Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Forwarding the message. "Saving Lives... One Bite at a Time" - Sep.8, 2009 Table of Contents Join the World Farm Animals Day Action Sabina Fund Applications Due Oct 31st FARM Sponsors DC VegFest This Month Veg School Lunch, Factory Farming News Join the World Farm Animals Day Action We ask that, on or about October 2, you join caring people throughout the U.S. and 25 other countries in running your World Farm Animals Day observance. Observances range from simple information tables and leafleting to creative events like candlelight vigils, funeral marches, street video screenings, cage-ins, die-ins, banner drops and more. We provide guidance, display and handout materials, national media, and an online Events Directory. World Farm Animals Day is the world's first and largest annual campaign dedicated to animals raised for food, who account for 98% of all animal suffering and slaughter. It's the one day when every one of us is honor-bound to do something to stop the tragedy of animal agriculture. NEW MATERIALS! This year’s theme is "Make the Connection" and we’ve designed a brand new handout and poster based on Mobilization For Animals' photo display. These depict people enduring factory farming atrocities and urge viewers to empathize with the suffering of animals. Here's how to get started: Visit our Action Center for ideas and guidance. Register your plans with us online or call us at 888-275-3276; request free handouts, posters, and more. Conduct your observance in solidarity with caring people around the globe. Visit the WFAD Action Center and register with us for free materials. Sabina Fund Applications Due October 31st We invite small groups promoting plant-based eating and respect for animals to submit proposals for a FARM Sabina Fund grant by October 31st. The Fund honors the memory of our President Alex Hershaft's mother, Sabina. Since 1999, the Fund has awarded small grants to some 150 grassroots groups in 30 countries. Please visit the Sabina Fund website for proposal guidelines. FARM Sponsors DC VegFest This Month FARM is a three-star sponsor of the upcoming DC VegFest arranged by the Vegetarian Society of DC and Compassion Over Killing. Taking place on September 12th, DC VegFest is a free festival that celebrates the city's diverse palette for animal-friendly cuisine and the many benefits of a plant-based diet. Featuring speakers, cooking demos, free food samples, dozens of exhibitors, commercial vendors, and area food vendors, the DC VegFest has something for everyone to enjoy. If you're in the DC area, stop by and visit FARM's booth. Veg School Lunch, Factory Farming in the News A recent nationwide survey by the School Nutrition Association found that 64 percent of U.S. schools now regularly offer vegetarian lunches and 20 percent offer vegan lunches. That's up from 22.3 percent for vegetarian lunches in 2003. The Association's National School Lunch Week on October 12-16 offers a great opportunity to tout vegan school lunch options at your school. Visit the school lunch website of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The August 31 Time Magazine’s cover story exposed the tragedy of animal farming. It led with: "Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a pen, packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails have been chopped off so they won't bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is dosed with drugs. The waste produced by the pig and his thousands of pen mates on the factory farm where they live goes into manure lagoons that blanket neighboring areas with air pollution and stomach-churning stench." Visit the PCRM school lunch website for action guidance. Some of FARM's Favorite Links FARM Heroes Here we feature key supporters of FARM and the animal rights movement. Dallas Rising is a dedicated activist, personal coach, writer, facilitator. She is currently Program Director for the Animal Rights Coalition (ARC). Earlier, she served six years as a Volunteer Manager for Compassionate Action for Animals. Dallas has led a vegan lifestyle for more than 12 years and has spoken at AR Conferences for the past 4 years. Elizabeth TenHouten loves animals and supports many animal protection charities. She authored "Cooking Well: A Beautiful Skin," is a former model, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Celeb Life Magazine, where she covers many of her charitable causes. She attended AR2009 with film/TV star Charlotte Ross. About FARM FARM, the Farm Animal Rights Movement, is a national nonprofit group advocating vegan lifestyle and animal rights. FARM is supported by donations from caring people like you. Donations support our work directly because we raise our own funds and our overhead is less than 5%. 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