Notes
from Vegan Outreach
Your Group's Logo on Why Vegan?
We will soon need to do another
printing of Why Vegan?
If you are interested in sponsoring
a batch with your group's logo and
contact information printed on the
back, please e-mail jack(at)veganoutreach(dot)org
by Monday, Feb 12 for pricing and
details.
Products & Talk of the Week
Beth Cox: I’d like to nominate
Terra
Nostra’s Ricemilk Choco Bar.
Once I became a vegan I accepted
the end of milk chocolate and have
now developed a real appreciation
of dark chocolate. Still, it is
great to be able to have vegan milk
chocolate and the taste is amazing.
K Welsh: If anyone in the Bay Area
hasn't tasted Maggie
Mudd's Freestyle ice
creams, you're missing out!
Also for the Bay Area, Jack Norris
will be speaking on Sunday, February
11. After the Bay Area Vegetarians'
famous Vegan Food Party at 3pm,
Jack will be sharing his experiences
and plans for saving animals and
changing the world. Don't
miss this opportunity --
details
here.
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org;
previous products can be found here.
Notes from All
Over
 Last
week's eN mentioned Smithfield
Farm's decision to eventually phase
out gestation crates. Jeff Tietz,
an investigative reporter, has published
a behind-the-scenes
look at Smithfield's
operations. Excerpt:
"Smithfield Foods, the largest
and most profitable pork processor
in the world, killed 27 million
hogs last year. That's a number
worth considering. A slaughter-weight
hog is fifty percent heavier than
a person. The logistical challenge
of processing that many pigs each
year is roughly equivalent to butchering
and boxing the entire human populations
of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix,
San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas,
San Jose, Detroit, Indianapolis,
Jacksonville, San Francisco, Columbus,
Austin, Memphis, Baltimore, Fort
Worth, Charlotte, El Paso, Milwaukee,
Seattle, Boston, Denver, Louisville,
Washington, D.C., Nashville, Las
Vegas, Portland, Oklahoma City and
Tucson."
Excerpt: "The report
released today by the world's leading
climate scientists made no bones
about it: global warming is happening
in a big way and it is very likely
man-made. So, if we are indeed the
bulk of the problem, we ought to
step up and start doing things differently.
Now.
"My
last post ('Vegetarian
Is the New Prius')
got a lot of traction, and I think
it's because there is a realization
that being 'part of the solution'
can be a whole lot simpler -- and
cheaper -- than going out and buying
a new car."
Support Vegan Businesses!
"The Vegan
Chamber of Commerce
is a new organization dedicated
to the commerce of vegan businesses,
professionals, and service providers.
Our goal is to create a worldwide
central directory of vegan commerce,
a support network for vegan entrepreneurs,
and provide education about the
vegan lifestyle."
Feedback from Our
Members
 My
road trip to Austin
and Texas A&M was great, and
we reached over 10,000 people. Got
some good help on this fun vacation
and leafleting trip from 3 others.
Angelo was a riot, passing off the
booklets with the behind the back
pass (at right), over the
shoulder, and all sorts of funny
hand offs.
-Casey Constable, 2/2/07
While
leafleting at the mall
again today, I overheard a young
woman telling her friends, "I
can't look at those pictures again.
I now can't eat meat anymore."
-Eugene Khutoryansky,
2/3/07
 After
leafleting at St. Joseph's today,
Tracy, my host who works at Saint
Joseph, told me that many of her
students were discussing the brochures.
One girl even said, "I should
go vegetarian!" Hooray!
At
the University of Hartford last
week, I had an interesting exchange:
Me:
Brochure against animal cruelty?
Male
student: Sure. (Takes it and walks
away, reading it)
(Another
student approaches from the opposite
direction)
Male
student: Hey, have you seen this?
(Holds up his booklet to the other
student)
Female
student: No, what is it?
Male
student: Take one from her. (Points
to me; the female student takes
a brochure)
I
also just found out that two people
with whom I interned last summer
are both going vegan. I guess all
of those vegan brownie nights that
I hosted and leaflets I gave to
everyone I knew have paid off! Never
underestimate the power of good
literature, good food, and good
conversation.
-Jenna Calabrese (at
Yale; photo by Nick Jeanette), 1/31/07
At the
University of Illinois (U-C), I
handed out 550 WV. I really
thought the wind chill temperature
of -10 would hurt my numbers. My
proper dressing (6 layers on the
top half of my body, 2 layers on
the bottom half) allowed me to stay
out for 7 hours. Heard from no less
than 20 vegetarians and 4 vegans.
Talked with one student who stated
he really liked my line, "Brochure
on nonviolent eating?" and
he related that his wife had become
vegetarian as a result of getting
the booklet with those magical words
from me in the past.
-Joe Espinosa, 1/31/07
This was
by far the coldest weather
I have ever leafleted in. The wind
chill was -20 F! We were dressed
in many layers. I had 7 other people
scheduled to leaflet with me, but
6 of them canceled (understandable!).
I was able to scrape together a
few other volunteers and we passed
out about 1,000 leaflets! If people
were hesitant, I just said "These
MUST be important if I am willing
to be out here in this cold passing
these out for free!" Almost
no one turned down the leaflets
when I said that!
-Ben Acaso, CAA,
1/29/07
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