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Nov 6, 2009

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If you’ve ever had the great privilege of meeting a turkey, then you know these sweet, intelligent birds deserve to be the LIFE of any Thanksgiving gathering. Yet sadly, more than 46 million turkeys will have their beaks and toes painfully amputated this year so that they can be packed by the thousands into dark, filthy warehouses on factory farms. That’s why Farm Sanctuary is proud to announce our coast-to-coast Celebrations FOR the Turkeys!

Highlights of the Celebrations include:

* NYC Celebration – Hip-hop mogul and Def Jam Founder RUSSELL SIMMONS will host a sumptuous vegan gourmet brunch at New York City’s landmark Tavern on the Green, featuring a special reading by JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER (Everything Is Illuminated) from his red-hot new book “Eating Animals.”

* Glen, NY Celebration – In addition to a vegan feast and the wildly popular “Feeding of the Turkeys” ceremony, guests will enjoy special presentations from distinguished animal rights philosopher TOM REGAN, recently named “One of Fifty Visionaries Who are Changing Your Life” by Utne Reader magazine, and Farm Sanctuary Executive Director DR. ALLAN KORNBERG.

* Orland, CA Celebration – Actress/advocate DANIELA SEA from “The L Word” will host a compassionate Thanksgiving celebration replete with a candlelit gourmet vegan dinner, a “Feeding of the Turkeys” ceremony and a performance by punk rock pioneer JONATHAN RICHMAN.

Folks travel from far and wide to attend these festive, compassionate Thanksgiving celebrations. I hope you can help us spread the word! Please scroll down for calendar listings for all three events, depending on where you live.

As always, thanks so much for your support!

For the turkeys,

Meredith

 

 

Compassionate Celebration FOR the Turkeys Hosted by Russell Simmons at New York City’s Landmark Tavern on the Green

Guests Invited to Celebrate a Cruelty-Free, Gourmet Vegan Thanksgiving Brunch with Farm Sanctuary, Russell Simmons and Jonathan Safran Foer

 

 

 

NEW YORK, NY – October 30, 2009 – Join Farm Sanctuary, special host hip-hop mogul and founder of Def Jam RUSSELL SIMMONS and JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, author of "Everything is Illuminated" and "Eating Animals," for a compassionate Thanksgiving celebration replete with sumptuous holiday fare, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the sanctuary’s rescued animals. Guests will enjoy an intimate, family-style vegan Thanksgiving brunch in the enchanting “Crystal Room” at New York City’s landmark Tavern on the Green in Central Park, featuring a decadent cruelty-free menu designed by the critically-acclaimed chefs at renowned vegan restaurant Candle 79, in a first-ever all-vegan collaboration with the chefs at Tavern on the Green.

A special reading by Jonathan Safran Foer from his new book “Eating Animals; inspirational presentations by Farm Sanctuary’s President and Co-founder Gene Baur, Executive Director Dr. Allan Kornberg and National Shelter Director Susie Coston; a festive reception featuring spiced cider, hot cocoa, holiday nog and a holiday dessert bar from the area’s favorite vegan pastry chefs; as well as a silent auction to benefit the animals and provide for all your holiday shopping needs round out what is sure to become the celebration of the year for the compassionate-minded set.

WHAT: Celebration FOR the Turkeys

WHEN: Sunday, November 22, 2009: Noon – 5 p.m.

WHERE: Tavern on the Green, Central Park at West 67th Street

COST: $150 per person

ATTIRE:  Festive holiday

RESERVATIONS: Reservations can be made online at adoptaturkey.org or by calling 607-583-2225 ext. 221. Space is limited, so reserve now. The deadline is November 13. We regret that we may be unable to accommodate reservations received after the deadline. Confirmation and directions will be sent to all registrants.

The Adopt-A-Turkey Project seeks to end the suffering of commercially-raised turkeys by offering a compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving. Since 1986, Farm Sanctuary has rescued more than 1,000 turkeys, placed hundreds into loving homes through our annual Turkey Express adoption event, educated millions of people about their plight, and provided resources for a cruelty-free holiday. 

