Vegetarian Butcher and Vegan Grilled Cheese

YamChops Vegetarian Butcher Opens In Toronto

Yep, you read that correctly. What exactly then, is a butcher shop without a Butcher?

YamChops creates plant-based versions of traditional butcher shop offerings, as explained in Meet the meat-free options at Toronto's first vegetarian butcher shop.

"David Alexander, executive director of the Toronto Vegetarian Association explains, 'Vegetarian butcher shops are a novel concept that aligns with two rising food trends — the spread of boutique food shops and great tasting meatless alternatives. By tying the two together, YamChops should be able to reach beyond vegetarians and vegans to flexitarians and anyone else who enjoys meatless meals.'"

(Thanks, Paul!)

Vegan Grilled Cheese Recipe from Vegan.com

Can't make it to Toronto to sample vegan versions of your favorite food? Luckily you only need to trek as far as your kitchen to make this easy and delicious Vegan Grilled Cheese recipe, compliments of Vegan.com.

Karen James: Spring 2014

Karen James at SUNY Old Westbury.

VO Mid-Atlantic Outreach Coordinator, Karen James, has leafleted 30 campuses this semester, reaching more than 19,000 students with Vegan Outreach booklets!

Since the spring of 2010, Karen has gotten booklets into the hands of over 134,000 individuals!

On 2/18/14, Karen leafleted two community colleges and reached more than 800 students:



“Cold day, so not a lot of conversations at Housatonic CC, but I met Joyce, who received a Compassionate Choices from me last year and went vegetarian. We discussed dairy, I gave her a Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating, and she is going to cut out milk, and work on reducing cheese by trying some of the vegan options I pointed out! Also, Matt remembered me from last semester; he cut out pork and red meat altogether, and has reduced eating fish and chicken to 2x a week! Gave him a Guide, and again, pointed out alternatives and congratulated him on his efforts!



“Students were rushing by in the cold at Norwalk CC, but I met Jaime, who said he received a booklet a year ago and went vegan! He’s been doing good with the change and feels much better, healthier, and lost 15 pounds that he had difficulty losing before going vegan!”

On 3/4/14, Karen reached 750 students at Central Connecticut State:

“Chilly, but busy. I met Ariel, who wants to go vegan after reading the Even If You Like Meat. She thought it was horrible how the animals are treated so cruelly. I gave her a Guide. Jeff said he got a booklet from me last semester and stopped eating all meat! He is now working on eliminating dairy and eggs, heading toward vegan! I also gave him a Guide.

“ONWARD!!!”

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USDA Not Enforcing Humane Slaughter Act

In 2013, the USDA's Office of the Inspector General released a report in which it accused the food safety division of not enforcing the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, and not even understanding what is legally required to be in compliance with the act. One meat plant in North Carolina has had several horrifying, repeat violations which should result in criminal charges.

"My organization is calling on USDA to refer egregious cruelty to federal prosecutors, as the agency is statutorily empowered to do, and also to withdraw federal grants of inspection from repeat violators," writes Bruce Friedrich, director of policy and advocacy at Farm Sanctuary. "USDA should start with this North Carolina plant, and unless it does, the agency should not be believed when it claims to take its humane slaughter mandate seriously."

Read Friedrich's full response to the report here.

Matt Corriveau: Spring 2014

Matt Corriveau.

Vegan Outreach intern Matt Corriveau has hit 67 different schools this semester, handing booklets to more than 19,000 students!

On 2/20/14, Matt and VO Outreach Coordinator Chris Guinn handed out over 1,600 Your Choice booklets at Kent State University. Chris reports:

“Who remembers the monsoon scene from Jumanji? That was our leafleting weather today at Kent State; but nevertheless, we still had a pretty big day! Matt had about a half-dozen conversations with students curious about going veg and got out a few Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating booklets. I had a girl ask me if our ‘Text for a Guide’ was legit, and if she’d have to pay; it was cute, I was like, ‘Nah, of course not!’ and gave her one of the Guides in my hand. I’ve heard through the grapevine that we got several text-for-Guide requests in from Kent already this afternoon – pumped about that!

“Our outreach for the day didn’t stop at Kent either. I had a guy in the locker room at the gym ask me about my Vega protein, which was cool; I left him a Guide and a Your Choice, which I keep in my gym bag now. Matt also spoke with several people in the sauna about veg eating. Can’t stop our outreach! BOOM!”

