March news, events, & more
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Welcome to NW VEG's new monthly newsletter!
This issue features a guide to healing the gut, a movie review, a spotlight on the importance of agriculturally produced methane, a seasonal recipe, an invitation to take action to help ban the sale of foie gras in Portland, and news about an upcoming virtual event on March 31st.
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A Guide to Healing Your Gut Health |
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Tammy Russell, MS, RD, has been a plant-based nutritionist for the last 20 years and focuses on gut health in her private practice where she combines Reiki healing and integrative nutrition. |
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A Movie Review of Eating Our Way to Extinction
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The documentary movie Eating Our Way to Extinction is a documentary that presents viewers with several clear and undeniable facts about the devastating effects of the global animal agriculture industry on our environment. Throughout the film, the use of powerful imagery and easy-to-digest graphics demonstrates the negative impact the production of meat, fish, and dairy has on animals, our planet, human health, and indigenous communities living off the land...
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A 2021 UN Environment Program report states that "reducing human-caused methane emissions is one of the most cost-effective strategies to rapidly reduce the rate of warming and contribute significantly to global efforts to limit temperature rise." Methane awareness has increased rapidly in public media along with climate concerns.... |
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Curried Butternut Squash Soup (Instant Pot) |
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Recipe author Linda Tyler says "The alluring taste of this soup will make your guests think you worked all day on it. The cashews make the soup taste like it was made with coconut milk, but you save a lot of saturated fat by avoiding coconut milk."
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Join the campaign to end the sale of force-fed foie gras in Portland
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Animal cruelty has no place in a civilized society, but sadly it is still legal to sell force-fed foie gras in Portland. The Coalition to Ban Foie Gras proudly supports legislation to prohibit the sale of this product of extreme cruelty. Ensuring that force-fed foie gras is no longer sold in Portland is a matter of animal cruelty prevention, and also a proactive step in safeguarding the city’s reputation of protecting animals from abuse.
If you live in Portland, you can use your power as a constituent to ask the city commissioners to support the ban:
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Call the individual city commissioners' offices to voice support for a ban on the sale of foie gras from force-fed birds in Portland. (Remember to identify yourself as a Portland resident).
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Email the commissioners (and a Tweet, if you'd like!) expressing the same. (Remember to identify yourself as a Portland resident).
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Sign up to give testimony during an upcoming City Council meeting (they are always scheduled for 9:30 on Wednesdays). This can be done by signing up for something called a "Communication" (a 3-minute time slot to talk about any issue of your choosing). Signing up is really simple: You just go to this site, select two dates you are available to testify, and provide the information requested. This is an incredibly important step to keep the issue front-of-mind for the Commissioners. Please coordinate with me Lewis & Clark Law School leader Miranda Eisen before signing up for a communication to ensure they have advocates speaking at the city council meetings every week!
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Improving Your Diet the "Tiny Habits" Way
March 31st, 6:30pm PST
Linda Tyler has been running 30-Day Eating Habit Challenges in January and February and will share the approach behind it, which is based on several best-selling and well-grounded books on habit formation. She has applied the books' approaches to healthy plant-based eating habits.
Linda Tyley is a cooking instructor for Portland and Mt. Hood Community Colleges, where her Zoom-based cook-along classes have proven popular among students with differing levels of familiarity with plant-based eating. Through her website, www.graciousvegan.com, Linda shares plant-based recipes and answers to questions about plant-based cooking. Before the lockdown, Linda taught cooking classes and gave presentations throughout the Portland/Vancouver area, including for NW Veg Vancouver, Portland, Sandy, and VegFest. She is a volunteer video reviewer for Dr. Michael Greger’s site Nutritionfacts.org.
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