Sticker Contest!

Compassionate Action for Animals is having a contest! We're looking for creative designs and slogans that will grace a new line of stickers and bumper stickers for our outreach campaign. The designs and slogans should be related to CAA's focus on farm animals and promoting vegetarianism. The deadline for the contest is July 1, so get your brain's right side workin' and send us your ideas. Please send your submissions, as well as any questions or comments you have, to Sarah at sarah@exploreveg.org.

After July 1, there will be a public vote for the winners. The individuals who developed the top three selected slogans and designs will receive prizes, including gift certificates for amazing veg cuisine!

Ready, set, go!

CAA Is Hiring: Fundraising Coordinator

Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA) seeks a highly motivated individual to work as a part-time fundraising coordinator. Candidates must be organized and outgoing, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be comfortable with spreadsheets and e-mail. Candidates should be passionate about animal advocacy and vegetarianism.

Learn more about this position and the application process.

Article: Mock Meats Make Inroads

By Ted Anthony of the Associated Press

May 8, 2007

A warm spring evening in American suburbia, not long before dusk. Green lawns, well-kept houses, SUVs parked in driveways. From a backyard gas grill comes the enticing, smoky aroma of food cooking. Atop the fire: a mixed grill - all manner of carnivorous delights.

Look closer, though. Those burgers, ribs, hot dogs and shish kebabs are in reality "burgers," "ribs" and "shish kebabs." Or, more accurately, "veggie burgers," "riblets," "Smart Dogs" and "meatless skewers" - painstaking imitations of the real thing, made of 100 percent non-animal materials like seitan, tempeh and other downright meatlike vegetable proteins.

These days, mock meat sits smack in the middle of America's most traditional pastiches - Fourth of July burgers and dogs, Thanksgiving turkey, cold cuts in the lunchbox. Is this the culinary heresy of a nation committed to faking itself out? Or is it simply a healthier populace turning to savvier eating habits?

Read the full article.