Farm Sanctuary is the nation's leading farm animal protection organization. Since incorporating in 1986, Farm Sanctuary has worked to expose and stop cruel practices of the "food animal" industry through research and investigations, legal and institutional reforms, public awareness projects, youth education, and direct rescue and refuge efforts. Farm Sanctuary shelters in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and Orland, Calif., provide lifelong care for hundreds of rescued animals, who have become ambassadors for farm animals everywhere by educating visitors about the realities of factory farming. Additional information can be found at farmsanctuary.org or by calling 607-583-2225.

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Farm Sanctuary’s NY Celebration FOR the Turkeys

Guests Invited to Celebrate a Compassionate Thanksgiving at Watkins Glen, N.Y., Shelter

 

 

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – October 27, 2009 – Join us for a compassionate Thanksgiving celebration replete with holiday fare, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the sanctuary’s rescued animals. In addition to a vegan feast, guests will enjoy special presentations from distinguished animal rights philosopher Tom Regan and Farm Sanctuary Executive Director Dr. Allan Kornberg. The event will be held at Logan Ridge Estates in Hector, a Finger Lakes venue overlooking scenic Seneca Lake, and catered by Manndible Café, a local and sustainable eatery based in Ithaca.

After the meal and presentations, festivities will travel to our Watkins Glen sanctuary, where guests can spend time with some of our friendly farm animal residents and, during our “Feeding of the Turkeys” ceremony, help us treat delighted turkeys to a feast of squash, pumpkin pie and cranberries. This is a joyful event for humans and turkeys alike.


WHEN
: Saturday, November 21, 2009; 10:30 a.m. guest registration

WHERE
: Logan Ridge Estates, 3800 Ball Diamond Road, Hector, N.Y., Farm Sanctuary, 3136 Aikens Road, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

NOTE:  The “Feeding of the Turkeys” ceremony will take place at 3 p.m., and the shelter will be open from 3 – 5 p.m.  The ceremony and shelter will be open to both the public and Celebration FOR the Turkeys attendees. Cost for the public is $3 for adults and $1 for children under 12. There is no cost for Celebration FOR the Turkeys guests.

COST: $35 per person

RESERVATIONS: Reservations can be made online at adoptaturkey.org or by calling 607-583-2225 ext. 221. Space is limited, so reserve now. The deadline is November 13. We regret that we may be unable to accommodate reservations received after the deadline. Confirmation and directions will be sent to all registrants.

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Farm Sanctuary’s CA Celebration FOR the Turkeys

Guests Invited to Celebrate a Compassionate Thanksgiving at Orland, Calif., Shelter with Musician Jonathan Richman and “The L Word’s” Daniela Sea

ORLAND, Calif. – October 27, 2009 – Join us for a compassionate Thanksgiving celebration replete with holiday fare, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the sanctuary’s rescued animals. Guests will enjoy a candlelit gourmet vegan dinner; a performance by musician Jonathan Richman; and special presentations from actress and animal advocate Daniela Sea, Farm Sanctuary California Shelter Director Leanne Cronquist, cookbook author Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, and Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur.

Guests can also spend time with some of our friendly farm animal residents and, during our popular “Feeding of the Turkeys” ceremony, help us treat delighted turkeys to a feast of squash, pumpkin pie and cranberries. This is a joyful event for humans and turkeys alike. 

WHEN: Saturday, November 21, 2009; 12:30 p.m. guest registration

WHERE: Farm Sanctuary, 19080 Newville Rd., Orland, CA

COST: $75 per person

NOTE:  There will be complimentary Thanksgiving themed tours on Sunday, November 22.  Tours will be every hour on the hour from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., departing from the People Barn.

RESERVATIONS: Reservations can be made online at adoptaturkey.org or by calling 607-583-2225 ext. 221. Space is limited, so reserve now. The deadline is November 13. We regret that we may be unable to accommodate reservations received after the deadline. Confirmation and directions will be sent to all registrants.

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May 23, 2009

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Map Social, Celebrate Local! Open Green Map's Global Launch is June 5th!

Join us in New York on Friday, June 5 from 6-8:30PM at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South. There are events on 5 continents you can take part in!

