By Cody Thompson
Vegetarianism is a diet that many people have taken, either temporarily or permanently at Cookeville High School. Many vegetarians bring their lunch to school because that just makes it much easier. The cafeteria does have vegetarian options, such as: salads, fruit bowls, and veggies. However, that is not all vegetarians eat.
If the school decided to broaden the vegetarian options in the cafeteria, many vegetarians would start buying their food out of the cafeteria. How? You may ask. Well the school could give out surveys for ideas that would be affordable and delicious for the kids. Things like veggie burgers, veggie dogs, and other meat substitutes would be great. This could make all the students happy with the cafeteria at CHS.
Some things in the cafeteria may seem like they are vegetarian, but the signs and/or names could be misleading. For example, a sign that says cheese pizza, could accidently have a pepperoni in it. This same exact thing happened to one of my vegetarian friends recently. He took it back, and told the lunch ladies, and all they tried to help him as much as they could and apologized. The options they gave him were generous but not what a vegetarian would look for.
Michelle Obama’s new school lunch plan requires at least one serving of meat, but where does that leave the vegetarians? Are they supposed to buy the meat and just throw it way and waste it? When I went through the line, this is what I asked one lunch lady. Her response was just “It’s because of Michelle Obama’s school lunch plan.” In conclusion, vegetarians will continue to bring their own lunch and try to be content with that.
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