USDA Retracts Meatless Monday Recommendation

On Monday, July 23rd, the USDA released its monthly Greening Headquarters Update to employees. In between updates on office sustainability initiatives, the newsletter encouraged readers to give Meatless Monday a try by sampling some of the options available in USDA cafeterias.

The suggestion that USDA employees go Meatless Monday to reduce environmental impact and the “many health concerns related to the excessive consumption of meat” drew swift and harsh commentary from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and related publications.

Within hours of the NCBA’s statement, the USDA pulled the Greening Headquarters Update from their website and issued a retraction via Twitter....



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see also: The Myth of Sustainable Meat

Source: USDA Retracts Meatless Monday Recommendation
Author: Meatless Monday

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Link: Meat Industry Has Beef with Meatless Monday, Forces USDA Retraction
Link: Sen. Thune slams USDA’s ‘Meatless Mondays’
Link: The retracted USDA Newsletter: 'One simple way to reduce your environmental impact while dining at our cafeterias is to participate in the “Meatless Monday” initiative'
Link: The USA — by a Long Shot


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