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Monthly Dinner at Pasquali's in Negaunee
For October we meet on Wednesday, October 4th at Pasquali's in Negaunee
Join Northern Vegans for our monthly dinners every first Wednesday of the month. Everyone is welcome.
Please order vegan* options when joining us.
No RSVP is required. Everyone is welcome.
Pasquali's is located at 100 Cliff St. and Teal Lake Ave. in Negaunee
Vegan pizza night! Decorate your toppings with veggie options and, if you wish, top with Daiya (vegan) cheese shreds- provided by Northern Vegans. Pasquali's also has pool tables, a couple of arcade games, and some vegan beer.
Details on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NorthernVegans
*Vegan omits all animal products including meat, dairy, eggs, and honey. Anything from the plant kingdom is vegan.
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Northern Vegans Second Monday Potluck on October 9th at 6:30pm
Northern Vegans Monthly Meet & Greet
Location: Peter White Public Library
Time: 6:30 pm
When: Second Monday of the Month
Who: Everyone welcome!
Peter White Public Library is located at 217 N. Front St. in Marquette. Next potluck is Monday, October 9th at 6:30pm.
Our potlucks are growing each month as the word gets out about how delicious the food is. Please join us on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 pm for a *vegan potluck. Everyone is asked to bring a vegan dish to share, their own table service (plates, bowls, napkins, glass, utensils, etc.), and their own beverage. If you love to cook, feel free to bring more than one dish. If you don't cook or don't have access to a kitchen, come anyway. The important thing is that you come. All are welcome!
We have a room reserved at the Peter White Public Library. Ask someone at the front desk what room we are in or check out our Facebook page. You can also call Natasha at 906-235-5430. Event info on our FB page at:
www.facebook.com/NorthernVegans
*Vegan omits all animal products including meat, dairy, eggs, and honey. Anything from the plant kingdom is vegan.
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Northern Vegans Presents Eating You Alive
On Thursday, November 9th at 6pm in the Shiras Room at the Peter White Public Library. This is a FREE event!
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| Eating You Alive Trailer "What's On Your Plate?" |
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What's UP Locally Vegan!
Another vegan group up in Copper Country!
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New Local Resource for U.P. Vegans and Those Interested in Making the Transition
Natasha Lantz, one of the founding members of Northern Vegans, recently started
Plant Centered Living (PCL). PCL helps people to better understand the joys and challenges their transition to a plant centered lifestyle will bring and how to articulate what being plant centered truly means to those around them-family, friends, health care providers, co-workers, etc. Having confidence in one's decision to lead a plant centered lifestyle is critical to the successful navigation of daily living in a world that is not designed to make the healthy and ethical choice, the easy choice. PCL offers a range of resources from mentoring to
Natasha's Notes, a practical 75-page resource guide. Plant Centered Living services and resources are available to those living in the U.P. and anywhere around the world, so please help Natasha get the word out by sharing the website with your personal networks. Visit
www.plantcenteredliving.com , email
[email protected] or call 906.235-5430 to learn more.
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The First Vegan Grocery Store in the Entire Midwest!
Located at 331 Iron St. in downtown Negaunee
Owners Jeff and Carrie Plummer, also founding members of Northern Vegans, run an all vegan grocery store in the Old Bank Building in the oasis of downtown Negaunee called City Green Market. The Old Bank has been an antique store since 1987 and continues to run as an antique store as well. Customers have been saying that it has an old mercantile vibe to it with the mix of antiques and groceries all under one roof!
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The Vegan Scoop
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
You Tube Video of Founding Member Jeff Plummer on TV 6 Morning News
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10 Natural Ways to Beat the Cold & Flu Fast!
..."Have you ever noticed when you catch a cold, it manifests at the most inconvenient time?...
Healing Cleanse Smoothie:
- 1 Rib of Celery
- 1/4 Field Cucumber (this is the shorter cucumber without plastic wrap on it)
- 1 handful of Parsley
- 1 handful of Cilantro
- 1 lemon, peeled
- 1 thumb print size of ginger root
- 1-2 cups of water
Full article here: http://www.youngandraw.com/10-natural-ways-to-beat-the-cold-flu-fast/
The Free Range Myth
On this page:
http://www.peacefulprairie.org/freerange1.html
Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary has several links on their website about the misconceptions of free range chickens- including their video "watch the faces of 'free range' farming."
The Zoochotic Report
Mentally Damaged Animals in Captivity
Video observations by the late Bill Travers, taken over 3 years in over 100 zoos in Europe, North America and the Far East, the Zoochotic. 10 minute video.
The Vegan Body Care Guide
Vegan products contain no animal ingredients and are not tested on animals.
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| Animalherokids.org Ringling Victory4Animals (They are our FUTURE!) |
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Please do not support any events or places where animals are being used in the name of entertainment or worse, education. Boycott all circuses including marine circuses (like Sea World); aquariums; and zoos of all kinds. Ringling, is ringing in compassionate peoples' new year with a victory for captive wildlife. Circus protests by animal activists have resulted in a change evidenced by the recent announcement by Ringling of closure by May 2017. Animal Hero Kids co-presidents react to the good news.
Why Vegans Don't Go to Aquariums
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First and foremost aquariums and marine parks exist mainly for their own greed and human entertainment.
