{"id":5391,"date":"2016-01-18T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/01\/18\/wageningse-studenten-protesteren-tegen-vleesvrije-maandag\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:19","slug":"wageningse-studenten-protesteren-tegen-vleesvrije-maandag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/01\/18\/wageningse-studenten-protesteren-tegen-vleesvrije-maandag\/","title":{"rendered":"Wageningen students protest against meatless Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People can cope with lots of setbacks, but there comes a time when it all becomes too much. For five Wageningen students, that moment was last Monday. The students \u2013 some dressed up as a hot dog or a cow \u2013 demonstrated against Meatless Monday by handing out meatballs on campus.<\/p>\n

According to the campaigners, they are not against eating less meat, they just wanted to start a debate. \u201cMeatless Monday hasn\u2019t managed to start a debate about reducing meat consumption,\u201d Ruben Imhof, first year student of Biotechnology explains to Resource<\/a>. \u201cThis is because this measure was imposed by management and offers little background information. We want people to be well informed so that they can make a free choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Limited choice<\/h2>

Incidentally, Meatless Monday in Wageningen is not totally meat-free. On Mondays students and staff can still order meat croquettes and meat sandwiches or fish rolls. But that\u2019s not enough, says one of the demonstrators. \u201cYes, you can get a croquette or a cheese and ham toasted sandwich, for example,\u201d says Ruben Imhof, \u201cbut the available choice is very limited. I don\u2019t want to eat a pumpkin sandwich.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meatless Monday was introduced as a pilot project in May and became official in October. Why the students are only protesting against the measure now is unknown.<\/p>\n

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