Matt, Chris, and first-time leafleter Karen Blanco – who helped out before and in between her final exams! – reached 1,510 students at the Rochester Institute of Technology on 5/12/14. Santiago (above) let them know he got a booklet from Chris on campus last semester and has been vegetarian ever since! Chris also reports: “I met a vegan named Tony, who was super psyched to see me leafleting. I asked if he was part of a veg club and he told me that, to his knowledge, there wasn’t one at Kent State. I told him to email me for some handy resources on starting one and getting active on campus – he was interested!”

You can inspire more students like Santiago to go veg and more vegans like Tony to get active for animals by supporting VO’s Adopt a College program: Click here to donate to Team Vegan!

Chelsea Collins: Spring 2014

Chelsea Collins.

VO Australia Outreach Coordinator, Chelsea Collins, has traveled to 34 different campuses this semester, reaching more than 26,000 students with Vegan Outreach booklets!

On 3/21/14, Chelsea had help from Melissa Kilkelly, and together they reached 1,150 students at Monash University in Caulfield, Victoria:

“Something cool happened: two first-year students came up to me to ask if they could take my photo for their photojournalism class! I obliged and showed them which angle to get for the perfect ‘leafleting pass’ photo, and they were very appreciative. I offered to help them get an article into their student newspaper, which excited them and we exchanged details. I let them know that I was happy to help them out with material for AR pieces any time during their uni days, or later in their careers. They loved it, and I hope they do write a piece!

“At lunchtime, I was joined by the lovely Melissa, a first-time leafleter. She wrote: ‘I actually had a sore jaw from smiling so much after handing booklets out for 2 hours! I had a great first experience leafleting. I’m very much looking forward to helping out again!!!’”

Photojournalism students Ellyse and Georgia. First-time leafleter Melissa Kilkelly.

Chelsea handed out 900 Australian Your Choice booklets at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales on 3/28/14:

“Though the weather wasn’t great, I had a really wonderful day with some great interactions. It was a big success and I can’t wait to come back here next time.

“My absolute highlight of the day was meeting Salim, who came back after taking a booklet and offered to help me leaflet – he even talked his non-veg friend Alexandra into helping him! They took a pack of 50 and went to hand them out at the law building. He came back later on and took another pack of 50 to hand out after his next class. Salim also told me about a café on campus that serves vegetarian and vegan options. I’m looking forward to catching up with Salim next time I am in ‘the gong.’ I took his picture with the booklet, and with his big smile and enthusiasm, I know he will be a great friend to the animals in the future by inspiring many people to go veg!

“I celebrated my fruitful day by hitting probably the best vegan Asian restaurant in Australia – Au Lac Royal Vegetarian Cuisine – for a late lunch. I had the pho soup with soy chicken and tofu. It was incredible and filling!”

Salim Leon, a UOW student who went vegan in February, got a booklet from Chelsea and then came back to help leaflet! Wig got one of the 1,670 booklets Chelsea handed out at Monash University in Clayton on 3/20/14; she’s vegan and was excited to see VO on campus!

You can help Chelsea raise funds for VO’s Adopt a College program by visiting her Team Vegan page here. If you make a donation, she promises to buy you a coffee next time you see each other!

Two New Surveys

Two interesting surveys came out in the past week:

How Many Teens and Other Youth are Vegetarian and Vegan? The Vegetarian Resource Group Asks in a 2014 National Poll

The Vegetarian Resource Group released a poll of rates of vegetarianism among 8 to 18 year olds. The poll found that 4% of respondents are always vegetarian and 1% are vegan.

What Elements Make A Leaflet More Effective?

The Humane League Labs posted a report about what makes a leaflet more effective. It is full of interesting information and Vegan Outreach will be carefully considering their findings when updating and creating our booklets.

Cobie, Nettie, and Jack in Corvallis

On May 7, Vegan Outreach’s Executive Director, Jack Norris, RD, gave a talk in Corvallis, OR on vegetarian nutrition.

Cobie, Amy, Jack, Amanda, and Nettie.

It was a lot of fun to finally meet our very dedicated Oregon volunteers Cobie deLespinasse and Nettie Schwager!

