I hate phones, but I love the person who's organized our KQED volunteer phone work, so I agreed to participate.
She sent us instructions and guidelines from KQED.
Here's the part--in context and in bold-- that exasperated me:
FOOD: KQED provides food appropriate to the shift. Keep in mind that all food is
donated so if you have special dietary requirements, please make other arrangements. The morning shifts will be
provided with Bagels & coffee and the afternoon shifts will be served dinner.
There is usually a vegetarian option.
Usually?
Vegetarian?
The COP 23 in Berlin acknowledged that at an environmental conference most of the food served should be vegetarian. (I hope in the future they'll make that vegan.) At least 60% of the food was.
Beside each food item, they gave the carbon footprint to make people aware that what we eat affects the environment.
Couldn't KQED do this?
Granted, the food is donated. But they could also let the donors know that they'd especially like plant-based food and let them know why.
It's not a question of "special dietary requirements." It's a question of doing volunteer work for animal welfare and the environment with every bite by making our meals plant-based.
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