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CAA's Summer Picnic Potluck

CAA will be hosting an outdoor picnic potluck at Painter Park in Uptown on Saturday afternoon, June 27. Come prepared to enjoy great company, quality food, and the joy of summer in the Twin Cities!

Please bring a vegan dish that will feed 6-8 people, a plate/bowl and utensils if possible, and a blanket or chair to sit on.

Traditional picnic foods are welcome but to spice it up CAA will offer prizes for the most original contribution and best "veganization"!

In case of bad weather, the potluck will move to 3340 Grand Ave S, Minneapolis.

Time: Saturday, June 27, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Painter Park, 620 W. 34th St., Minneapolis

Learn more about the picnic.

Get Involved Over the Summer!

Interested in helping the animals over summer break? So are we! The animals in factory farms don't get a vacation over the summer, which is exactly why we must continue to work towards ending their suffering. Over summer break, we will be tabling at concerts, leafleting, organizing picnics, preparing for our upcoming fall line-up of events, and much more! Even if you only have a few spare hours to help out, let us know by filling out a volunteer form online, emailing us at info@exploreveg.org, or by calling 612-626-5785. You can make a huge difference in the lives of animals!

You can volunteer with CAA even if you will be away from the Twin Cities!

Here are some easy things you can do, whether you're in the Twin Cities or not:

• Leaflet with "Why Vegan?" or "Compassionate Choices" pamphlets (pick some up from us for free)
• Put up some posters wherever you travel (we can provide you with a variety of free posters)
• Check out and submit reviews of new vegetarian-friendly restaurants to VegGuide.org
• Respond to newspaper articles (we can proofread for you if you'd like)
• Contact local stores about carrying more vegetarian and vegan options
• Contact your representatives about animal issues
• Borrow a book from us to read (we have lots of cookbooks too)
• Adopt a Vegetarian Starter Kit stand
• Organize a volunteer party

Learn about all our volunteer opportunities.

To get started, email us at info@ExploreVeg.org or call 612-626-5785. You can make a huge difference in the lives of animals!

Please Support Compassionate Action for Animals

Have you enjoyed one of Compassionate Action for Animals' social events, witnessed the results of our outreach, or seen the powerful impact of a speaker we hosted? With compassion and nonviolence, we tirelessly advocate on behalf of farm animals throughout the year, and we can't do it without your support.

Please donate today.

Article: Meat: The Slavery of Our Time

By Jim Motavalli, as posted in Foreign Policy
June 5, 2009

I have a prediction: Sooner than you might think, this will be a vegetarian world. Future generations will find the idea of eating meat both morally absurd and logistically impossible. Of course, one need only look at the booming meat industry, the climbing rates of meat consumption in the developing world, and the menu of just about any restaurant to call me crazy. But already, most people know that eating red meat is bad for their health and harmful for the planet. It's getting them to actually change their diet that's the hard part - and that's exactly why it won't happen by choice...

The obvious solution to both health and environmental disasters is to stop eating meat altogether. But this is easier said than done. Even the studies addressing the impact of meat on the planet downplay vegetarianism, as if the authors are nervous to press it on people. Going veggie is not even proposed as one of the FAO's "mitigation options" (which instead include conservation tillage, organic farming, and better nutrition for livestock to reduce methane gas production). Nor is it emphasized in "Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry," a report by Danielle Nierenberg at the Worldwatch Institute. The study's author is herself a vegan, but she told me, "Food choices are a very personal decision for most people. We are only now convincing them that this is a tool at their disposal if they care about the environment."

Read the full article.