Bill Text: HI HR174 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Education To Work Toward Offering Plant-based Proteins In Fifty Percent Of Lunch Meals Served In Public Schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-16 - This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday 03-16-20 2:20PM in conference room 309. [HR174 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HR174-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

174

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the department of education to WORK TOWARD offerING plant-based proteins in fifty percent of lunch meals served IN public schools.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, a plant-based diet has been shown to reduce the chance of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancers, among other things; and

 

     WHEREAS, fifty percent of children between the ages of two and fifteen already have fatty streaks in their arteries and research shows that within ten years, half the nation will be obese; and

 

     WHEREAS, the average meat and dairy products served in school are highly processed and treated with antibiotics and growth hormones, which can impact health outcomes; and

 

     WHEREAS, the agricultural industry, including produce, animals, and grain, generates approximately one fourth of all greenhouse gas emissions; and

 

     WHEREAS, a reduction in meat consumption can be beneficial not only to the health of Hawaii's students, but also to the environment; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Education is beginning to incorporate more plant-based and vegetarian options into school menus at the request of students; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, that the Department of Education is urged to work toward offering plant-based proteins in place of animal proteins in fifty percent of lunch meals served in public schools; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, and Superintendent of Education.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Department of Education; Plant-Based Proteins; School Lunch

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