April 2025
Marin VEG


If you celebrate holidays in April, enjoy them fully! If you notice the flowers blooming or the trees turning green, savor them! 
Here's to April joy and foolery.
Two April Fools riddles:
What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?......Squash!
What's small, red and whispers?......A hoarse radish



Sunday,  April 6
Last Day for Discount Tickets to
Five Decades, One Mission
Saturday, August 2
Washington, D.C. or at home by video
On Saturday, August 2 there will be a daylong celebration and a gala dinner banquet celebrating 50 years of the Animal Rights Movement in the U.S. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  If you want to plan a vacation to our nation's capital this summer,  August 2  would be the time to do it. And if you are not traveling, remote access to the video recorded talks is available, too.   See the star-studded list of presenters and learn about the birth of the Animal Rights Movement at https://fivedecades.org/ 
You can register for just the talks, just the banquet and evening program, or both. And if you can't get to Washington, you can sign up for the remote access talks. After April 6 prices go up.

Wednesday, April 9
1:00 on Zoom
Plant Based City Food Policy
Join the Center for Biological Diversity for an informative and inspiring webinar on how to bring vegan food policies to city governments.
Read more about it and register (free) at  https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/K6uW_skDJEaD0S4SgTnaxw2

Tuesday, April 22
Earth Day
Every day is Earth Day when you make conscious food and other consumption choices.  But if you want to take additional action to educate, advocate or mobilize for our planet, visit earthday.org for suggestions.

Sunday,  April 27
Animal Run and Vegan Pancakes
to Benefit Rancho Compasion
The 9th Annual Animal Run has designated Rancho Compasion as the beneficiary of its morning run/walk in Richmond on Sunday, April 27.  You can run a 5K, 10k,  or a 5 or 10 K Canicross (run with a dog), or walk a flat 2 miles.  Learn more and sign up at  https://raceroster.com/events/2025/93427/2025-animal-run-5k-10k-canicross-2-mile-walk


My Kind of Movie Reviewer
Have you ever noticed when people in movies eat meat, drink cows' milk or casually accept hunting, wear leather or fur or otherwise reflect common, cruel habits? I was thrilled  to read about a movie reviewer whose entire focus is on how vegan friendly - or how repulsive to  a vegan - any movie is.  Thanks to the New York Times for publishing this profile.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/movies/vegan-alert-letterboxd-allison-mcculloch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E4.Bv1j.jH_IzJRmEJ4y&smid=url-share


Lawsuit Challenges Agreement for
Cows to Leave Pt. Reyes
Is anyone surprised? Ranchers filed suit to challenge the agreement between environmental groups and dairy farmers that would have most ranches leaving the national seashore.  I am saddened, but not surprised that the cow industry is fighting back after the agreement was reached.  The animals, the water and the land do not take priority when there is money to be made. Call me a cynic.  But I am a cynic who hates to see degradation and cruelty on national parkland.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/04/marin-ranchers-sue-us-over-point-reyes-land-deal/

Peets Coffee Ends Upcharge for Nondairy Milk
Thanks to a campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Paul McCartney, Peets coffee agreed to stop charging extra for nondairy milk. Think of Sir Paul and Peta when you order your next latte at Peets.
https://www.peta.org/blog/peets-coffee-vegan-milk/?utm_source=peta::e-mail&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=0325::veg::peta::e-mail::372675::canceled-protest-against-peets-vegan-milk-upcharge::::demo-em::rs2


Rebuttal to Praise for Regenerative Beef
This excellent, well balanced article tells the whole story about the trendy argument for so called Regenerative Beef.  I am impressed with the good work of the Center for Biological Diversity who published it.
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/pdfs/the-problem-with-regenerative-beef-factsheet.pdf?emci=51f8f0b1-ccfd-ef11-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=f3abb5c9-a501-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=2246221


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