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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Baltimore City Schools First in the U.S. to Adopt Meatless Monday | SYS-CON CANADA


Baltimore City Schools First in the U.S. to Adopt Meatless Monday SYS-CON CANADA:

"BALTIMORE, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Baltimore City Public Schools system was recognized yesterday by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) as the first Meatless Monday school system in the U.S. The 80,000 young people it serves will begin each week with a Meatless Monday menu.

Dr. Robert Lawrence, Director of the CLF and Dr. Michael Klag, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, presented the Center's 2009 Award for Visionary Leadership in Local Food Procurement and Food Education to Neil Duke, Chairman of Baltimore City Board of Schools and Tony Geraci, Director of Baltimore City Schools Department of Food and Nutrition"