Current Events > Republicans are upset that the Navy will likely serve vegan food

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https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/07/18/the-navy-might-be-required-to-serve-vegan-meat-on-some-bases/

A provision tucked into the House version of 2023s defense budget bill could require the Navy to serve up Beyond Burgers or Gardein at a number of forward bases.

The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2023 would create a pilot program by March 2023 to offer plant-based protein options at at least two Navy forward operating bases.

The secretary of the Navy would identify at least two forward Navy installations for the pilot effort and would be directed to prioritize bases where livestock-based protein options may be costly to obtain or store, the amendment states.

The amendment was introduced by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat who worked at the State Department, Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense before her election to Congress in 2019.

It reprises a separate resolution Slotkin introduced in 2021, which clarifies that troops at bases participating in the pilot would still have access to animal products and the vegan options would merely be an additional offering.

The language and structure of the study also focus on the cost of shipping and preserving meat at remote or far-flung bases.

Nonetheless, some house Republicans are decrying the proposal as an example of the liberal agenda infiltrating military matters.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican who initially voted against the 2022 defense budget bill due to what she described as liberal woke garbage within it, offered an amendment to strike Slotkins vegan meat proposal. That move was first reported by the Association of the U.S. Navy.

Texas Republican Chip Roy called out the vegan meat proposal in 2021s defense bill, including it in a Twitter thread explaining why he, too, voted against it.

A woke military that drafts our daughters, wastes resources on Green New Deal garbage, holds no one accountable for Afghanistan disaster, and prioritizes playing leftist politics over destroying our enemies, he wrote in the thread. Rep. Roy voted no.

The Defense Department, however, has more reason to pursue cost-saving measures at chow halls now than it did before.

On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation had reached a 40-year peak of 9.1% over the past year. While rising energy prices are a major factor driving the climbing costs, meat prices have gone up faster and further than other food staples, climbing more than 15% year over year.

In places like Guam and Diego Garcia, where many grocery staples are imported, food costs on perishable items have long been high. A pound of chicken in Guam costs an average of $9 right now; a gallon of milk goes for more than $11.

Troops have been clamoring for more plant-based options for a while.

A survey found that 81% of the 226 troops surveyed wanted more access to plant-based foods, including vegan Meals, Ready to Eat, even though only 3.5% of respondents said they were vegan.

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Yuck, why dont they have troves of glorious sea food?

Why is vegan food even considered part of a political divide.

It makes no sense that you can't be a right wing vegan.

"How dare they give the troops what they wanted! We should only give them what I want! No, I won't serve, serving is for chumps. Did I mention I love the troops?"

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Why is vegan food even considered part of a political divide.

It makes no sense that you can't be a right wing vegan.

Right? It's ridiculous.

Lmfao

They've been making all Dining Facilities as diet/preference friendly as possible for years now. It's to the point where you can no longer claim vegetarian/vegan or religion as a reason to get your Sustenance allowance.

But leave it to right wing chuds to get butt mad over something so irrelevant. Snowflakes, the lot

Sackgurl posted...

"How dare they give the troops what they wanted! We should only give them what I want! No, I won't serve, serving is for chumps. Did I mention I love the troops?"

No kidding lol.

To the OP, I've seen vegan options at Army DEFAC's and nobody cared.

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Why is vegan food even considered part of a political divide.

It makes no sense that you can't be a right wing vegan.

"Because those GODDAMNED HIPPIES got MAD at me once AND WANT ME TO NOT EAT MEAT, LIKE THE GOOD GOD DEARING AMERICAN I AM."

Eating healthier is a woke liberal agenda. If I want to die at 50 of heart disease, then everyone else needs to as well.

_HayleyWilliams posted...

Eating healthier is a woke liberal agenda. If I want to die at 50 of heart disease, then everyone else needs to as well.

Vegan does not automatically mean healthy

Since it will just be another option and not a total replacement I see nothing wrong with this.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Vegan does not automatically mean healthy

Of course you'd find a way to defend more snowflakisms from the fascist right

So many people I know still think that being given the option of vegan food is a direct threat to their masculinity, belief system, moral principles and way of life.

It's actually incredible how fragile most regular people are, it turns out.

pinky0926 posted...

