October 2024
Marin VEG Newsletter

A silly joke for Halloween: Why do ghosts like health food stores?  Because so much there is super natural.  Sorry.  I know it's a groaner.
May October bring you many opportunities to guffaw.

Saturday, October 19
Donate-A-Thon for Food Empowerment Project
Free, On Line 10 AM - Noon
Music, art, listening and learning will entertain and delight you during these two hours on line to benefit the Food Empowerment Project.  Drop in for part or all of this unusual and fun format for raising awareness and raising funds.  This unique and effective not for profit works for compassionate food choices, farm worker rights, and vegan food justice.  The event is free and designed to motivate participants to give generously. Learn more about what's on the program and register to attend at https://foodispower.org/donate-a-thon/#:~:text=Home%3E,the%20families%20of%20the%20F.E.P.


Millennium Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary
Congratulations to Eric Tucker and Alison Bagby on the 30th anniversary of Millennium restaurant.  Begun in San Francisco when Ann and Larry Wheat were co-owners, this spectacular vegan restaurant is still thriving and still delighting diners with creative, delicious, filling dinners, now in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland.  I visited Millennium a few months ago having not been there in years.  It was every bit as wonderful as I remembered (though I still pine for the Chocolate Almond Midnight dessert, a recipe for which is included in their cookbook, but which is no longer on the menu).
Millennium Celebrates 30 Years of Vegan Innovation in the Bay Area | citybiz


Vegan Uggs Now Available
Not advertised as such, Uggs now offers vegan varieties through its Collina Strada line.
https://vegconomist.com/fashion-design-and-beauty/shoes/ugg-vegan-boots-collina-strada/
You won't look like you're wearing traditional Uggs, but you will stand out in these wild and colorful designs.


San Francisco Ranks 7th Among
Country's Best Cities for Veg-Friendly Living
There are 99 cities more affordable than  San Francisco, but none more diverse and accessible among the top cities for vegan living.
See where the most restaurants and best vegan living are to be found in the United States.https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-vegans-vegetarians/39706

Halloween Chocolate
Even if chocolate is dairy free, it may not be cruelty free. The Food Empowerment Project does meticulous research to determine whether slave labor or child labor is an ingredient in countless brands of chocolate.  Before buying chocolate candy for Halloween - or any time - read this page from FEP and refer to its chocolate list when considering your purchase. Vegan implies nonharming; not  just for cows, but for farm workers as well.
https://foodispower.org/chocolate/


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