Every semester Cobie and Nettie leaflet most of the Oregon colleges so that our outreach coordinators can spend their time in other parts of the country. During the 2013–14 school year, they handed out 15,800 booklets at 14 schools!

Cobie has also been a big supporter of Jack’s efforts to make sure vegans have enough nutrition info for a positive experience. She decided to bring him to Corvallis to speak and contacted the Oregon State University vegetarian group and the student dietetics group, who helped her advertise the talk.

There was a good turnout of about 50 to 60 people with many thoughtful questions and comments.

And speaking of nutrition, Jack recently updated the article Tips for New Vegans at VeganHealth.org that summarizes what vegans need to know to have a good experience both right away and also for the long-term.

Thank you, Cobie and Nettie!

Dawn Ratcliffe: Spring 2014

VO Arizona Outreach Coordinator, Dawn Ratcliffe, has visited 55 campuses this semester, directly handing Vegan Outreach booklets to over 29,000 students!

Since the fall of 2004, Dawn has reached more than 238,000 people with our booklets!

Linda Bower snapped this pic of Dawn providing an FIU student with Compassionate Choices.

Dawn was joined by Linda Bower and Yuri Mitzkewich at Florida International University on 1/10/14, and together they handed out more than 3,700 booklets:

“Second-best all-time number at this school, which is a favorite of Linda’s, Yuri’s, and mine; and a new personal best for Yuri (1,557 booklets handed out). Yuri rocked it at the library, while I stayed mainly at the bridge; and Linda, who is another powerhouse leafleter, tabler, PPVer, food sampling queen, etc., stood on the other side of the Graham Center. Lots of solid conversations and delightful weather with temps starting out at 72 in the morning and reaching the low 80s.

Linda reports: “Ashley and Crystal were blown away by the info. They said they had seen Food, Inc. but had no idea that it was as bad as in the leaflet. They pledged to continue to move towards 100% vegan.”

“The highlight of the day was hearing from a man and woman in their 40s who were so moved by the Compassionate Choices (and subsequent Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating) that they are going to share the information with their kids and make some significant changes.

Gabriela received a VO booklet a year ago and went vegetarian! She told Linda that her boyfriend is almost veg since she showed him the booklet, and that she now wants to go vegan and get active for animals! Linda also met Alina and her boyfriend: “She was really excited to get the leaflet because she’s been vegan 19 years, since birth! She says her mom raised her and her brother vegan. She asked for local info.”

“Also talked to a woman who was so moved by the CC that she wants to make a donation to VO. Super terrific day! A big shout-out to Linda for her continued activism and compassion for animals over the years, and to Yuri for being such an enthusiastic leafleter and all-around caring person.”

To raise funds for VO’s Adopt a College leafleting program, Dawn plans to hike the highest mountain in Arizona, Humphreys Peak, sometime in June! You can click here for more details.

Kassy Ortega: Spring 2014

VO Delmarva Outreach Coordinator, Kassy Ortega, has been to 49 different schools this semester, getting Vegan Outreach booklets into the hands of over 31,000 students!

Since the spring of 2012, Kassy has reached more than 104,000 people!

Reem Lajin took this pic of Kassy at the University of Virginia, where, along with first-time leafleter Amy Nickel, they reached 2,250 students on 2/17/14.

“I’m never eating chicken again!”

Kassy was joined by Reem Lajin at Virginia Commonwealth University on 2/4/14, and together they handed out 2,400 Compassionate Choices:

“As usual on this campus, we heard from a number of vegans and vegetarians – including a vegan who said she loved us so much for leafleting! Such a great feeling.

“Reem is so positively passionate about animal rights, I think it really resonates with students. All her conversations seemed to go over pretty well! It was chillier than Reem expected it to be, but she pulled through ’til the very end.

“I offered a booklet to a faculty member, and she replied: ‘Oh, you already offered me one. I sat inside and read it – what we are doing is horrible! I’m never eating chicken again!’ Slightly caught off guard by her amazing reply, I followed after her and offered her a Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating. She was very appreciative. I introduced myself and gave her my info in case she’s itching for someone to speak to her students, or another professor wants a speaker.”

