{"id":754260,"date":"2018-08-17T09:42:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T13:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=754260"},"modified":"2018-08-17T09:42:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T13:42:53","slug":"welcome-to-the-worlds-first-vegan-soccer-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=754260","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To The World\u2019s First Vegan Soccer Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>What the players do on their own time\u2019s up to them. But the fact that it is vegan when they\u2019re here is almost a way of educating them that they should consider their food choices.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JAMIE MILLAR:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Forest Green Rovers, which was established in 1889, is now the world\u2019s first vegan and carbon neutral soccer club. Its solar-paneled stadium, the New Lawn, is located on Another Way in Nailsworth, a town in southwest England. With a population of just 6,000 \u2014 not much more than the ground\u2019s capacity \u2014 it\u2019s the smallest place in the country to boast a club in the English Football League, as the top four tiers of professional soccer are collectively known&#8230; Officially certified as carbon neutral by the United Nations last week after signing up to a scheme that requires the reduction or offsetting of all emissions, the club has found international publicity for its eco credentials, and has won fans in America and elsewhere&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>All Forest Green\u2019s players eat vegan when they\u2019re at the club, or at hotels before away games. (Two clubs have put on plant-based menus for their visit.) \u201cIf the chairman\u2019s paying then it\u2019s got to be vegan,\u201d said Tom Huelin, Forest Green\u2019s fitness coach. \u201cWhat they do on their own time\u2019s up to them. But the fact that it is vegan when they\u2019re here is almost a way of educating them that they should consider their food choices.\u201d Players are often from lower socioeconomic backgrounds where eating healthy food is not always something that\u2019s affordable or a priority. 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