Notes
from Vegan Outreach
YOWSA!
Already this term, Adopt
a College activists
have handed out over
141,000 booklets directly
to college students on campuses
across North America.
At right, Joe Espinosa, who
recently passed out his 75,000th
booklet, leaflets at Eastern Illinois
University; photo by Matt Ball.
Overall distribution
for 2007 has smashed through the
300,000 mark already!
For reference, this is more
than all of 2000 -- in fewer than
65 days! Thanks to everyone who
has made this possible!
Erik Marcus interviews
Vegan Outreach's President Jack
Norris, R.D., on the March 6 episode.
See Vegan.com
for the interview.
Last week's link to this article
didn't work for everyone; corrected
URL here.
Product, Shop, & Nutrient
of the Week
Bruce F: Johnny Rockets Streamliner
-- best
restaurant veggie burger --
is buy one, get one free for March
with this
coupon!
Jenna C: We should give a shout-out
to the long-time Vegan Outreach
supporters at Snooty
Jewelry.
Jack Norris: Get
your Iron 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
In December, VegDining will announce
support valued at up to $75,000
US to promote the work of up to
50 vegetarian groups around the
world, as determined by visitors
to VegDining.com. To learn more
and make a nomination, visit
VegDining!
excerpt: "I hear
from a lot of people who wanted
help in making the transition to
a vegetarian (or mostly vegetarian)
diet. Let's face it: If you've been
eating meat all your life, this
change can be daunting just to think
about, let alone act on. Happily,
it's easier than ever today to make
the transition from meat-eater to
vegetarian, and the
following suggestions
should help even the most die-hard
carnivores make the switch."
More Great Victories!
And the hits just keep on coming!
excerpt: "'Livestock
[which includes birds and pigs -ed]
are one of the most significant
contributors to today's most serious
environmental problems,' Henning
Steinfeld, senior author of the
report, said when the FAO findings
were released in November. Livestock
are responsible for 18 percent of
greenhouse-gas emissions as measured
in carbon dioxide equivalent, reports
the FAO. This includes 9 percent
of all CO2 emissions, 37 percent
of methane, and 65 percent of nitrous
oxide. Altogether, that's more than
the emissions caused by transportation."
excerpt: "Clever
scrub jays can plan on saving tasty
treats for the future and do it
in a way that shows they are truly
planning ahead, British researchers
reported on Wednesday."
Feedback from Our
Members
 Brad
King and I tabled, showing
factory farm footage and leafletting
with Vegan Outreach materials on
Lincoln Road Mall Sunday night.
There were often crowds of people
staying to watch Meet
Your Meat on the
video (at right) and asking questions.
Many people seemed absolutely convinced
that they wanted to change their
diet. Very satisfying.
-Linda Bower, 3/5/07
At the University of
Iowa today, one man
came up to tell me that he grew
up in a farming region of Iowa,
and that he has always been against
factory farming and such. Furthermore,
he used to do construction work
and quit the company he was working
for on moral grounds once they got
contracted out to build a pig farm
full of gestation crates. He looked
through the booklet and said that
it was completely accurate, mentioning
that he had seen several pigs with
ruptures like the one in the EI
booklet.
-Jon Camp, 2/27/07
I thought you might
like to know that
one of his converted vegans is in
your [Anne Green's] class. The Why
Vegan pamphlet really impressed
me. Though [my vegan friend who
gave me the booklet] brought up
some very thoughtful points, I wasn't
completely sold on why I should
seriously entertain being vegan
until I read the Why Vegan
pamphlet. Thus my vegan days began.
When
you said that Vegan Outreach is
your husband's non-profit, I thought
he might find it neat to know that
his pamphlets made it all the way
out to Reno, Nevada back in 1998/1999
and made an impression.
-VS, 2/27/07
Our Save the World
club is going really
well! I'm in charge of the club,
and three teachers said it was a
great idea. We're having a vegetarian
week starting tomorrow at school
-- we have hung up posters and we're
going to make announcements about
it. We're going to also be handing
out flyers in front of the school
as people go in. My friend and I
put one of your brochures in each
teacher's mailbox here at school.
We have overheard so many teachers
saying that this is such an amazing
booklet, that they are glad that
they got it because now they know
what really goes on.
-MC, Elmhurst, NY, 3/3/07
At Pasadena City College,
two girls walked past, telling me
"No thanks." They walked
a little ways and then stopped.
I faintly heard one of them say,
"But I really need to know."
Then one of the girls came back
to me and said, "I didn't want
one because I know how sad it is.
But, I really should read it. It's
really something that I should know."
-Stewart Solomon, 2/28/07
I've always been against
animal cruelty of
any kind. Recently, I received one
of your booklets -- I had no idea
it was that brutal for them! It
hurts me to know how humans could
do that to an animal, without any
remorse. Please send me booklets
to give out to people, because just
like I was impacted by a booklet,
many people could face the reality
of what's happening.
-TC, El Paso, TX, 3/6/07
I was given a copy
of your brochure containing
photos and descriptions of factory
farming. Many of the sadistic practices
were news to me. Now I'm trying
to become a vegetarian with the
help of your brochure.
-LP, Pittsburgh, PA
3/1/07
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