Subject: Marin VEG October Newsletter

From: Patti Breitman <eatplants@gmail.com>

Date: 2023-10-01, 10:36 AM

To: undisclosed-recipients: ;

Marin VEG Newsletter
October 2023

It's soup weather! Even though some warm days are still ahead, I've been wearing sweaters and a rain jacket and enjoying the colder temperatures.  I hope you stay well as the nights grow longer.  May you find more treats than tricks this October.

Saturday, October 28, 4 PM
Chopped With a Vegan Twist: Dessert Edition
Free, On Line Event
Watch as three vegan chefs prepare desserts from mystery basket ingredients, and learn about vegan foods, food justice and other food related issues. The event is from 4 to 5 PM Pacific Time on Saturday, October 28 and is sponsored by The Food Empowerment Project. Learn more and register to attend at https://foodispower.org/chopped-vegan/

Cruelty Free Chocolate
If you are offering chocolate for Halloween, be sure to check out The Food Empowerment's Chocolate App to ensure that the chocolate is cruelty free.  Not all vegan chocolate is.   Find the app at https://foodispower.org/chocolate/

Taco Bell Offering Vegan Nacho Fries
Starting October 12, all Taco Bell locations in the United States will offer a vegan cheese dipping sauce with their seasoned fries.  Here's the story:
https://vegnews.com/2023/9/vegan-nacho-cheese-taco-bell

Ginny Messina on Vegans, Meat Fads, and Pseudoscience
As usual, The Vegan RD, Ginny Messina, is wise and precise.  I enjoyed this short essay about vegans and danger of exaggerating our arguments for going vegan. Here is a short excerpt: "This is the great thing about veganism: It rises above all the silly purist dietary arguments. . . . Veganism looks at food choices through a lens of respect, justice, and compassion."   Read the whole piece here:  https://www.theveganrd.com/2023/09/carnivore-diets-vegan-diets-and-pseudoscience/

Powerful Poem
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition has changed its name to New Roots Institute. A number of high school and college students who work with this terrific organization have written and recorded a short, empowering poem.  I hope you are as moved by it as I was.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEtKodwK8hY


 PCRM Study Shows Financial Benefit in Low Fat, Vegan Diet
A new study from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine shows a cost savings of up to $500 a year when switching to a low fat, plant based diet. The article was published in JAMA Network Open, an international,open access, peer reviewed medical journal.  https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230905/Low-fat-vegan-diet-can-lead-to-a-savings-of-more-than-24500-a-year.aspx

Biotech Chicken Company Accused of Lying
Michele Simon writes about the dubious claims of Upside Foods and their biotech chicken.  Here is her article in Substack:  https://breakthesilence.substack.com/p/is-upside-foods-lying-about-its-biotech?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2  And here is an article in Wired about the same allegations: https://www.wired.com/story/upside-foods-lab-grown-chicken/



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