To: President Bjorn Bjornsson
More Plant-Rich Meals At University of Southern Denmark: President Bjorn Bjornsson
We, the students of the [University], demand that university authorities publicly announce a new sustainable food policy across campus that:
Prohibits the purchasing of any beef, pork, poultry or cheese made from companies that use non-therapeutic antibiotics.
Prohibits the purchasing of any beef, pork, poultry or cheese from any factory farm or company with a history of animal welfare abuses.
Prohibits the purchasing of any beef, pork, poultry that was fed with corn, soy or palm feed linked to destruction of forests or natural habitats.
Commits to sourcing animal protein from local sustainable ecological or organic farms.
Commits to expanding the meat and dairy-free meal options at all campus canteens with at least five daily choices.
Commits to a plan to reducing the overall volume of meat purchases for student meals.
Prohibits the purchasing of any beef, pork, poultry or cheese made from companies that use non-therapeutic antibiotics.
Prohibits the purchasing of any beef, pork, poultry or cheese from any factory farm or company with a history of animal welfare abuses.
Prohibits the purchasing of any beef, pork, poultry that was fed with corn, soy or palm feed linked to destruction of forests or natural habitats.
Commits to sourcing animal protein from local sustainable ecological or organic farms.
Commits to expanding the meat and dairy-free meal options at all campus canteens with at least five daily choices.
Commits to a plan to reducing the overall volume of meat purchases for student meals.
Why is this important?
Heavy meat and dairy diets have been proven to increase the risk of heart disease, certain forms of cancer and diabetes. It also needlessly exposes you to antibiotics which make the development of superbugs more likely. Livestock accounts for 14% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, which exceeds the greenhouse gases of all transportation vehicles driving on the road. Fecal matter, concentrated antibiotics, and fertilizer runoff from factory farms pollutes surface and groundwater and causes ocean dead zones. One-third of our earth’s land reserved for livestock - either for grazing or for growing soy and corn feed for factory farms and we're losing precious forests like the Amazon.
