Parents send their kids to school to learn more than reading, writing and arithmetic. They also want schools to help foster healthy habits, integrity, ethics and environmental stewardship. Schools can encourage young people to protect the planet and reduce animal suffering by serving vegan foods rather than meat, eggs and dairy.

Like COVID-19, monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that jumped to humans from other species. If we continue to use and abuse animals, we risk triggering another global pandemic.