FARM Campaign Update

Saving Lives... One Bite at a Time - March 3, 2008

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There's Still Time to Get Active for Meatout!
FARM Demands Recall of All Meat By USDA
AR2008 Holds Open Call for Speakers & Topics
Equal Justice Alliance Promotes AETA Debate
Help Get More Fruits & Veggies Into Schools

There's Still Time to Get Active for Meatout!

If you’re not already participating in the world’s largestannual grassroots diet education campaign, get on board! The recent USDA recall of 143 million pounds of ground beef – the largest beef recall ever – has given us a special opportunity to broadcast the Meatout message.

Represent your community! The official Meatout date is March 20th and events take place throughout March. Large or small, all activities count and we’ll send free materials.

Register your plans with us to request a free Event Pack (pictured right) with posters, handouts, stickers and more. Or request handouts for leafleting. Meatout manufacturers are now listed.

Here are some quick and easy ways to get active for Meatout:

* Send Meatout e-cards with the Meatout message and your personal greeting to your family and friends.

* Host a Meatout Snack at your school, workplace, or social event by picking up some vegan snack foods.

* Arrange a Food Sampling to publicize the delicious meat & dairy alternatives available in stores.

* Set up an Information Table or Exhibit at your favorite public spot.

* Arrange a Video Screening of the recent undercover footage at the Westland/Hallmark meat plant.

You can also help suport Meatout with our fun online giving form, and win 3 months of free Purely Decadent ice cream. Our new online Giving Form makes collecting pledges fun and easy! Click here for details.

Visit the Meatout Action Center for ideas, tips, & guidance. Then, register your plans with us and request materials.

FARM Demands Total Recall By USDA

Total Recall Demo at USDA In response to the USDA's recent recall of 143 million pounds of beef because it came from sick, abused animals, FARM staff and supporters rallied in front of the the USDA Administration building with a powerful demand: Recall ALL animal products, as they all come fromsick, abused animals!

We also designed special handouts showing a downed cow lying in the mud. The back of the card explains that abuse of downed animals is standard operating procedure in U.S. slaughter-houses, and calls on USDA to recall all meat products.

Click here to view demo pics/video and request recall handouts.

AR2008 Holds Open Call for Speakers & Topics

We are holding an open call for both prospective speakers and topics for the Animal Rights 2008 National Conference.

For prospective speakers, we need preferred topics, relevant qualifications, and prior speaking experience.

Suggested topics may include lectures, discussions, or video presentations.

The Conference will be held on August 14-18 at the Hilton Mark Center Hotel in Alexandria, VA, a suburb of the nation's capital and past venue of our 2006 event. The Hotel offers $97 rooms, magnificent meeting and exhibit space, vegan cuisine, cruelty free bedding, and a free shuttle to the Metro and Washington National Airport.

Please send your speaker/topic suggestions and get discounted registration rate before March 31st.

Equal Justice Alliance Promotes AETA Debate

The Equal Justice Alliance (EJA) persuaded the National Center for Animal Law of Lewis & Clark Law School to include the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) in its national Moot Court Competition. The competition was held on February 16-17th at Harvard Law School by sixteen teams from 14 law schools. Subsequently, several law students have offered to intern with EJA this year.

The Equal Justice Alliance was spearheaded by FARM to defeat the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which represses animal activism.

Please visit the EJA website and contact us to offer your assistance.

Help Get Fruits & Veggies into Schools

Center for Science in the Public Interest needs support in implementing a national expansion of the fruit and vegetable snack program for schools.

Click here to find out how you can help.

Some of FARM's Favorite Links

FARM Heroes

Here we feature key supporters of FARM and animal rights movement.

Tammy Grimes is founder & executive director of Dogs Deserve Better, a national nonprofit group dedicated to ending the chaining and penning of dogs. Tammy will relate her famous rescue of a sick chained dog and her resulting arrest and sentence at the AR2008 Nat'l Conference.

Cheri Thompson

Dan Schwartz is a D.C. area business-man and dedicated FARM supporter and animal advocate. Dan feels that the company of his rescued animal companions has taught him “what unconditional love feels like.”

About FARM

FARM is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) public-interest group advocating vegan eating and animal rights.

FARM is supported by donations from caring people like you. Your donations support our work directly because we raise our own funds and our overhead is less than 5%. We operate from the nation's capital through a national network of grass-roots activists.