Back to newsletter list
 |
 |
|||||||||
Saving Lives - One Bite at a Time - May 2007 |
||||||||||
|
Table of Contents
AR Conference Features Outstanding Program
You can register with your credit card on-line or by calling 800-632-8688. You may also send payment, with contact info for each registrant to AR2007/FARM, 10101 Ashburton ***, Bethesda, MD 20817. For a work scholarship, contact the Registrar The tentative program schedule and speaker bios are posted on the website. 90 speakers from 60 organizations will be presenting in a hundred sessions. Nearly 800 participants are expected.
This year's conference is co-sponsored by FARM, In Defense of Animals, the Vegan Sage, Vegetarian Times, VegNews Magazine, So Delicious Ice Cream, E/Environmental Magazine, Ragazzi Vegan, and other groups. Please register with your credit card on-line or call 800-632-8688 before the discounted rate expires. And bring your friends. Sabina Fund Deadline Extended to Oct. 31st
Last year, the FARM Sabina Fund awarded small grants to promote meatless eating and respect for animals to more than 20 local groups in the U.S., Portugal, Romania, Israel, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. In India and Kenya, the awards were made to coalitions of smaller groups because of the large number of proposals received.
The Sabina Fund was launched in 1999 to honor FARM President Alex Hershaft's mother who had passed away three years earlier. Please visit the Sabina Fund website, make a generous contribution, and/or recommend a worthy project or group before October 31st. Remember the Animals on Independence Day
Let's seize the occasion to distribute vegan literature at local events. For free handouts click here. Book Review: Six Arguments for Greener Diet
To calculate the impact of your diet and/or to purchase a copy, please visit the book's website.
|
FARM Heroes This space features key supporters of FARM and the animal rights movement.
Gretchen Wyler left a successful Broadway
musical career in the late 1960s to dedicate her life to the animals. She served on the Board of ASPCA and the
Fund For Animals until 1991, when she founded the Ark Trust. In 1986, she launched the Genesis Awards,
rewarding contributions to animal protection by media & entertainment industries. Gretchen was an early
supporter of FARM, attending our first conference in 1981, then starring in our first fundraising event in Los
Angeles. She was elected to the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame by speakers at the Animal Rights 2005 National
Conference. On Sunday, May 27th, Gretchen lost her battle with breast cancer. We and the animals will miss her
terribly.
Andrea Carvalho joined the FARM staff a year ago. She serves as Database Manager, produces our colorful weekly Meatout Mondays e-newsletter, and manages the FARM/AR exhibits at our conferences. Andrea was active in Brazil's vegetarian and environmental movements and became a vegan at the World Vegetarian Congress in 2004. What is FARM FARM is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) public interest group advocating a vegan diet to reduce animal suffering and environmental devastation and to improve public health. Please visit our website to learn about our national programs. FARM is supported by donations from caring folks like you. Your donations go directly to support our programs because we raise our own funds. Our overhead is below 5% because our staffers receive reduced or no compensation.
Caring Gifts For t-shirts, books, and other fun stuff, check out our FARM Store.
'Global Warming' |
|||||||||
| www.FARMUSA.org | 10101 Ashburton *** | Bethesda, MD 20817 | info@farmusa.org | |||||||||
|
To *** or change your profile, click here. |
Eyewitness account of the Antarctic whale war, global warming,
defeating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, celebrating the life and achievements of Gretchen Wyler, and
premiere showing of several documentaries are but a few of the features of the 
The Conference will
be held on July 19-23 at the 
Many of the projects
display exceptional dedication and creativity. A U.S. group is doing an intensive leafleting tour of dozens of
Midwestern colleges. The Portuguese grant is for the country’s first vegetarian awareness campaign. An
Israeli group is arranging a joint storefront information center with environmental and social justice groups.
Every nation in the
world celebrates the date when they achieved freedom from their oppressors. In 1776, the American Declaration of
Independence claimed the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for every white male land owner.
Since then, these rights have been extended to women, people of color, and other human animals. It's high time to
extend basic rights to nonhuman animals. 