We are very pleased to invite you, your friends and family to the launch celebration for the Open Green Map! An innovation for sustainable communities, this interactive online mapping tool helps you explore and exchange viewpoints on green living sites, natural, social and cultural resources. Transforming local information into global interaction, this new social mapping platform spurs widespread participation as it shares diverse public viewpoints. Featuring our globally recognized icons, Open Green Maps are always available, easily updated, expanded and explored.

Take Part!

We're so pleased that local Green Map projects in Cape Town, Geneva, Jakarta, Stockholm, Baltimore, Pereira and other places are taking part by hosting public events on this World Environment Day. As Green Map System's inception was inspired by the UN's Earth Summit back in the early Nineties, we think it's a most fitting day to commemorate this ground-breaking new way to visualize our progress toward sustainability. Find details for each event and virtual participation via Twitter at GreenMap.org/ogm-launch.

In New York City, join the global staff and board on Friday evening, June 5 at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU, 53 Washington Square South in Manhattan. From 6 to 8:30PM, we'll be showcasing the first 50 Open Green Maps and over 4,000 sites, sharing news on what this social innovation has already leveraged in diverse communities. NYU's Sustainability Task Force, Bobst Library and Environmental Studies Program are providing the venue and will show the Open Green Map they have created. You'll also hear from others using it in the community. Everyone is invited to bring a green site, comment or image to add to the platform. There's no need to RSVP, feel free to spread the word and forward this message.

New Recognition!

Open Green Map is a Finalist in the prestigious Index Awards! Our social innovation will be part of Index's traveling exhibit starting in Copenhagen in August, when the winner is announced. We have a great chance to win 100,000 euros!

Open Green Map is part of much more too – please come to a launch event near you and get involved in celebrating and supporting sustainability, locally and globally!

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Welcome to Green Map System! With our award-winning universal icons and adaptable tools, we engage a locally-led global movement of mapmaking teams who chart their community's green living, natural, cultural and civic resources.

Explore unique Green Maps from hundreds of diverse cities, towns and villages in over 50 countries. Preview our perspective-changing interactive Open Green Map, too. You are invited to take part and support us as we chart a sustainable future!

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The First Veggie Pride Parade in America will take place in Greenwich Village,
New York City, on May 18, 2008. The procession will begin at 12 Noon in the Old Meat District (where 9th Ave., Gansevoort St., Greenwich St., and Little West 12th St. intersect). It will culminate in Washington Square Park (Eastern end), where a festival of rock music, speakers and exhibitors will take place.

Up-and-coming vegan rock star Cheryl Hill will rouse the crowd with hits from her latest EP, Let Love In. Some may remember Cheryl as the wise woman of Vegan Wellness, Public Access TV, Manhattan Cable.

Parade participants are encouraged to dress up in costumes and to wear sign boards announcing their pride in their vegetarian lifestyle. Local restaurants will represent themselves with banners.

Marchers may be animal-rights activists, environmentalists, or just concerned with their health. But on May 18, 2008, all will come together with one voice, one expression, of veggie pride.

At 2 p.m. on stage at the post-parade rally in Washington Square Park, the winners of a costume and poster-slogan contest in various categories will be announced.

 

PeTA's Chris P. Carrot

At 4 p.m., also on stage, a 7-foot-tall human pea pod, Penelo Pea Pod (long-time mascot of parade sponsor VivaVegie Society) will be married to PeTA's Chris P. Carrot in an open wedding ceremony.

There is a special page within the Veggie Pride Parade Web site outlining how restaurants can get involved, and how both individuals and businesses can place a sponsorship ad in the official program/ad booklet. Contingents from all walks of life are encouraged to get involved.

The U.S.-based parade was inspired by (but is not affiliated with) the Veggie Pride Parade in Paris. The Parisian parade was the first of its kind ever to take place in the world and has been taking place annually since 2001.

Click image at left to view, printable map of the route for the Veggie Pride Parade, NYC.

Click HERE to subscribe to the Veggie Pride Parade RSS feed of its BLOG.

Click HERE to contact steering-committee members with your help and suggestions.


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Plenty Magazine Weekly Newsletter - March 24, 2008

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The rise of the green car: Every Monday this month we'll feature a different player in the green car revolution: funders, tinkerers, new cars, and a run down of our eco automotive future.