So many people I know still think that being given the option of vegan food is a direct threat to their masculinity, belief system, moral principles and way of life.

It's actually incredible how fragile most regular people are, it turns out.

Couldn't have said it better.

pinky0926 posted...

So many people I know still think that being given the option of vegan food is a direct threat to their masculinity, belief system, moral principles and way of life.

It's actually incredible how fragile most regular people are, it turns out.

Some people think choice is for far-left pussies.

They cry about freedom, but then cry when there is choice because that's "catering to snowflakes".

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Why is vegan food even considered part of a political divide.

It makes no sense that you can't be a right wing vegan.

Being vegan shows a tendency to air towards more progressive ideas even if they are not traditional, usually with an intent to be kinder to others and the environment and animals at the small cost of having a slightly less convenient life.

This is all pretty antithetical to right wing values.

So long as there are options for everyone Idgaf

_HayleyWilliams posted...

Of course you'd find a way to defend more snowflakisms from the fascist right

Nope I am just a fitness/nutrition enthusiast and I see a lot of idiots think they are eating healthy by getting a salad and not realize it has 800 calories in it.

this country is going to be razed to the ground in like 5 years because of conservatives

Buffets are woke garbage

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Nope I am just a fitness/nutrition enthusiast and I see a lot of idiots think they are eating healthy by getting a salad and not realize it has 800 calories in it.

This is actually true. I saw a pretty good video by Mike Israetel on how modern day vegan diets can be worse than non vegan diets. it used to be universally true that vegans were healthier because your vegan options in the 90s were basically raw vegetables, but now so much vegan food is just ultra processed garbage snacks. Great for choice, not so good if you lack impulse control or education on nutrition.

That said, I don't think the military would be serving the crappy snack food variety vegan fair. it would probably just have a net positive health effect.

Conservatives: "S'PORT DA TROOOOPS!!!"

*gov allows them more freedom and choice*

Also Conservatives: "No! Not like that!"

_HayleyWilliams posted...

Some people think choice is for far-left pussies.

They cry about freedom, but then cry when there is choice because that's "catering to snowflakes".

Seriously, right-wingers now live in Bizarro World where authoritarianism and being told what to do/think is "freedom" while being given choices and options is "oppression"

PoundGarden posted...

Conservatives: "S'PORT DA TROOOOPS!!!"

*gov allows them more freedom and choice*

Also Conservatives: "No! Not like that!"

"The troops aren't supposed to have freedom! They signed that away!"

(it's true tho)

Guess the vegan food industry didn't pay off Republicans.

wackyteen posted...

"The troops aren't supposed to have freedom! They signed that away!"

(it's true tho)

actually true yes

which makes the covid mandate so much more funny. those guys get pumped with dozens of vaccines they are told nothing about and only until covid its an issue

metralo posted...

actually true yes

which makes the covid mandate so much more funny. those guys get pumped with dozens of vaccines they are told nothing about and only until covid its an issue

https://i.imgur.com/1Fh8RZY.mp4

metralo posted...

actually true yes

which makes the covid mandate so much more funny. those guys get pumped with dozens of vaccines they are told nothing about and only until covid its an issue

Oh my favorite was one of my coworkers (I'm in the Active Duty Army) was like "yeah if they mandate the booster, I'm refusing it"

BUT THEY ALREADY GOT YOU??? WHY REFUSE?

HylianFox posted...

Seriously, right-wingers now live in Bizarro World where authoritarianism and being told what to do/think is "freedom" while being given choices and options is "oppression"

Yeah.

Being a carnivore isn't a requirement to join the military, this is a non-issue.

Republicans: "Anything that is different from the way it used to be is automatically terrible and woke."

I'm all right with being a part of an imperialist war machine, as long as no (non-human) animals had to suffer for my meals

I'm fine with them offering more variety of food even if the only military food that makes its way to me is the occasional box of MREs that I buy for my outdoor adventures but the moralism behind it is a bit absurd.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Nope I am just a fitness/nutrition enthusiast and I see a lot of idiots think they are eating healthy by getting a salad and not realize it has 800 calories in it.

It's interesting that you frequently bring up points to soften criticism of right wing/conservative statements...

jpenny2 posted...

Republicans: "Anything that is different from the way it used to be is automatically terrible and woke."

Basically.