some foods can help boost your body’s production of beneficial bacteria, while other foods may reduce the diversity of gut bacteria, weakening its overall effectiveness.
Meatless meals aren't harder to make than your average meal. You can make it easier if you have the right ingredients. You can create hundreds of meatless meals with a few unique ingredients.
This week we’re highlighting a list of world-famous dishes (and recipes) that are naturally meatless. If you’re making these meals from scratch, you can still incorporate those beloved plant-based meat alternatives. This Monday, remember that you’ve been eating meatless m...
Kids can be tricky and picky eaters, especially with school cafeteria. To help win over their hearts and bellies, here are some Meatless Monday lunch and snack ideas.
It’s Monday. What’s for dinner? You want to start the week off on a healthy foot but don’t want to have to spend hours sweating away next to a hot stovetop. This week we’re bringing you a delicious recipe roundup that covers a ten-spot of globally-inspired meatless meals.
Gail Torres, senior clinical communications director for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), helps us better understand why more Americans are developing CKD and how individuals can reduce their risk of developing the disease with Meatless Monday.
You can eat whatever you want! Meatless Monday is a lifestyle that allows you to eat the foods you enjoy. Research shows that consuming less red and processed meat and more plant-based foods can lead to a healthier and more sustainable life.
Get Your Fill of Plant-Based Protein Every Meatless Monday
But can you get enough protein from plants? Yes! Despite the common misconception, many plant-based foods are loaded with protein, as well as other important nutrients and fiber necessary for a healthy balanced diet. The Meatless Monday Plant-Based Protein Package includes a series of graphics and articles highlighting the many ways an individual can incorporate more plant-based protein into their diet.
In the News
What can you do to help? Consider donating to these organizations working to supply food and other necessities to Ukrainians in need.
Musical superstar, Billie Eilish, spoke out to Capitol Hill in support of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act.
Following the success of Meatless Monday and Meatless Fridays, Mayor Eric Adams — a vocal advocate of plant-based eating and a long-time supporter Meatless Monday — announced the new initiative that he promises will improve the lives of thousands of New York City students.
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Success Stories
In Columbia, South Carolina, every Monday is now officially Meatless Monday, thanks to a city proclamation fueled by a partnership with Let’s Meat Less, an organization advocating plant-based eating.
Meatless Monday has officially arrived at the prestigious network of NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals, giving the hard-working staff and visitors at the Allen, Columbia, Westchester and Cornell sites new vegetarian choices every Monday.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced that Meatless Monday will be expanded to all New York City public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, reaching 1.1 million students every week.
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