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Sep 10

DC VegFest!

The DC VegFest is almost here! If you enjoyed last year’s event, then this year’s festivities are your perfect opportunity to eat, drink, research, and even volunteer!

COK and VSDC have organized a great line-up of speakers and presenters: Robert Cheeke, Colman McCarthy, Tracye McQuirter, MacKenzie Green (Miss DC), Dr. Milton Mills, Chef Lauren Von der Pool, Chef Tal Ronnen, Wendy Rieger

From the VegFest mailer:
“We’ll celebrate the enormous benefits of a vegetarian diet and lifestyle so join us once again at 12 noon and plan to spend the afternoon with friends, old and new. Invite your other friends and bring your family too! We will feature creative food preparation demos (with food sampling!), insightful speakers, tantalizing food vendors, visionary exhibitors, and fun activities. All food and items for sale will be vegan, and we’ll also be keeping ecological responsibility in mind. Many non-profit groups will have tables with information about their activities and educational materials as well as responsible commercial vendors with wonderful products and services.”

Rain date: September 12.
For more information, see the DC VegFest website, www.dcvegfest.com

WHERE: The George Washington University Yard at 2000 blk H St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20052

WHEN: Saturday, September 11, 2010
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

ORGANIZED BY: Compassion Over Killing and the Vegetarian Society of D.C., along with the GW University Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

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Aug 10

Check out the NEW DC Vegan Classifieds

I am currently working on a new DC Vegan site, DC Vegan Classifieds. A Vegan classified ad site for DC!

You could say the site is still in Beta, but it is fully functional. I am still working on ad categories and some design work. I need some people to post ads so I can see if there are any bugs. It would be greatly appreciated if I could get some DC Vegan readers to post some ads, real ads only please. If you run into a bug or have a suggestion let me know. Email me at tim@dcvegan.com

Thanks!

Tim

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Aug 10

August 4: Live Green’s “First Wednesday Of The Month” Happy Hour at Cafe Green

Come hang out with Live Green at their monthly happy hour. Try some awesome half-priced appetizers, and meet great, eco-minded people.

In addition to Specials and discounts for Live Green Members, Cafe Green will be launching its new alcoholic beverage offerings tonight, with vegan and organic and/or local beer, wine, and creative cocktails.

When: Wednesday August 4 from 5-7pm
Where: Cafe Green: 1513 17th Street NW Washington, DC
Metro: Dupont Circle metro (red line)

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Jul 10

RIP ESSELSTYN, Author of New York Times bestseller “The Engine 2 Diet”

WHAT: Free event. Rip is the author of the New York Times Bestseller “The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas firefighter’s 28-day Save Your Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds.”

Sponsored by Whole Foods, the event includes prizes, a delicious sample, followed by Q&A, and a book signing.

WHEN: Wednesday July 28th, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

WHERE: Greenberg Theatre at American University, 4200 Wisconsin Avenue at the corner of Van Ness Street, just a short distance from AU’s main campus. http://www.american.edu/cas/greenberg/visiting/

METRO: Tenleytown/AU Metrorail Red Line stop. From the Tenleytown/AU Metrorail red line stop, take the west exit for Wisconsin Ave (next to Best Buy) and walk south/downtown two blocks to the theatre.

REGISTER: Registration is required. To register, email Melanie Sipple at melanie.sipple@wholefoods.com. There may be just a few spaces left.

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Jun 10

Miriam’s Kitchen Responds to City Council Resolution with Meat-Free Day

In response to the DC City Council’s passage of a ceremonial resolution urging Washingtonians to eschew animal products once a week, Miriam’s Kitchen has adopted a meat-free Friday program. Miriam’s Kitchen, which provides healthy homemade meal services to DC’s homeless men and women, chose Friday (in lieu of Monday) because of their donation schedule.

Support for Miriam’s new meat-free initiative has been overwhelming, with donations of tofu, tempeh and other vegan products rolling in from Whole Foods Market P Street, Whole Foods Market Georgetown, Nasoya, Turtle Island Foods, Gardein Garden Protein, Lightlife Foods and others.

This Friday, employees of the Physician’s Commitee for Responsible Medicine and Compassion Over Killing are volunteering their time to cook and serve the first of many Meat-Free Friday meals at Miriam’s Kitchen.

