L.A. schools go meatless on Mondays

By Mary Cella

updated 9:03 AM EDT, Mon March 11, 2013

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The Los Angeles Unified School District now serves only vegetarian meals on Mondays
The Los Angeles Unified School District serves 650,000 meals daily in K-12 schools

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L.A. schools go meatless on Mondays

The global Meatless Monday trend has hit California schools! Now every Monday, the Los Angeles Unified Public School District will be serving 650,000 vegetarian meals in their school cafeterias. Jane Velez-Mitchell and spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States Paul Shapiro discuss the potential health, environmental, and animal welfare benefits of this change.

Visit the Humane Society or meatlessmonday.com to get involved in the meatless movement

For more on this story watch Jane Velez-Mitchell weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on HLN.

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