San Francisco Declares a Weekly Vegetarian Day

Posted on 5 May 2010

On 6 April, San Francisco unanimously adopted a resolution declaring Monday as “Vegetarian Day” to urge all the city’s restaurants, diners, food stores and education centres to offer a variety of plant based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents and reduce the city’s negative effect on global warming.

Campaign Directors from In Defense of Animals, Dixie Mahy and Hope Bohanec, worked on the resolution with City Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, a vegetarian of 35 years. They are now working on a strategy to inform the various businesses such as restaurants, grocery stores, and schools on how to implement Vegetarian Day. The San Francisco Vegetarian Society will be offering recipes, menu suggestions and classes on vegan cooking. The society plans to promote Vegetarian Day with a special list recognizing participants with extra advertising incentives.

Meanwhile on 6 May, the city of Ghent in Belgium will celebrate the first anniversary of the world’s first Veggie Day-campaign on the Groentenmarkt. Everyone who participates in the weekly veggie day will receive Ghent’s tastiest sandwich, due to be revealed tomorrow.

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