hi all

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Hi all,

 

I just loved the advantages Karen put forward to be vegan

(/message/2515)! I was raised on SAD

food (Standard American Diet). It wasn't until I went vegan that I had the

opportunity to try so many different types of foods. Deciding to be vegan

was one of the best decisions that I've ever made. Karen, belated thanks

for sharing that...

 

I also liked Colleen's message

(/message/2362) that summarized her

speech at the Oakland post-walkathon rally. I think it was after Colleen

spoke that Bruce Friedrich of PETA took the podium, quoting Matt Ball of

Vegan Outreach. The gist of it basically was that if there are 5,000 vegans

now, and each vegan can convince one other person a year to go vegan, there

will be 10,000 vegans in year 2. In year 3, there will be 20,000 vegans.

This is the type of math that I always hated when talking about the

overpopulation of cats and dogs, but I think it works great for increasing

the number of folks eating a plant-based diet.

 

And, I have to agree with Tony... I am thrilled that Alka will be able to

put her excellent animal advocacy skills to work for PETA, but sad that she

will no longer be in our midst. I was very happy to see mention of AR 101

though, and would love to see that program on tour again. That was one of

the very first AR events that I attended, and I credit PETA and the seminar

for introducing me to how yummy vegan food can be (good vegan intentions did

not make up for my lack of good vegan cookbooks).

 

These are probably my 2 favorite cookbooks:

Tofu Cookery by Louise Hagler

Peaceful Palate by Jennifer Raymond

 

Cheers,

Tammy

 

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