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Ask Michelle Obama: Support Vegetarian and Vegan Meals with the Let's Move! Campaign
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    1. First Lady (Michelle Obama)
  2. Created By
    Annie Hartnett
    MA
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Michelle Obama has expanded the White House organic garden, and began a campaign against obesity with the Let's Move! campaign. She's also an environmentalist, announcing recently that there will be solar panels on the White House. 

Michelle could do good for both the nation's children and our environment if she helped promote vegetarian and vegan options within the platform of her Let's Move! campaign. 

Right now, the Let's Move campaign advises "fewer calories, be more physically active, and make wiser food choices." 

The Let's Move! site does not mention veganism, and only two PDF documents mention vegetarianism, and only briefly. These words need to hold a larger presence on the Let's Move website. Wiser food choices would be a plant-based diet built on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes.

A plant-based diet would not only be healthy for our nation's children, but would also reduce the nation's dependance on factory farming and improve the lives of millions of animals. 

Ask Michelle Obama to help promote vegetarian and vegan options with her Let's Move! campaign. 

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Promote Vegetarian and Vegan Meals with Let's Move! Campaign

Dear Ms. Obama,

I am writing to ask you to publicly support vegetarian and vegan meals within the Let's Move campaign.

Your efforts thus far against childhood obesity are admirable. The expansion of the White House organic garden was an important symbolic step. And the creation of the Let's Move! campaign is an important start to fighting obesity in our nation.

Right now, the Let's Move campaign advises "fewer calories, be more physically active, and make wiser food choices."

The Let's Move! site does not mention veganism, and only two PDF documents mention vegetarianism, and only briefly. These words need to hold a larger presence on the Let's Move website. Wiser food choices would be a plant-based diet built on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes.

This would not only be healthy for our nation's children, but would also reduce the nation's dependance on factory farming. Following the recent salmonella outbreak, now is the time for our
nation to move away from mechanized farming. It isn't healthy for humans, for animals, or for the environment. We need your help.

Please promote vegetarian and vegan options with your Let's Move! campaign.

[Your name]

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