Meatless Monday doesn’t mean you have to give up eating meat, but rather use Monday as a day to increase your intake of plant-based foods like fruits & vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds.  It’s a reminder to be mindful of the food you eat and the choices you make. Once a week, we give you an opportunity to get your daily nutrients and try a new food!

Why Monday?

• Monday has a special significance in our culture that symbolizes a day to restart or reset at the beginning of each week
• There’s a surge in healthy contemplations and actions on Monday
• Engaging in healthy behaviors on Monday helps people to sustain these habits for the duration of the week
• Monday provides a social context for change because people are together as they go back to work or school
• Taking small steps that build over time can help to build long-lasting habits

Why Meatless?

For Your Health

• Adding more plant-based foods into your diet can add years onto your life
• Meals rich is fruit, vegetables or legumes contain natural antioxidants that benefit cardio-health
• Nuts are one of the richest sources of protein and can help to improve concentration
• Most Americans eat more than 1.5 times their suggested meat serving every day, making a plant-based substitution can help to maintain a lower body weight

For the Planet

• Global livestock production creates more greenhouse gases than all of the planes, trains, and cars on earth
• Livestock production uses more than 75% of the world’s agricultural land
• The energy it takes for a quarter-pound of beef to be produced is equivalent to that of your smartphone being charged for 6 months
• It takes 425 gallons of water for one quarter-pound burger to be produced which is the equivalent of 1,700 people’s water intake for one day
• The emissions produced from one quarter-pound burger is equivalent to the number of emissions released after driving 348 miles in a car