Friday, October 1, 2010

Happy World Vegetarian Day!


Happy World Veg Day, Everyone!

I am extremely excited for this upcoming week! It is officially Veg Week in San Diego.  That means I will have a lot to blog about.  There will be a variety of M.D.s speaking about the health benefits of a vegan diet, cooking demonstrations, a movie showing, an ice-cream social, a bake sale and live music.  I feel like it's my birthday!  :)

See what is happening in your community today & this entire month and get involved.  Pledge to go Veg for a day, a week or even the entire month and you can anywhere from $250- $1,000! How is that for incentive. 


If you haven't already, check out the Go Veg With Kate tab for some great resources.  

A few things to keep in mind as you consider making a PLEDGE TO GO VEG --


VEGETARIAN DIETS:
  • Reduce the risk of major killers such as heart disease, stroke and cancer while cutting exposure to foodborne pathogens
  • Provide a viable answer to feeding the world’s hungry through more efficient use of grains and other crops
  • Save animals from suffering in factory-farm conditions and from the pain and terror of slaughter
  • Conserve vital but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources
  • Preserve irreplaceable ecosystems such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats
  • Decrease greenhouse gases that are accelerating global
    warming
  • Mitigate the ever-expanding environmental pollution of
    animal agriculture
Beautiful cows at Farm Sanctuary.  
Don't you want to hug them & kiss them?

5 comments:

  1. I'm very excited because my future daughter-in-law, who lives in San Diego is taking the pledge. I'm hoping she will convince my son to do so too.

    A lot of the veg restaurants in the SD area are offering discounts this week too. Yum!

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  2. Wow! Good for her! I hope she finds that it isn't as challenging as she may have thought. It's great that veg restaurants are participating by offering discounts. I am definitely going to take advantage!

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  3. YAY!!! Happy Vegetarian Day! I can't wait to hear all about the festivities :)

    By the way, there is a teeny tiny chance I might run the Malibu Half...unfortunately I won't know until closer to the race if I can. I really hope I can! My friend is running it in preparation for the LV RnR Full, she ran her first race, a half, this September and is such an inspiration. Just like you!

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  4. I'm not a Veggie, but happy Veg day! Lol :P

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