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 brazilian nutritionist, vegan restaurateur, & legendary activist george guimaraes
As we enter the season of holiday feasts, today on Vegan World Radio we will speak to health expert, dietitian, and phenomenal community organizer for animal rights in Brazil, George Guimaraes. Also weighing in on the health hazards of dairy consumption, dietitian George Eisman will explain the links between cancer and eating dairy products. The international vegan hunger relief organization, the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation will be coming to Texas later this month. Find out how you can get involved in their school orchard planting effort near San Antonio as well as their greater vision to restore the planet, animal habitats, and feed humans in the process. We will be hearing about some of their beneficial programs around the world, as well a recent trip to the Havasupai Indian Nation in Arizona.
A conversation with George Guimaraes of the Brasilian Group VEDDAS:   George Guimaraes is a vegan dietitian and animal rights activist in Brazil. As a dietitian, his practice is dedicated to the research of vegetarian diets and counseling of vegetarian patients. He is also a regular lecturer and a writer. Guimaraes is the director of two vegan restaurants, VEGETHUS, and the founder of VEDDAS (Ethical Vegetarianism, Animal Rights Defense and Society). VEDDAS holds educational activities, protests and lawsuits on issues ranging from vivisection to animal farming & entertainment and has recently organized the first animal rights meeting in the country.
On today's program, we will be playing some segments from the recent Animal Rights National Conference in Washington, DC, graciously offered to the show by FARM The Farm Animal Reform Movement. Today's selection with George Guimaraes, George Eisman, and brief comments from Doug Graham was from the panel discussion entitled NOURISHING ACTIVISM. For the full content and any other recorded materials from the conference please go to www.arconference.org and click the last button on the lower left marked RECORDINGS. Complete recordings from the Animal Rights 2008 National Conference and past conferences on MP3 CDs are available from JOB Conference Recording Services, 4610 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017-2723; JOB_CRS@att.net; 202-269-2000.  George Eisman is the co-founder of Vegetarian Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. A Registered Dietician since 1978, he has taught at Florida State University, and founded the Vegetarian Studies program at Miami-Dade Community College. He is the author of The Most Noble Diet, A Basic Course in Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition, and Don't Let Your Diet Add to your Cancer Risk. George was inducted into North American Vegetarian Hall of Fame in 1993.
Society of PEACE Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner in Houston
 Save the date! We'll be hosting our annual vegan Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, November 22 at 5:30 PM at Field of Greens Restaurant. This event sold-out last year, with a waiting list, so make your reservation with us early as we can only seat 75 guests!!! Price TBA soon!
Reservations are required! Please RSVP with Society of PEACE Assistant VP Mari Devlin, or call/text Society of PEACE at 832-722-1376 or visit www.SocietyofPeace.org
VOLUNTEER FRUIT TREE PLANTERS NEEDED!
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) is an award-winning international nonprofit charity dedicated to planting fruitful trees and plants to alleviate world hunger, combat global warming, and improve the surrounding air, soil, and water. FTPF programs strategically donate orchards where the harvest will best serve communities for generations, at places such as public schools, homeless shelters, drug rehabs, low-income neighborhoods, international hunger relief sites, and animal sanctuaries. Please join us for our upcoming plantings, we need your help! Details are below...
San Antonio, Texas School Orchard Planting When: Saturday, November 29, 2008 (9 am) Where: Oakrun Middle School, 415 Oakrun Point, New Braunfels, TX, 78132 Contact: Rico Montenegro, FTPF Arborist (530-515-7657 or rico@ftpf.org) Details: This day will be focused on planting the orchard under the direction of our certified arborist. Activities will include digging, planting, mulching, learning new skills from an arborist, and having lots of fun! No experience is necessary, and a rewarding experience is guaranteed, rain or shine! Please RSVP if you plan to attend. FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program donated over 1000 fruit trees and shrubs to Native American households and created multiple community orchards for the Havasupai tribe. The reservation has no roads leading in and is thus difficult to supply with a consistent source of fresh produce. The village is often referred to as the most remote in the country, requiring that the trees be airlifted down via helicopter. In conjunction with the Havasupai Tribal Administration, FTPF established community fruit tree orchards which are open to all members of the tribe, and planted the remaining trees in residential backyards to provide a healthy source of improved nutrition for decades to follow. When this project is complete, we will have created the first town in the world where every household has access to at least 5 fruit trees in their backyards. For more information, visit www.ftpf.org.
American Indians & Vegetarianism
Author's Note: I have written hundreds of articles on various subjects over 2 decades, worked for dozens of magazines, completed a doctoral dissertation and authored and co-authored several books, but nothing I have ever written has had the impact of this research. It has been re-produced hundreds of times in print and online. I am most often asked why I wrote it. I was researching Choctaw legends to use as bedtime stories for my children and to send to my tribal newspaper. Reading the corn legends spurred me to dig deeper...