The latest on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV): All the big car manufacturers are doing it, but whose PHEV can we expect to drive first. By Ben Hewitt

The Land of Plenty submissions: We want to hear from you! Send us your eco stories and green anecdotes about your strides toward creating a world of plenty and we'll publish them in an upcoming issue of the magazine. Email us your tales at Landofplenty@plentymag.com

Read more In Depth stories:

Lady in the water: Activist Maude Barlow fights for universal access to water, a disappearing resource. By Tobin Hack

This bud's for you: A new project enlists citizens to track how plants are responding to global warming. By Melissa Mahony

Solar Synergy: Dot-com meets green in Sun Microsystems' blackbox. By Dan Fost

Blogs:

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Spring officially started on Friday, so it's time to prep that patch of earth.

Ask Plenty: How to recycling old cell phones.

The Dirt: Indiana Jones' real-life, green crusade.

Extinction Blog: Groups sue to protect 681 species. Also, CITES cracks down on illegal trade in Nigeria. And, fighting to save a small Canadian minnow. And, the failing campaign to save the saiga antelope.

A Farmer's Notebook: Climbing corn and oil prices are especially hard on organic farmers.

Green House Effect: A tiny Texas town where houses are made from papercrete.

Political Climate: Clinton's coal dust up with mountain top mining. And, shooting down the climate change bill.

The Current: Senators do not go gently...

On the Beat: Dissecting the carbon footprint and its usefulness.

Eco-Eats: The importance of bee-ing local. And, Michelle Obama buys organic.

In the Garden: Another salvo in the "War on Drugs".

The Cutting Edge: Smoother sailing on kite-and-diesel hybrid ships.

Recyclable Comedy: Recycling voicemail for naughty neighbors-guilt-trip the family next door into proper recycling technique.

 

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Greetings from SuperVegan!

We've got the dirt on awesome ways to spend Thanksgiving in NYC, plus more news from the vegan world.

Haven't figured out your Thanksgiving plans yet? Never fear; we've got the answers! Over a dozen New York City restaurants are offering special prix fixe vegan menus for Thanksgiving. Many have both eat-in and take-out options, from the super fancy Candle 79 to the ultimate junk food indulgence Foodswings.

Click here to see our guide to New York City's vegan Thanksgiving offerings.

Remember to make your reservations asap! These places fill up fast.

In other news from the vegan world:

* A vegan minimall has opened in Portland.

* We've profiled vegan offerings in Orange County, Pasadena, and Asheville. (Asheville does not appreciate that we were bored by their lame-ass tofu cubes.)

* SuperVegan lives up to its "All We Do Is Eat and Gossip" motto and delves into Vegan Yum Yum/Herbivore kerfuffle.

* And, as always, more NYC vegan restaurant news: new restaurants, vegan smores and marshmallows, and the best vegan ice cream we've ever tasted.


Enjoy!
Team SuperVegan


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Plenty Magazine Weekly Newsletter - October 15, 2007

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Let's Talk About (Green) Sex, Baby: Your guide to an eco-friendly roll in the hay. By Rachel Mosteller

Read more In Depth stories:

Good Vibrations: Ear to the Earth Festival hits New York with frog calls and waterfalls. By Tobin Hack

Sustainable Stylist: Danny Seo discusses life in the limelight. By Jeff Hardwick

And introducing Plenty Comics! Jessica Hagy brings you eco humor through a weekly illustrated index card. Look for a new environmental cartoon every Monday to tickle your green funny bone.

Blogs:

Action: Eco ways to deal with your leaves this fall.

The Current: Al Gore and IPCC awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Cutting Edge: The HYmini charger provides portable wind power; getting your groove on supplies energy for clubs in Rotterdam.

The Dirt: Julia Roberts' eco deeds.

Eco-Eats: Barbara Kingsolver dishes on the local food movement.

Extinction Blog: South China tiger makes an unexpected appearance; two alien birds help shrubbery in Hawaii; and more.

In the Garden: Green alternatives to conventional leaf blowers.

On the Beat: Gore's Nobel prize, and the possibility of a presidential bid.

Political Climate: A ban on asbestos; Barack's questionable power plans.

 



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