On 2/7/14, Kassy teamed with Chris Dietrich, Kim Moffatt, Cristina Myers, and Lauren Hart, setting a new one-day record at Bowie State University:

“Amazing crew! These folks are so much fun to leaflet with. I also just want to put it on record that Chris Dietrich is an insanely talented leafleter. No one gets by that guy!

“Kim had a very productive conversation with Mike, a student who isn’t vegetarian, but his dad has been vegetarian for 30 years. Hopefully Kim gave him that extra push to choose compassionately. She also gave him a Guide.

“I heard from a new vegetarian! She was very appreciative of the Guide and Tofurky coupons that I gave her.

After talking with Lauren, this BSU student is interested in going veg.

“I chatted briefly with another student who asked me what he can eat instead of chicken or beef. I told him about the wonderful world of cruelty-free meat alternatives that can be found at any grocery store! He told me he would look for them and try them. He seemed especially interested in searching for Gardein chick’n tenders. Yum.

“Great day for animals!”

To help ensure more great days for animals, Kassy is raising funds for VO’s Adopt a College program by challenging herself to run her first Tough Mudder on June 14!

You can show your support by visiting her Team Vegan page here.

Chris Guinn: Spring 2014

VO Outreach Coordinator Chris Guinn has traveled to 90 different campuses this semester, directly handing Vegan Outreach booklets to over 45,000 students!

Since the fall of 2013, Chris has reached more than 102,000 individuals!

Alex Greenwood snapped this pic of Chris handing out Even If You Like Meat at the U of Toronto in Mississauga.

On 3/5/14, Chris Guinn, Matt Corriveau, Linda Otoole, and Dally Hudson handed out 1,655 booklets at Carnegie Mellon University:

“CMU is definitely a favorite for me; the main walkways are almost always busy. Matt and I had help from all-star volunteers Linda and Dally, who joined us as first-time leafleters. They each did an amazing job and spent 2 hours in the cold with us – pretty awesome of them! They also told me that they'd talked to a good number of vegetarians and vegans!

“Lots of positive interactions here; the most notable was talking to Iris. I could see Matt speaking to her across the quad from me; he sent her my way to grab a Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating. Iris was incredibly moved by our Your Choice booklet and told me she now wanted to go vegetarian. We had a great conversation and when she left I was confident she'd be making some new compassionate eating choices! Oh, and we even found out that the school has a vegan restaurant in their dining area – so cool!”

Linda and Dally make their leafleting debuts at CMU. Iris wants to go veg after reading Your Choice.

Jonathan went veg after getting a booklet last year.

On 3/28/14, Chris reported:

“What an amazing day at Rider University! Matt and I were able to reach 564 students before we had to take off; but even still, we hit a good majority of the students there today.

“I had a truly heartwarming experience this afternoon with a student named Jonathan. As soon as I saw him, I remembered him from my visit to Rider last semester, and he quickly recognized me as well. Last semester we had a great conversation about vegetarian eating, and Jonathan, who was then a meat eater, was excited to share that he is now a vegetarian!

“It really made my day – Vegan Outreach is changing hearts and minds, one leaflet at a time – yay!”


You can help Vegan Outreach continue to change hearts and minds, one leaflet at a time, by checking out Chris’s Team Vegan page here.

Vic Sjodin: Spring 2014

VO Senior Outreach & Strategy Coordinator, Vic Sjodin, has leafleted 77 campuses this semester, reaching more than 52,000 students!

Vic Sjodin at USC, where he, Rachel Curit, and Steven Litrov reached 3,000 students on 2/20/14.

Vic is known amongst many of his peers as one of the most effective leafleters ever, and plays a big role in advising Adopt a College activists on how to reach the most people per hour spent leafleting.

Traveling throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico since the spring of 2008, Vic has placed Vegan Outreach booklets into the hands of an astounding 720,000+ individuals!

Joseph and Brandon took booklets to share. Lindy wants to go vegan after reading Your Choice.

On 4/9/14, Vic was joined by Josh Libre and Andy MacKenzie, and together they set a new one-day record at New Mexico State, handing out more than 2,000 VO booklets:

“Great day. Right after the first class change, two students approached me within 10 seconds of each other. Joseph is a recent vegan; he took 50 booklets to show to his nutrition class. Brandon wants to help leaflet in the future, so we put him in touch with Tamara Hubbard; also put him in touch with some of the many other vegan students we met, to help start a vegan club on campus. We also met Lindy, who wants to go vegan after reading our booklet.”

