Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen reports that schools in New York City are enacting the new dietary protocol to improve kids’ health outcomes and become more sustainable. They're calling it "Meatless Mondays."

• The modern iteration of the food trend is more of a health, wellness, and environmental movement championed on social media channels and now schools are beginning to take notice. How can other cities across the country do the same?

• Learn about this program that seeks to tackle childhood obesity. 

Bean-based burgers, tofu burritos, veggie stir fry — these are just a few of the options that New York City public school kids might be able to choose starting this fall when the city introduces its “Meatless Mondays” school breakfast and lunch program.

“Meatless Mondays are good for our students, communities, and the environment,” said schools chancellor Richard A. Carranza in the city’s press release. “Our 1.1 million students are taking the next step toward healthier, more sustainable lives. Our students and educators are truly leaders in this movement, and I salute them!”

Meatless Mondays is a concept that supposedly originated during World War I, when the US government tried to save money and food supplies by encouraging citizens to go without meat one day a week.

Read the full article on schools promoting healthy food options by Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen