April 2026
Marin VEG

How will you be an April fool this year? I will tell silly jokes.
Here is a riddle: What did the sick foot say to the healthy foot?..........I need a pedicure.
I hope you will savor the green trees, singing birds, and exuberant flowers that April brings.  And enjoy hearing and telling silly jokes.


Cancer Study Unpacked
Last month I told you about a study that showed a vegan diet to be protective for most cancers, but not colon cancer. Now we have explanations from two respected registered dieticians. Ginny Messina, The Vegan RD, offers this reader-friendly interpretation of the study: https://www.theveganrd.com/2026/03/vegan-diets-and-colon-cancer-the-role-of-calcium/ 
And Jack Norris of Vegan Outreach  offers these three more scientific analyses:  https://veganhealth.org/cancer-meta-analysis/
 and https://veganhealth.org/long-chain-omega-3s-and-colorectal-cancer  and https://veganhealth.org/chronic-disease-and-vegetarian-diets/cancer-rates-of-vegetarians/
 

Humane Myth Conference Now Available on Line
If you missed the terrific Humane Myth Conference last month, you can watch it now at Narratives of Truth and Liberation with Lia Wilbourn, Humane Hoax Online Conference - YouTube 


Tick Bite Makes Victims Severely Allergic to Meat and Dairy
I wrote about this a few months back, but this article explains more and reports how the allergy can be fatal  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/nyregion/alpha-gal-meat-allergy-deaths.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.s6P0.pDblUSSPaUde&smid=nytcore-ios-share


Congratulations to PCRM
The incomparable Physicians for Responsible Medicine is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their Food For Life program. This is a nation-wide (international, actually) plant-based nutrition and cooking class program that changes lives.  More than 450 instructors and institutions teach thousands of classes a year to tens of thousand  participants.  PCRM was also instrumental in stopping the use of animals in medical schools and laboratories throughout the country and in passing laws to require alternatives to cow's milk in schools without requiring a doctor's note. Get to know this powerful organization.  As a supporter I receive their magazine Good Medicine four times a year.  Knowing about their work makes me smile. PCRM.org


lauren ornelas Stepping Down from Leadership at Food Empowerment Project
Another one of my favorite not for profits is the Food Empowerment Project.  The organization promotes vegan living, farm worker rights, food justice, animal rights and human rights.  Its brilliant and compassionate founder and leader is leaving the organization in September.  Here is her announcement.  I look forward to seeing whatever lauren does next.
An Important Message from F.E.P.'s Founder


Men and Meat
This year marks 35 years since The Sexual Politics of Meat was first published.  If you have not read it, I hope you will.  The author, Carol J. Adams is brilliant and insightful.  Her publisher, Bloomsbury, hosted an online talk with Carol in March, and I'm waiting for a link to the recording so I can share it.  Meanwhile, The Huffington Post published an interesting piece that touches on a small fraction of the points Adams makes in her seminal book.  You may have to sign in to The Huffington Post to read this, but it's free (with annoying ads popping up urging you to subscribe).  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/men-meat-connection_l_69b826a3e4b0e8cdfdd3505d

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