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9
Feb 10

I’m Clucky To Have You!

During the month of February, Sticky Fingers Bakery will be selling “I’m Clucky to Have You” Valentine’s cards, which you can personalize with a note to your sweetie. The cards will be added to a heart-shaped window display inside Sticky Fingers.

The back of card includes a special note of compassion for passersby outside the restaurant to read—and 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these cards will benefit COK’s work on behalf of farmed animals. Each card is just $1.

What better way to show your loved ones—and the animals—how much you care? And while you’re at Sticky Fingers Bakery filling out your “I’m Clucky to Have You” card, be sure to indulge in some deliciousnous, and don’t forget to bring some home to sweets for your sweetie!

Animals / COK / DC Vegan Drinks / Events / Food — 21 Comments
3
Feb 10

DC Meat Free Week

On Monday, word of Meat Week reached a few of DC’s vegetarians and vegans. Given the proven links between meat and high cholesterol, heart attacks, cancer and even…ahem, poor sexual performance, we became very concerned for the health of our beloved District.

Photo by Gracy Obuchowicz houndstoothphotography.com

We decided the only solution was to immediately offer Washingtonians the chance to experience amazing greens from some of DC’s most exciting restaurants during a Meat-Free Week.

The schedule is an impressive one! The restaurants participating in DC’s inaugural Meat-Free Week include RAMMY Award Winners, America’s first certified organic restaurant, the 2009 OpenTable.com Diner’s Choice Winner, and Washington City Paper’s 2009 Best Bakery and Best Vegan Restaurant. One restaurant boasts 32 secret doors. The First Lady has dined at two of the restaurants on the list, and the President even joined her at one.

Two of the restaurants are debuting new vegan menus, and one is offering discounted rates off their regular prices. Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary President and Co-founder, will be attending dinner one night. And two of the events are fundraisers, including one with all profits donated to Haitian relief.

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26
Jan 10

Tears, Shopping, & Morning Meals

Sarah is a new writer to the site, chronicling her experiences as she explores becoming a vegan.

I have spent much of my time over the past week reading. And watching. And listening. People have been incredibly supportive and have shared so many terrific ideas and resources. At times I have felt uplifted, excited about the changes I am making — and many times, frankly, I have just wanted to cry. I had thought about animal rights before this past week, but, apparently, I had not REALLY thought about them.

I was expecting it to take quite some time for my perspective to change. I was expecting to look at chicken and shrimp and even hamburgers — and want to eat them. I was expecting to want to eat pizza and ice cream and goat cheese. I knew that I wanted to be a vegan, but I was expecting it to be difficult, mentally. Instead, my mind has already started to focus on what I will be eating as a vegan, rather than what I am not eating. Cravings might come later, and I am still a work in progress, but I was surprised that I am more ready than I expected to be.

From a practical standpoint, buying food is now a different experience. In the past, shopping was simple: I knew what I needed and where it was in my preferred markets. But now I am not as familiar with my ingredients and options, so instead of trying to cover everything for a week in one big trip, I am going to the market with much more frequency.

Recipes and articles about vegan cooking are inspiring to me, so I now shop with a couple of specific items in mind (eg, ingredients for vegan quesadillas), and then I wander through the aisles. I look at items that I may not have purchased in the past, just letting myself be open to new foods and flavors. By taking the potential stress or pressure out of the situation, I have been able to enjoy it.

The challenge of the week has been breakfast. I do not want my usual (in the past) breakfast of Special K with skim milk, but I do not want to eat oatmeal every day, either. I love breakfast, and brunch is my favorite meal. I need to come up with some great morning ideas — or those cravings really might happen.

Animals / Events / Food / News — 2 Comments
24
Jan 10

DC Vegan Bake Sale Success!

I want to first thank all the bakers and volunteers for all their hard work and help you make this bake sale a huge success. Despite the rainy cold weather we raised $400 for Food For Life, who is providing Vegan food for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. If you were not able to make it out and you want to donate you can donate online here. DC Vegan Bake Sale number two will be February 6th in Falls Church, you can visit the official DC Vegan Bake Sale page for more information. Hope to see you there and thanks again everyone!

