Posted on
April 17, 2026 by
The VRG Weblog Editor
picture by Audrey Fox
Livia mentioned, “Realizing my faculty’s cafeteria had no meals that I, as a vegan, might eat, I met with my district vitamin supervisor, who said that including plant-based choices to the menu wasn’t doable. Nonetheless, I labored tirelessly for over two years to handle her issues, organizing and presenting at occasions, distributing lots of of vegan donut holes and wristbands, amassing over 350 signatures, assembly numerous instances with faculty directors, and dealing intently with Balanced, who assisted with the intricacies of distributors and laws. Plant-based choices at the moment are supplied day by day in any respect 5 excessive colleges in my district because the first day of my senior 12 months.”
Livia labored with Planted Society and talked to over 40 restaurant homeowners to advertise the adoption of plant-based meals. In Livia’s 9th grade biology class they have been required to seal fish with out ample meals or filtration inside bottles containing small quantities of water. She despatched a proposal outlining how they might meet the educational aims with out utilizing fish. The unique project was ultimately faraway from the curriculum. She additionally spent a 12 months and a half to convey a SYNTHETIC fetal pig pilot to her faculty’s freshman dissection program. Livia participated in Farm Sanctuary’s Youth Management Council in addition to Peta2’s Youth Advisory board.
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