With 2011 coming to a close, I thought I’d spruce up the site a bit. Let me know what you think of the new design!
In other year-end news: It sure feels nice reading Nick Pendergrast’s 2011: What a Year for Veganism! over at One Green Planet. It really feels like folks care more about animals now than they ever have before. What changes have happened in your life and your community?
I just found this 2010 article about local veg options, by Alexandra Evans: Vegetarian Heaven. Good stuff!
Anyone have any other ideas? Click here to see our listing of local vegan food, and let us know if you can think of any other places / vendors who should get a shout out!
This year you can watch Farm Sanctuary’s Annual Feeding of Turkeys Ceremony LIVE video stream Sun. Nov. 20 2:30 pm EST, at farmsanctuary.org.
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And here’s some info about how to plan and cook up a gentle Thanksgiving. Hope you all have a peaceful and happy holiday!
Our newest addition to the Vegan Ithaca directory is my friend and fellow vegan Joanie! She makes amazing organic vegan soaps, scrubs, balms, bath salts, and other body care products. Folks outside of Ithaca can buy Blue Moon Botanicals soaps online at Etsy… but to get the other stuff you have to come to Ithaca!
Here’s more about Joanie’s business, from her Etsy profile:
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Looking for a place to have a nice vegan meal now that our beloved Food for the Planet is gone? Check out The Underground Bistro:
This Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17, The Underground Bistro is hosting our first event.
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Freedom and compassion, two of America’s founding values, are habitually supplanted by exploitation and quick profit in the country’s treatment of its farmed animals. On Monday, July 4, at its annual Fourth of July Pignic, Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, will celebrate a nation’s nobler principles and demonstrate how their extension to farmed animals— the largest group of abused animals on Earth— is in keeping with the true spirit of America.
This free, festive event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the organization’s bicoastal sanctuaries for abused and neglected farm animals, located at 3100 Aikens Road in Watkins Glen, New York, and at 19080 Newville Road in Orland, California. Offering guided tours, plenty of one-on-one time with hundreds of lovable pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, and other farm animals, and veggie hot dogs, the Fourth of July Pignic is an irresistible day of summer fun the entire family will enjoy.
“The way animals are treated on factory farms is out of line with American values,” says Gene Baur, president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary. “Farm animals are every bit as interesting and full of feeling as dogs and cats, yet on factory farms they are treated like inanimate machinery and denied the most basic freedoms we hold dear. As Mahatma Gandhi famously said, ‘the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.’ We invite everyone to come celebrate America’s birthday in a way that truly reflects the greatness of our nation.”
This year’s event promises to be even more celebratory than in years past, as it marks the midpoint of an important milestone for Farm Sanctuary: the organization’s 25th anniversary year. More information and directions can be found by visiting farmsanctuary.org or calling 607-583-2225 ext. 221.