New vegan Mark got a Guide and advice from Vic. TTU student Nyla now wants to go vegan.

On 4/7/14, Vic, Josh, and Andy also set a record at Texas Tech University, reaching 2,379 students with Your Choice booklets:

“Monster day! Josh was unleashed on America’s campuses for the second time. We met Mark, who went vegan a week ago; and Nyla, who wants to go vegan after reading our booklets.

“So encouraging to see so many reading and discussing in this conservative area. Fantastic day, and to hear from so many more veg folk, we are changing the world!”

If you’d like to support VO’s world-changing outreach, please visit Vic’s Team Vegan page here.

Rachel Shippee: Spring 2014

VO Outreach Coordinator Rachel Shippee has been to 93 schools this semester, handing out more than 59,000 booklets!

Rachel was the most prolific leafleter last fall, and since the spring of 2009 she has placed booklets into the hands of over 145,000 people!

Rachel at Oklahoma State, where she and Hayley Chaffin handed out 2,500 Compassionate Choices on 2/13/14.

On 1/27/14, Rachel teamed with Suzeii Sierra and Dani Leal to reach 3,400 students at the University of Texas–Pan American:

“Pan Am made for an epic day of leafleting! The take rate was amazing and the students are great. We had many great interactions, and Suzeii talked to countless people interested in joining her animals rights club on campus. It was wonderful to have Suzeii and Dani join me, they are doing great things on campus and for the animals.”

Suzeii (right) with two UTPA students interested in going veg and joining the campus AR club!

Rachel reached 700 students at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls on 3/11/14:

“My day in River Falls was positive and ended on an inspiring note. I had three girls stop by to see what I was doing, and one exclaimed that she was vegan. She was excited to see that someone was out there doing this work. She is interested in doing more for the animals and getting involved with leafleting. Her friend was vegetarian and the other was neither; we talked for a while and they all received Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating booklets, and I got a great pic!”

UWRF students: a vegan who now wants to become a leafleter, a vegetarian, and a woman who now wants to go veg!

You can show Rachel some love and help spread veganism by visiting her Team Vegan page here.

Steve Erlsten: Spring 2014

Steve Erlsten is Vegan Outreach’s Northern California Outreach Coordinator and this semester’s most prolific Adopt a College leafleter: In the past five months, he’s been to over 90 different campuses, directly handing booklets to more than 81,000 students!

Since the fall of 2008, Steve has gotten booklets into the hands of more than 263,000 individuals!

Diane Gandee Sorbi joined Steve at San Jose City College on 2/25/14, and together they handed out 1,175 booklets. Steve reports:

“Today I met Hailey [right], who was essentially vegan for three weeks while her mom was out of town, and her body loved it! She is looking forward to getting her mom to cook some vegan meats!

“I also talked to one student who wondered how much of a difference she really makes by being vegetarian, because she still buys meat for her family. I gave her a Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating to help her kick the dairy habit and a copy of A Meaningful Life to expand on our discussion about how we can multiply our impact by influencing others.”

On 3/4/14, Steve handed out 2,550 booklets at UC Merced and Merced College: “The conversation of the day was with Augustine [left], who is ready to go vegan after reading the Your Choice booklet!”


If you’d like to show your appreciation for Steve’s amazing work and support VO’s Adopt a College program, please check out his Team Vegan page here.

Vegan.com Relaunch

Vegan.com has had a major revamp and it looks great! It now has all sorts of tips and fun videos.

You can sign up for their mailing list to stay up to date on what's going on!

Matt's New Blog

We know that many of the readers of this blog were not only here for news about Vegan Outreach, but also to follow Matt Ball's writings on vegan advocacy which have influenced innumerable people to get involved in productive outreach.

You can still follow Matt as he has a new blog: A Meaningful Life, A Better World

And he also has a new book out on vegan advocacy: The Accidental Activist

Check 'em out!

Thank You Team Vegan Sponsors!

There are still a few days left to join (click here) and receive a $100 donation to your page before May 20th.

We'd like to thank our generous sponsors for donating gift certificates to the top Team Vegan fundraisers. Please think of them when you buy vegan shoes, books, bags, and any other vegan items!

