04.03.07
The Great American Meatout
FARM staff and volunteers feed the Congressional members and staff a free vegan lunch on Meatout. I don’t know how the camera person got a picture of me without a smile! The event was very fun and up-beat.
The Great American Meatout is celebrated on the first day of Spring (March 20). The first day of Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal. What better way to celebrate life than becoming vegetarian for a day? This is the goal of Meatout; to have people try vegetarianism.
Modelled after the Great American Smokeout, Meatout is a great time for people to learn about how eating animals harms one’s health, hurts animals, and destroys the environment. A new United Nations report found that animal agriculture is responsible for creating more harmful greenhouse gasses than the entire transportation sector — yikes!
This year, I volunteered with FARM to help them with their Congressional Feed-In where we provided nearly 250 Congressional staff members with delicious (I know, because I tried them :-)) free vegan meals.
Although the Great American Meatout is officially on the first day of Spring, if you missed it, you can make it up anytime — how about tomorrow? 
Check out TryVeg.org for information on trying a vegetarian diet. Happy Meatout! Read the rest of this entry »