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Jun 10

This Weekend’s Events

Leafleting Marathon with Compassion Over Killing
Love leafleting? So do we—which is why we’re hosting a Leafleting Marathon on Sat., June 26! What better way to spend your Saturday afternoon than joining us to leaflet our way up DC, stopping at Pentagon City Metro station, Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro station, and Columbia Heights Metro station for 30 minutes each. After our last stop, we’ll be heading over to Sticky Fingers Bakery for some well-deserved dinner. Plus, you’ll receive a free COK t-shirt for participating in this event!

Pentagon City Metro station is the first stop, and we’ll be meeting there at 3:30 p.m. to load up on literature & pick up shirts. If you can’t make it to the first stop but still want to help, please let us know!

WHERE: Meeting at 1250 South Hayes St. in Arlington, VA (in front of the Metro entrance)
METRO: Pentagon City Metro station on the yellow and blue lines
WHEN: Sat., June 26 at 3:30 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458

Great Sage Benefit for the Humane Society of the United States
Please join Great Sage on Sunday, June 27th anytime between the hours of 10am-9pm as we host a benefit for the Humane Society of the United States. Great Sage will be donating 10% of the entire day’s sales to this life-saving organization which works to reduce suffering and create lasting social change for animals worldwide. Help us to support the HSUS by coming in for a delicious brunch, lunch or dinner!

To learn more about the Humane Society and its current campaigns, visit:http://www.humanesociety.org For more info on the benefit call Great Sage at 443.535.9400 or to view our menu visit: http://greatsage.com

Meatless Monday at Bread and Brew
Come out and support Meatless Monday at Bread and Brew. http://dcbreadandbrew.com

Did we miss something? Leave a comment below!

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Jun 10

Happy Fathers Day!

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Jun 10

Vegan Condoms Spreading Love Worldwide

For those of you that are into cruelty-free safe sex there is a new Vegan condom coming to a eco-friendly store shelf near you. Vegan condom you say??? Yup!, for those of you that may not know most latex condoms contain casein which is a milk protein, so that would mean that they are NOT Vegan. Sir-Richards…you could say is the most ethical condom on the planet, besides being cruelty-free, for every condom bought, Sir-Richards will donate one condom to a country in need..such as Haiti, Uganda, and Thailand. Sir-Richards as also given out free condoms to help fight climate change. Sir Richard’s is aiming to make condom buying more of a fashionable experience in the US, where the majority of people are sill embarrassed to buy them. Sir-Richards Condoms should be available sometime in October.

For more information visit their website Sir-Richards and check them out on Facebook

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Jun 10

Get your Veggie Dog!

So apparently there are a few street vendors downtown selling Tofurky Veggie Dogs. I rarely if ever eat from one of the carts, I am not saying they are bad, just not my thing. But if you are looking for a quick and CHEAP (only a dollar, is that right?) bite and your near one go check it out and let them know your happy to see them have a Vegan option and they should think about getting more items.

Info curiosity of PETA!

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Jun 10

DC Healthy Schools Act passes unanimously

The decision made by the District of Columbia City Council to unanimously approve the DC Healthy School Meals Act on June 2nd is receiving applauds from Farm Sanctuary. The law will establish local nutritional standards for schools meals, as well as make plant-based meals and dairy-free beverages more readily available at schools in the DC area.

“By passing this law, the D.C. City Council has taken a significant stand for the health of the capital’s students,” notes Dr. Allan Kornberg, executive director of Farm Sanctuary. “As a pediatrician with more than 25 years of experience, I have seen first-hand the extraordinarily harmful effects of unhealthy diets on children. Providing nutritious, cruelty-free food to students is a basic yet incredibly vital way to immediately improve the lives of our nation’s youth.”

Farm Sanctuary has launched a national campaign to mass the federal Healthy Schools Meals Act. Serving as an amendment to the Child Nutrition Act, the new legislation would offer financial incentives to schools throughout the country that offer students plant-based food and non-dairy beverage options. H.R. 4870 would also rescind a current requirement that only requires children to receive dairy-free alternatives after providing a note from the doctor.

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