(Dr. Rita Laws is a member of the Oklahoma Choctaw Nation. She lives and writes in Oklahoma. Her Choctaw name, Hina Hanta, means Bright Path of Peace, which is what she considers vegetarianism to be. She has been a vegetarian since 1979. She is currently preparing a revised edition of her book about Indian Peace Medals) Returning to the Corn -Rita Laws, Ph.D. How well we know the stereotype of the rugged Plains Indian: killer of buffalo, dressed in quill-decorated buckskin, elaborately feathered headdress, and leather moccasins, living in an animal-skin teepee, master of the dog and horse, and stranger to vegetables. But this lifestyle, once limited almost exclusively to the Apaches,1 flourished no more than a couple hundred years. It is not representative of most Native Americans of today or yesterday. Indeed, the "buffalo-as-lifestyle" phenomenon is a direct result of European influence, as we shall see... (follow link to read full article) http://personalpages.tds.net/~rlaws/vegetarianindians.html Copyright ©1994 and 2004 by Rita Laws, Ph.D. Originally appeared in Vegetarian Journal, Sept/Oct 1994.
Animal Planet Follows the Crew of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to The Bottom of the World in the new TV Series, Whale Wars
Sea Shepherd is very excited to announce that on Friday, November 7th Animal Planet will premiere Whale Wars at 9 PM ET/PT in the US, and internationally in early 2009. 
During Sea Shepherd's Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a camera crew on board a campaign that saved the lives of nearly 500 whales, leaving the Japanese fleet with less then half of their quota and costing them tens of millions of dollars. This new seven-part, hour-long weekly series follows the crew of the Sea Shepherd vessel, Steve Irwin as they use non-violent direct action techniques that garner world wide media attention in an effort to shut down the illegal Japanese whaling fleet and enforce international conservation law.
For additional information, photos and a sneak peak at the series go to:
animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/ .
Watch the video trailer at animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/video/ . For more information on the Sea Shepherds visit www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-081002-1.html  Steve Irwin chases the Nisshin Maru in the Southern Oceans
Vegan Thanksgiving options include Shepherd's Pie
 Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 12:57. By LISA MCKINNON, Scripps Howard News Service food and nutrition As the chef and owner of Mary's Secret Garden, a vegan restaurant in Ventura, Calif., Mary Grayr uses organic ingredients in all her cooking. Click here for recipes.
SHEPHERD'S PIE
VEGAN MUSHROOM GRAVY
CREAMY SPICED BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH CORN
VEGAN PUMPKIN RAISIN BREAD
Enter to Win a Tofurky for Thanksgiving!
 Enter to win one of five free Tofurky Roasts! www.peta.org/feat-tofurky.asp?c=weekly_enews Are you disgusted by the thought of sticking your hand up a dead bird's backside but don't want to opt out of the main course during Thanksgiving dinner? We have the perfect solution for you: Serve a vegetarian turkey for Thanksgiving! Enter our contest for a chance to win one of five Tofurky Roasts with gravy, which will be shipped to the winners' doors just in time for Thanksgiving! The Tofurky Roast, the best-selling turkey alternative, is a pre-cooked vegetarian roast made from a tofu-wheat protein blend and has an incredible turkey-like texture and flavor. It comes with a side of "giblet" and mushroom gravy—the perfect topping for the sliced tofu roast.
Adopt-A-Turkey Project seeks to end the misery of commercially-raised turkeys
 Dear Friends and Family, We are offering a compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving. Since 1986, Farm Sanctuary has rescued more than 1,000 turkeys, educated millions of people about their plight and provided resources for a cruelty-free holiday. Anyone can sponsor turkeys residing at their sanctuaries in California and New York, and some people even choose to adopt turkeys into their homes through their annual Turkey Express adoption event.You can save a life and start a new Thanksgiving tradition, please act now and adopt a turkey by visiting ADOPTATURKEY.ORG.
Meetup with The Houston Vegetarian Meetup Group!
What: Lunch at Pepper Tree When: November 12, 2008 12:00 PM Where: Pepper Tree Vegetarian Buffet, Richmond and Weslayan Meetup Description: Come join us for lunch! Learn more here: vegetarian.meetup.com/401/calendar/9105908/
Take Part in a Demonstration Asking KFC to Change Its Ways!
 There will be a demonstration against KFC this Saturday, November 15th at 3pm, at 6420 Westheimer location of KFC. Signs and leaflets will be provided. Please show up for the animals and go to www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/ to learn more.  Vegan World Radio..Tune in every Monday at 10:00 am at 90.1 FM KPFT Houston (89.5 in Galveston) or live on the web at www.kpft.org and www.veganworldradio.com (or later on archive http://archive.kpft.org) Visit http://societyofpeace.org/ for local animal rights events announcements. **************** Go to www.societyofpeace.org and click on Events Calendar for full listing of all the exciting goings on! |
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