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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Mosby
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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US VegWeek - April 21- 27
FOR the purpose of recognizing the week of April 21- 27, 2014 as "US VegWeek" and encouraging residents, restaurants, schools, grocery stores, organizations and other institutions to join public officials in choosing and offering a greater variety of vegetarian foods.
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WHEREAS, Baltimore was the first city in the United States to adopt Meatless Mondays in its public schools system.
WHEREAS, Baltimore's 7th District has launched a successful "Get Fit Challenge" to promote fitness and nutrition as a way to improve our personal health as well as our health as a community.
WHEREAS, Baltimore's Office of Sustainability "develops and advocates for programs, policies, and actions by government, citizen, businesses, and institutions that improve the longterm environmental, social, and economic viability of Baltimore City".
WHEREAS, the United Nations recognizes that "Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems" .
WHEREAS, recent studies and reports have demonstrated that we can lower our carbon footprint simply by reducing the amount of animalbased foods we eat.
WHEREAS, a plantbased diet has been shown to use fewer resources and cause less pollution.
WHEREAS, more than twothirds of the adult p...
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