University forced to \u2018go vegan\u2019 after just 2.7% of students vote to ban meat Instagram\/plantbaseduniswarwick\/Freepik\/vecstockStudents at Warwick University have been forced to \u201cgo vegan\u201d after a fraction of the school\u2019s population voted to ban dairy and meat. It\u2019s Hank Hill\u2019s worst nightmare. Last month, 774 students were able to pass a vote to adopt plant-based menus, leaving the rest of the university and meat eaters furious. According to The Daily Mail, Plant-Based Universities, a campaign group, pushed for a motion that would require catering outlets at the school to take meat off the menu. The problem? Only 2.7% of the school\u2019s 28,600 voted in favor of the ban with 516 voting against it. Now, the policies are affecting everyone and their stomachs. Students outraged after activists get meat off the school menu Opposition group the Countryside Alliance took aim at the vote, accusing a \u201ctiny minority\u201d of backing the decision and questioned if it would actually benefit the school. \u201cVegan campaigners are welcome to present their arguments in favor of plant-based diets, but should not impose a diet in university-affiliated buildings,\u201d spokeswoman Sabina Roberts blasted. The controversy spread to social media where meat lovers voiced their anger at the ban and questioned why one group could decide what food is sold at school. \u201cIf only there was a way for both groups to eat whatever they wanted and leave the other group alone,\u201d one user rhetorically said. \u201cPerhaps the 48 percent should take their tuition money elsewhere,\u201d said another, referencing those who voted against the ban. Perhaps the 48 percent should take their tuition money elsewhere. \u2014 Brandon Webb (@WebbBh) December 5, 2023 Speaking to The Daily Mail, a spokesperson for Plant-Based Universities admitted that the vote was limited to outlets run by Warwick\u2019s Students\u2019 Union and those who oppose the ban can still bring their own food. Next year, the school will adopt a 50% plant-based menu and will completely phase out meat and dairy by 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
University forced to \u2018go vegan\u2019 after just 2.7% of students vote to ban meat Instagram\/plantbaseduniswarwick\/Freepik\/vecstockStudents at Warwick University have been forced to \u201cgo vegan\u201d after a fraction of the school\u2019s population voted to ban dairy and meat. It\u2019s Hank Hill\u2019s worst nightmare. Last month, 774 students were able to pass a vote to adopt plant-based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}