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serving beef only once a month and replacing the highest carbon-emitting meal each week with a vegan option. They found that New York City’s school lunch programme had the smallest carbon footprint whereas the programme in Austin had the largest. On average, New York City school lunches generated ab
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  • serving beef only once a month and replacing the highest carbon-emitting meal each week with a vegan option.
  • They found that New York City’s school lunch programme had the smallest carbon footprint whereas the programme in Austin had the largest. On average, New York City school lunches generated about 46 per cent less CO2 than those of the other five districts.
  • monthly lunch menus from six school districts – those in New York City; Long Beach, California; Chicago; Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and Miami, Florida

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