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I don't know why every day isn't Vegan day in American prisons. One might imagine moderately intelligent planning would move food costs even lower than they al
by aerostable_slug 5y ago
I don't know why every day isn't Vegan day in American prisons.
One might imagine moderately intelligent planning would move food costs even lower than they already are (for example, no meat substitute products, but instead things like bean patties). The management of various religious diets would become much easier as well. The head of the state DOC and the governor could take credit for spearheading a healthy eating initiative that improves the well-being of inmates and reduces recidivism, acts responsibly with taxpayer dollars, safeguards our environment, etc. Bonus points for crops grown locally or by the prison itself.
The latter isn't that uncommon: for example, Valley State Prison and the Central California Women's Facility (very close to one other in Chowchilla) are surrounded by orchards that are partially worked with prison labor, and whose produce goes to the entire state prison system.
- vanusa 5y agoBecause barely edible and slow-poisoning food isn't a bug of the American prison system -- it's a feature. In, they're proud of the "whitebread and baloney" diet they feed these people. Not that vegan food can't be barely edible and slow-poisoning either, of course. But it's a lot easier to get to that desired stat with a high-meat diet.
- yboris 5y agoThe meat lobby is one of the most powerful lobbies in the US: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008091680/climate-sustainability-agriculture-lobby.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008091680/climat...
- aerostable_slug 5y agoTrue, but I'd allow meat/fish/etc. to be sold in the commissary. The meat producers might even make more depending upon margins. The lawsuits would be entertaining — hard to claim it's "cruel" given we make children eat vegan (the point of this thread), and the daily life of millions of people proves it's not "unusual".