Animals / Food / Holiday — 7 Comments
1
Jan 10

Create a positive change

Want to help animals in 2010 but don’t know where to start? Of all the choices that you make each day, what you put on your plate is one of the most consequential. Mostly, for the 10 billion animals that are raised for meat, eggs and dairy products. Creating positive change is much easier than you think. Here are five ways you can effortlessly help animals in 2010:

From Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary

1. Go vegan. Abstaining from all animal products is the number one thing you can do to help animals. If you truly care about the welfare of animals, you wouldn’t consume them. For a comprehensive guide of veg-friendly dining in the DC area, check out VegDC.com .

2. Educate others. If other people don’t know about the horrors of factory farming, then choosing compassion at the dinner table probably isn’t on their mind. Distributing literature is one of the best ways to educate people. Spend just 30 minutes each week handing out pro-vegetarian literature on your college campus or at your local Metro station and the animals will thank you.

3. Volunteer at a local shelter. There are tons of shelters in the DC area that could always use extra help, including the Washington Humane Society and Washington Animal Rescue League . Volunteering at an animal sanctuary is another fun way to help animals (Bonus: You can spend time with them).

4. Host a vegan dinner. Break down those misconceptions about vegans and prove that a cruelty free lifestyle is just a delicious. VegWeb is one of my favorite sites to use for recipes.

5. Be patient with others (Not the easiest, I know). Unless you were born a vegan or a vegetarian, you were once a carnivore too. Don’t get mad at those who still are. Stay positive. They will change by choice not by force.

Have more ways to help animals? Leave a comment below. By working together we can create a world that is kind to all living beings.

Animals / News — 6 Comments
1
Jan 10

Save Gwendolyn!!!

When I hear about someone buying a pot-bellied pig nowadays, I roll my eyes and get that very annoyed feeling at the ignorance of an adult who looks at something cute, tiny, and cuddly and doesn’t have the frame of mind to recognize that one day very soon, it will become a seventy-five pound hulking creature. And then they won’t want it anymore.

Gwendolyn already is that adult pig. She has been living in her home for twenty years now and all of the sudden, in what is most likely the last year of Gwendolyn’s life, PG County wants to take her away from her loving family on a stupid technicality. Pat Brown, her guardian, is a responsible, dedicated guardian who isn’t going down without a fight.

Please visit Gwendolyn’s Facebook page and pass it on to everyone you know. Hopefully, we can support Pat Brown enough so that she is allowed to keep her beloved family member in the last years of its life!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=nf&gid=239206895328

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2
Dec 09

December DC Vegan Fundraiser for COK

dcvegan4cokLast month DC Vegan and DC Vegan Drinks raised over $500 for FARM. For the month of December we will be doing the same thing for Compassion Over Killing.

COK is a nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Working to end animal abuse since 1995, COK focuses on cruelty to animals in agriculture and promotes vegetarian eating as a way to build a kinder world for all of us, both human and nonhuman.

COK continues to do great work for animals and promoting a vegetarian lifestyle. With your help they can continue this work. Our goal is to raise $1000, to donate CLICK HERE, all proceeds go directly to COK.

COK has some great events this month as well:

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17
Nov 09

Still need a vegan coat?

From Alternative Outfitters, $67.00

From Alternative Outfitters, $67.00

Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without.
-Rue McClanahan

Out of many challenges, finding a warm but stylish cruelty free coat is more difficult. Not any longer, ladies. Head over to Fashion is my Girlfriend and check out the latest post, Wear Your Heart On Your Coat Sleve, dedicated to nothing but vegan coats. Us tree huggers sure do know how to look good. Enjoy!

Animals / Not DC / Video — No Comments
13
Nov 09

“Bones” does Animal Rights!

The latest episode of “Bones” is all about Animal Rights. The episode is titled “The Though Man in the Tender Chicken” and is about the murder of a chicken farmer. The episode displays images of factory farm chickens and debeaking of baby chicks, but only very briefly. It’s great to see this on network TV, I am sure Bones aka Emily Deschanel, had some influence on this episode being a Vegan and Animal Rights activist herself.

You can watch the full episode below or on Hulu.

Animals / Food / Holiday — 4 Comments
12
Nov 09

Share Your Vegan Thanksgiving With Us

pig feedingIf this is your first or 30th Vegan Thanksgiving we would love to here how you are going to celebrate. Do you get together with a bunch of Veg friends or do you have to make your own meal to take to a relatives? If your experienced at it maybe you can supply some helpful tips for the newbies or your favorite recipe. Maybe you just have a great story to share!

We will pick on person from all that comment and they will receive a DC Vegan t-shirt.

So start typing! (comments will close the monday the 23rd so you can even tell us about this Thanksgiving)

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