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recent investigation by South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that mammals sold for marine parks and aquariums, such as dolphins and whales can be worth millions of dollars... In 2013, a whopping 90% of Georgia Aquarium's incoming revenue was from
Program Service Revenue, which refers to admissions at the gate, and facilities that are held at the aquarium such as gift shops and photography services... Aquariums Are Unnatural and Unethical...." Full article here:
http://urbanvegan.net/aquarium/
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The Georgia Aquarium
obtained
a manta collecting permit from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to legally capture a wild manta ray for display. And while manta rays are listed as a "prohibited species," by the FWC, the Georgia Aquarium applied for an Education/Exhibition Special Activity License... So now, after several months of preparation, the Georgia Aquarium team is finally ready to transport a 102-inch wide, 230-pound female manta ray from St. Augustine, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia, and I was invited to observe the transport. This is the story of our 8-hour journey across state lines..." More here: Manta Ray Transport
Northern Vegans founding member Ken Damro talks with WhichSidePodcast!
Episode 209:
We talk with Ken Damro;
Hunter gone Vegan.
We discuss life as a hunter turned vegan, happy meat, vegan permaculture & gardening, veganism & much more. #fsd
We discuss her book, get a 10 year old vegan's perspective of it via a book report, salivate our taste buds over good vegan food, talk animal rights, veganism & much more. #fsd. Podcast here:
http://whichsidepodcast.com/robin-raven/
Make a great gift!
Watch Earthlings for Free
Narrated by actor and vegan Joaquin Phoenix. This is a film that exposes the realities of all kinds of animal exploitation. A very important film. Watch free here:
http://documentary-movie.com/earthlings/ . Warning: graphic footage. "Then I watched the video Earthlings and my path was clear." Helen Atthowe, veganic farmer/gardener
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Check out Northern Vegans' Vegan Recipe Facebook Album
Beautiful photos and some awesome recipes. Yum yum! More Here
Going vegan is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
You can check out our Newsletter Archives here:
GMO News:
GMO foods (genetically modified organism) is certainly a debated topic within the food industry! We felt it was a great topic to cover with this weeks guest Ocean Robbins, co-founder of The Food Revolution Network with over 250,000 global members.
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GMO Foods: Harmful or Healthy? Ocean Robbins answers.
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Recommended Media:
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Please go Vegan. LET'S SAVE HER!
Health Resource for this issue
(finding ways to heal or to live naturally using animal-free/cruelty-free methods
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| Dr Pam Popper: More about the Flu; Acne & Diet (Dr. Pam is a vegan naturopathic physician) |
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Quote of the month:
"Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife - birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, beavers, groundhogs, mice, foxes and dingoes - by the million in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the billion and eats them. This in turn kills man by the millions, because eating all those animals leads to degenerative - and fatal - health conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, and cancer. So then man tortures and kills millions more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere, millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year, sends out cards praying for Peace on Earth."
David Coats
Get the Cowspiracy Facts:
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, habitat destruction, and climate change.
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| By Cowspiracy: The Most Shocking 1.5 Min Video the World Must See! |
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Join Northern Vegans on Facebook
And "Like" us.
Stay informed of upcoming events here locally as well as nationally and internationally. Keep yourself apprised of veganism on so many levels. Get the latest vegan recipes and so much more!
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Northern Vegans is always in need of donations
to continue our great work in the community. As most of you know, not only are we a not for profit group with no paid employees, but we also often fund our group with our personal funds as board members. Northern Vegans has existed since 2006 and a short list of our accomplishments in the community include: library donations of vegan related books and media numbering in the hundreds; dozens of movie/documentary showings; over a hundred restaurant meet ups and other socials; numerous vegan presentations; countless tabling events; immense amount of vegan literature dispersed; and the list really goes on and on.
Help us continue spreading the message and consider donating to us today. No amount is too small and we use every bit of it to our fullest extent. In fact it is not outlandish to say that for every $1.00 that is donated we put at least 50 cents more into that $1.00 simply because we work on a 100% volunteer basis, no salaries, and several of us continuously put our own personal money into the necessary expenses for the group.
Please send donations to:
Northern Vegans
P.O. Box 126
Negaunee, MI 49866
THANK YOU!
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Highlight For This Issue
Vegan Retreat in the Adirondacks!
The Priory Retreat House
Lanni Lantto (Marquette) & Dustin Katona (Negaunee) have attended past Northern Vegan potlucks and are currently running a "Spiritual B&B" on 100 gorgeous acres in the Adirondack Mnts of Upstate New York. The Priory Retreat House seeks to be a community of peace, stillness, and refuge for people of any faith, ethnicity, nation, or culture. The house and grounds are places of stillness and genuine hospitality amidst an ever-changing world. The Priory offers overnight retreats, workshops & programs for individuals and hosts groups looking for a gathering space.
Lanni, Dustin, and their son Satori are vegans and believe that their compassion towards all living beings is a part of their faith life.
The couple strive to hold true to these values by offering a variety of plant based meals which makes
the Priory truly unique since it is a Christian based retreat house. One of their goals is to bring more like-minded people/groups on retreat because they know first hand the frustration of being offered only meat/dairy options. The Priory is a 501(c)3 non-profit and is fully funded by donations. They would love to host fellow yoopers and say that it is a lot like the UP except for the HUGE mountains! Please consider contacting them for a retreat or helping by giving a donation in support of their mission:
http://prioryretreathouse.org
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