“In Baltimore, the whole public school system has gone meatless on Mondays – something Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer would like to see adopted in New York City.”
— Lindsey Christ for NY1
“Veg-heads and veggie supporters can head to Meatless Monday for a bevy of meat-free recipes from breakfast (hello, baked sweet potato pancakes) to dinner and snacks in between.”
— Umbra Fisk on Grist
“Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer, says the goal is not to promote vegetarianism or ban meat eating altogether, it’s a way to encourage kids to eat less meat and more vegetables.”
— Amanda M. Fairbanks at GOOD Magazine
— Bao Ong in The New York Times
“If you want to cut back on cholesterol and saturated fat, even an occasional vegetarian meal can help you meet your goals.”
— Charlotte Suttan in tampabay.com
— Aileen Gallagher in New York Magazine
— Sabrina Jaszi in Gothamist
— Roy Edroso in The Village Voice
“We’re always looking for a new bandwagon to hop on, and our latest is Meatless Monday. This is a nationwide movement to get folks to take one day a week off from eating meat.”
— Wo Fat in the Summit Daily News
— Wendy Koch in USA Today
— iafrica.com (based in South Africa)
— Laurel Gladden in Santa Fe New Mexican
— Teri Bell in Savannah Now
— Gregg Harrison on the Cattle Network
— Michele Humes in The New York Times
“Meat buffs across the country are crying fowl at this ‘attack’ on their way of life, with facetious quips such as, ‘If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?’ But the school district, first in the country to introduce the system, has earned high praise from progressives for its effort to teach children about ‘their health and the health of their planet.’”
— Editors of The Times of India
“ABC News reported the Meatless Monday campaign in Baltimore’s schools has been a great success. Only a meathead – or a meat-industry shill – would brand this modest attempt to serve our kids healthier entreés and raise awareness about the environmental impact of our food choices as some kind of insidious conspiracy.”
— Kerry Trueman on AlterNet
“Vegetarianism and Veganism too much to ask of your meat-loving family? Meatless Monday is a nonprofit with a mission to reduce meat consumption by 15% (one day a week) in order to improve personal health and the health of our planet.”
— Editors of PLAYGROUND
— Eliza Barclay in The Atlantic
— Matthew Wheeland on Reuters
“Meatless Mondays are meant to be both a money-saver and a nutritional boost. Vegetarian entrees like black bean nachos, eggplant Parmesan and baked potatoes with broccoli and cheese provide plenty of protein.”
— Laura Vozzella in The Baltimore Sun
“Without more federal funds, Food Services Director for Baltimore Public Schools, Tony Geraci, says public schools will have to settle for incremental, if important, change. This year, Geraci is implementing Meatless Mondays to improve nutrition – and the bottom line.”
— Jane Black in The Washington Post
— Vance Lehmkuhl on philly.com
— M. Burke on Smartgrid
— Alia Akkam in Organic Spa Magazine
“Now there’s an international movement for a Meatless Monday. While the motivations are environment and health, eating less meat is still a good way to save money.”
— Teresa Mears on MSN
“Even one meatless day a week — a meatless Monday, which is what we do in my household — if everybody in America did that, that would be the equivalent of taking 20 million mid-size sedans off the road.”
— Michael Pollan on Oprah’s Earth Day special
— Kathy Freston on The Huffington Post
“I think incremental change, like what the folks are doing at Meatless Monday with Johns Hopkins, is the key to major transformation in the future.”
— Kim O’Donnel on HOLLYWOOD! CLOUT With Richard Greene
— Sara Brubaker at The Gainesville Sun
— Elizabeth Holli Wood on the Tampa Examiner
— Robert Lawrence on Change.org’s Sustainable Food blog
— Dina Aronson MS RD, in Today’s Dietitian
— Matthew McDermott on Treehugger
— Trystan L. Bass on Yahoo Green
“Meatless Monday has just released a video about the astonishing and rather surprising effect we can have on this planet by making one day a week — a meatless day.”
— Maggie LaBarbara, dietician & founder of Thoughts Blog
“Foregoing meat once a week is actually a sound idea. And while some health goals take work, this one is painless. At least once this week, think chickpeas instead of chicken, bean stew instead of beef steak and spaghetti sans meatballs.”
— Claudia Zapata in San Express
— Dr Andrew Weil, Founder, Program Director, Interactive Medicine, University of Arizona, in Arizona Republic
— Barb Randall in the Lake Oswego Review




