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Annual Twin Cities Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Potluck

It's that time of year. Sweet smells of cranberry jelly, mouth-watering vegan pumpkin pie, and savory Tofurky.

Enjoy delicious vegan food with fun people at Compassionate Action for Animals' and EarthSave's Annual Twin Cities Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Potluck. Although some food will be provided, this is a potluck, so be sure to bring a vegan (no animal products) dish/drink that can serve five to eight people!

Prepare yourself for delicious food, a prize-packed raffle, special freebies, fun games, and good music provided by Substance. Mark your calendars and invite all your friends and family!

Time: Sunday, November 23, 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Location: Matthew's Community Park, 2318 29th Ave. S, Minneapolis

The event will be held indoors at Matthew's Community Park in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis and near the University of Minnesota's West Bank. Matthew's Community Park is close to the 25th and Riverside exit on highway I-94. Matthews Park at Google Maps.

Join CAA in the University of Minnesota Homecoming Parade!

Show your school spirit and enthusiasm for vegetarianism and animal rights, and join Compassionate Action for Animals in the annual University of Minnesota Homecoming Parade! CAA will have a float, a vegan king and queen, free candy, and other surprises.

If you would like to help with preparation or participate in the parade, please contact Lauren at hans2929@umn.edu.

Recipe: Vegan Pumpkin Pie

The classic fall dessert made without dairy or eggs but with all the flavor you've come to expect from this comfort food. And just in time for Halloween!

See the full recipe here

Article: Vegans And Meat-Eaters Unite To Support California's Proposition 2

By Johanna Smith, as printed in The Huffington Post
October 28, 2008

Proposition 2, a sweeping California ballot initiative designed to improve the treatment that farm animals receive, will be decided by voters on November 4th. The proposition, co-sponsored by the Humane Society and Farm Sanctuary, the biggest farm-animal-rights group in the United States, requires that by 2015 farm animals be able to stand up, lie down, turn around and fully extend their limbs. If passed, the measure would ban the two-foot-wide crates that regularly confine pregnant pigs and calves raised for veal, as well as "battery cages," in which several hens are crammed into a small wire-mesh cage.

Philip Brasher of the Des Moines Register asserts that although the bill will primarily affect egg-laying operations, as the state has little pork or beef industry, "the measure could have ramifications well beyond California if it passes."

Read the full article.