This act is very important to ensuring that the next generation maintains a healthy diet while also eating a diet that does not result in large emissions of greenhouse gasses. On a global level, humans currently eat diets that consist of ingredients like beef that create tons of emissions when produced compared to plant-based alternatives. Specifically, according to Consumer Ecology, "The greenhouse gas emissions of Beef are 24.5 times higher than Soy".

This needs to change and there is no better way of doing so than instilling plant-rich diets in the next generation. Introducing plant-rich diets to children will help them formalize plant-rich diets as a social norm. In addition studies have shown that this demographic is already open to advancing planetary health. According to the International Insight and Trends Firm "Gen Z, which currently encompasses 6-24-year-olds, is the most vocal about driving positive change around planetary health”.

This bill will help achieve the goal of introducing plant-rich diets to kids, which will help achieve the long term goal of creating a more sustainable world.