Talk:Meatless Monday

Deletion discussion
I think it should be kept - there is a history behind this and it's very interesting. The current campaign is also very relevant given the obesity problem facing the US today.

check it out:

During World War I, the US Food Administration urged families to observe "Meatless Mondays," "wheatless Wednesdays," and other measures to help the war effort - ie, by conserving food to be shipped overseas, both to support our troops and as well as to feed (literally) starving populations in Europe where food production and distribution had been disrupted by war. Herbert Hoover was the head of the Food Administration as well as the American Relief Association during Woodrow Wilson's administration, and played a key role implementing the campaign, which was one of Hoover’s many attempts to encourage volunteerism and sacrifice among Americans during the war effort.

The campaign came back into play with the onset of World War II, calling upon women at the “home front” to play a role in supporting the war effort. During this time meat was being rationed, along with other commodities like sugar and gasoline. -gwenGwenschantz 22:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

This artice is written as if Meatless Mondays are the most amazing thing in the world. It just says - meatless mondays are great! They help the environment!! Visit meatlessmonday.com!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.231.39.152 (talk) 07:18, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Why is the neutrality still being disputed? Does anyone still mantain the claim? --Kandimba (talk) 19:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

There's no neutrality question here. Meatless Monday has been around a long time; adoption takes a long time for a variety of reasons - but there are ecological and public health benefits. One reason for slow adoption is that it involves at least some behavioral change (and vegetarian advocates are 'iffy' about it because it seems to OK dietary free-for-all on other days. MaynardClark (talk) 12:58, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

If the sections "Health benefits" and "Environmental benefits" create an image of cheerleading, they could be deleted, relying on the internal links I added to the introduction. Of course, the target articles also have neutrality flags, but at least the conflicts will be in fewer places. :) I agree that the History section should stay, though the post-World War II content could be moved to the Affiliation and Press timeline sections. I know the Wikipedia instruction "Be bold", but this would be my first major edit, and there's that neutrality flag. Tagus (talk) 06:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

I just removed a large chunk of content that was about the reasons for meatless monday - it could be taken as benefits/promoting. It is now very matter of fact. I think the neutrality flag can now go. 28 February 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmurdock (talk • contribs) 18:26, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

what does it mean to say a country "has" meatless monday?
The sentence "Several other countries have meat free days as well, including Canada"is a bit strange. This is virtually unknown in Canada apart from the handful of people who promote it. No jurisdiction in Canada has declared 'meatless monday'. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 23:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Poster if of interest?
http://umedia.lib.umn.edu/node/44718

This World War I poster would add an interesting image to the article.

I know nothing of permissions here but if anyone would care to ask the University of Minnesota I know they would welcome it being used.

http://umedia.lib.umn.edu//adore-djatoka/resolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http://umedia.lib.umn.edu/sites/default/files/reference/77/image/jp2/msp01710.jp2&svc_id=info:lanl-repo/svc/getRegion&svc_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:jpeg2000&svc.format=image/jpeg&svc.level=3&svc.rotate=0&svc.region=0,0,413,262

EdRicardo (talk) 08:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Pakistan has meatless Tuesday and Wednesday
There should be a mention of Meatless Tuesday/Wednesday in Pakistan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.88.115.162 (talk) 20:02, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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