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Here's your monthly Food Awareness Group Schedule of Activities,
loaded with positive news our caring community can really use...
Saturday : August 7, 2010 / 11:30 ~ 4:00 pm "The Athlete in You"
“Calling all athletes, all ages ~ all levels :
~ couch potato, or just plain curious, amateur, professional, weekend warrior, wanna be, has been, never been.
This Workshop is for everyone, all ages all levels. There will be lots of meditation
work, to help you find that place within that motivates you and to connect to your
true passion for activity … for what you like to do for a physical release to have your body moving, dancing, and connecting with your joy of moving your body thru space.
11:30 ~ 12:30 Healthy lunch provided, 12:30 ~ 4:00 Workshop
Facilitated by TRUTH ERDELJAN, an extremely active Food Awareness member.
CHEF TIMOTHY will be help provide tasty food and valuable vegan cooking info.
Wear comfortable clothing. Bring an open mind, your questions and a hearty vegetarian appetite.
Re-discover your right to be GREAT in Body ~ Mind ~ Spirit
Cost: $25.00 (family discounts available on request)
Location : First Unity Church / 9228 Walnut Grove Rd. Cordova, TN 38018
901-753-1463 Truth may be reached at 901-336-3419
Saturday, Aug 14 --> 2:00PM Monthly Group Meeting and Social
Note: This month we'll meet on 2nd Saturday of the month
Deja Vu Restaurant
3557 Ridgeway at corner of Winchester (not their Florda St location)
(same parking lot as New Direction Church)
If you take Ridgeway exit from Bill Morris Pkwy,
turn left onto Mt. Moriah (Ridgeway zig zags), then right at Ridgeway
tel: 901 590 2221 --> We'll be in our own private back room.
Map at: http://dejavurestaurant.org/contact.htm
Features awesome southern style vegetarian food including vegan tacos, etc.
Add some MAGIC to your afternoon! We're in for a treat of a close up
performance from William the Magician. Great food, friendship and magic... come join us!
2 nd Thursday, of each month 7:00pm RAW Foods Group Meeting
At Whole Foods. 7022 Poplar Ave. Please bring a dish or $5.00.
Check this URL ahead of attending, to confirm meeting status:
http://www.meetup.com/Memphis-Raw-Food-Group/calendar/12319495/
Progress & News Updates Follow –>
Commercial Appeal Runs a Food Section Front Page Article Titled: "Eat Less Meat".
We've previously been in contact with the author Jennifer Biggs, and
offered her info and support for moving to a plant-based diet.
Lo and behold, on Wed., July 21st she published a very large article
promoting many of our causes. Wow. The times are changing for the better!
If interested, check the photo and story at:
Activist Alerts = 3 chances to express your voice for change!
Memphis Flyer's Best of Memphis --> Vote for Our Friends !
Let's place our votes for Deja Vu as the BEST VEGETARIAN Restraurant !!!
Show your support for the our friends that offer absolutely delicious and nutritious vegan
and vegetarian menu items, as well as my favorite meeting location with a private room!
This will promote public awareness that there ARE tasty, healthy alternative restaurants.
You can vote until July 30 Link is: http://www.memphisflyer.com/BOM2010/archives/2010/07/12/vote-here
School Lunches Improvements Need Your Support
The reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, the federal legislation that determines school
food policy and resources, is moving in Congress. The bills introduced for reauthorization
include several health-promoting policy provisions but do not include adequate funding to
make fundamental change for healthy school food.
The House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee will begin mark-up of the
bill today, July 14. The current version of the House bill increases the school food
reimbursement rate by only six cents per meal, not enough for schools to make
health-promoting changes to support students' wellness and learning.
Now, representatives need to hear that the public supports increased funding for healthy school food. If you’d like your voice to be heard on this issue, now is the time to speak up!
Please take a moment to contact your representative in support of a timely and
well-funded reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act. Link to:
http://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org:80/getinvolved/action/childnutrition/action-act.php
USDA Can Stand Up to Monsanto... with your support
Although it was reported as a wholesale victory for Monsanto, the recent Supreme Court decision on "Roundup Ready" alfalfa has actually put food activists in a good position to maintain the ban on Monsanto's genetically engineered GMO seeds.
The court ruled that the planting of GMO alfalfa is still illegal, but it assigned authority to the USDA to determine whether to allow some provisional planting to go forward as soon as next spring.
The responsibility for maintaining a total ban on the GMO seeds — and protecting organic crops from potential contamination — falls squarely on the shoulders of USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Click here to sign petition to USDA:
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/monsanto_alfalfa_vilsack/letter2.html?id=10090-2679026-8NY.9Ux
California Terminates Battery Caged Eggs
In 2008, millions of California voters agreed that egg-laying hens should be allowed to stand up, turn around, lie down, and extend their wings. Now, a new law requires that all eggs sold in the state come from hens given the same freedoms. Details at:
http://www.mfablog.org/2010/07/governor-schwarzenegger-terminates-sale-of-battery-cage-eggs-in-california.html
Chicken, Steak Top List of Five Most Dangerous Foods to Grill
Barbecuing Creates Carcinogenic Compound in Meats;
Dietitians Suggest Safer Choices
WASHINGTON—Grilled chicken contains dangerously high levels of a carcinogenic compound, putting it at the top of a new list of the five worst foods to grill.
Based on analysis by dietitians with the nonprofit Cancer Project,
the list highlights the risk of heterocyclic amines (HCAs), a cancer-causing
chemical produced by high heat in many commonly barbecued meats.
Meat need not be charred or well done to contain these chemicals.
Testing has found HCAs in grilled chicken patties cooked for just three minutes on each side. The report offers healthier alternatives that do not produce HCAs when grilled, including vegetable kabobs, vegetarian “chicken” patties, and veggie burgers.
Source: http://cancerproject.org/media/news/five_worst_foods_to_grill_1007.php
Mercy for Animals Makes Great Progress in Ohio
Just recently, once it became known that animal advocates had gathered enough signatures to put the initiative on the ballot, animal agriculture finally agreed to discuss meaningful reforms. And today, just hours before over 500,000 signatures were slated to be filed, a major animal protection agreement was reached - preventing costly and contentious campaigning.
A landmark settlement was reached between animal protection advocates, Gov. Ted Strickland, and the Ohio agribusiness lobby.
The agreement includes recommendations from all of the parties for the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, the Legislature, and the Governor to adopt the following provisions:
- A ban on veal crates effective in 2017, the same year provided in the ballot measure.
- A ban on new gestation crates in the state after Dec. 31, 2010. Existing facilities are grandfathered,
but must cease use of these crates within 15 years.
- A moratorium on permits for new battery cage confinement facilities for laying hens
Going for a veggie garden burger is sounding better all the time !
This information is not intended to provide advice on personal health care matters, which should be provided by a qualified health professional.
Remember, if you change one persons eating habits toward reducing meat consumption -
you have accomplished something to positively impact that person and our entire planet.
Join our efforts toward making the world better !
You CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE - one meal at a time.
It's satisfying and fun.
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