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Adopt a College Update

Thank you to everyone who has signed up for Team Vegan - we have over 100 sign-ups so far!

To meet the $175,000 challenge to continue spreading vegan living we could use even more. If you've been considering joining Team Vegan, there's no better time than now!

Adopt a College leafleters have been to 792 schools and handed booklets to over 720,000 students this semester. Three leafleters are over the 50,000 mark!

Steve Erlsten has given out over 75,000 booklets from Northern California to British Columbia. Helpers have handed out another 9,000 booklets with Steve.

Rachel Shippee has given out over 55,000 booklets during her amazing spring tour of TX, OK, NE, IA, IL, MN, WI, ND, SD, MT, WA, ID, UT, WY and CO! Rachel's helpers have given out another 12,000+ booklets.

And VO's Senior Outreach & Strategy Coordinator, Vic Sjodin, has given out over 50,000 booklets at schools through Southern CA, AZ, NM, and western TX. Vic's helpers have actually doubled his numbers making Vic the organizer of giving out over 100,000 booklets this semester (so far)!

Here are a few of the many snap shots from the field (click here for hundreds more).

Rachel Shippee was ending the day at UW Stout in Menomonie, WI on March 7 and came across Cassandra (top pic). Cassandra had been vegan a week and was feeling great! She had a lot of questions about food and nutrition and was glad to have someone to talk to about them.

On March 10, Rachel Shockey (right) joined Vic Sjodin in handing out a record number of booklets at Los Angeles City College! They gave away 1,400 Your Choice and 6 Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating.  They met one student who went veg after getting a booklet in past! Lots of readers and some positive interactions.

On March 14, Berenice Weber and Ellen Ericksen (left) handed out 500 Compassionate Choices at Balboa Park in San Diego.

These are only four of the hundreds of people spreading vegan living to the masses - planting the seeds for a world that will be much more compassionate towards animals in the years to come.

Thank you all for your hard work!

Help Raise $350,000 for Vegan Outreach: Team Vegan 2014!

We have an unprecedented opportunity to continue to expand Vegan Outreach’s work - a number of generous donors have pledged to match up to $175,000 in donations for Team Vegan 2014! This is the largest matching challenge that’s ever been pledged to Team Vegan and gives us the chance to raise a full $350,000 for spreading veganism!

Team Vegan is our annual spring fundraiser in which VO supporters sign up to raise money to help us bring veganism to the mainstream.

Although many Team Vegan members do a run or cycling event, you don’t have to do an athletic event to take part. Your Team Vegan activity can be anything – or nothing. You can be an official team member by merely asking your friends and family to donate to your page to support a charity you care about.

By joining Team Vegan, you can create the change you want to see in the world - you can help us grow.

Anyone who raises $500 gets a free Team Vegan 2014 running jersey!

And this just in: A generous supporter has pledged to donate $100 to every team member's page who has registered and has a profile pic up by May 20th!

Click here to become a member of Team Vegan!

Thank you!

Three Stories

Leslie Patterson: "Despite snow, wind and icy slush that sent a couple students sprawling, Brian Pietrzycki, Elizabeth, Diana and I handed out 1100 Vegan Outreach leaflets at Columbia College Chicago yesterday in a little over 5 hours. Take that Chiberia!"

Victor Sjodin: "Lots of love to Elizabeth Freeman. Went vegan after we met and she got a booklet from me in Dayton, Ohio. We stayed in touch and today while on spring break she joined us to leaflet others! What a beautiful person! We also reached 4,379 Santa Barbara students today."

And from Yuri Mitzkewich: "Leafleting Miami-Dade College students today, someone calls out the 5-0 on me for a complaint of 'harassment.' Officer responding finds the Vegan Outreach literature so compelling he not only takes a Compassionate Choices leaflet and Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating - but 10 more extra CCs to give to fellow officers at the precinct! Lol! So thank you anonymous do-gooder - the whole MDPD sub-station got vegucated today thanks to your helpful assistance!"

One to Offset the Other

Ginny posts this farm happy to promote how they treat their hens. Wonder if the farmers who are so proud of this would like to be reincarnated as one of their birds. Yeeesh.

To wash the taste of that out of your mouth, Kelly sends this funny bit from last year: 19 Signs You’ve Been Vegan Too Long. 17 and 18 are hilarious!