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Environment

Eating foods that are low on the food chain, locally grown, organic, and minimally packaged are powerful ways to reverse wilderness destruction, soil erosion, energy waste and pollution. In 2008, we focused on the environment.

Health

In 2009, we focused on health. Why are vegetarians at lower risk for heart disease, many types of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, food poisoning, obesity, and more? What health risks are associated with meat? Learn how to eat a nutritious vegetarian diet.

Animals

Thisi year, 2010, we are focusing on compassion. Of the more than 400 million animals slaughtered in Canada last year, most were raised in cramped, overcrowded spaces, artificially bred, separated from their young, fed growth hormones and denied sunlight and fresh air.

Cuisine

Vegetarian cuisine is rich with variety and tradition – Asian stir fries, Indian curries, Ethiopian stews, hearty soups, Italian pastas, creative salads, Latin American tacos and burritos, avocado sushi, chili, oven-roasted vegetables, and much more.

Culture

Learn about all aspects of living a vegetarian lifestyle such as vegetarian holidays and social situations, athletes, surviving as a student, news, celebrities, etc.

Humane Education

Both teachers and students can find resources to bring issues surrounding animals and vegetaranism into classrooms and schools. Find lesson plans and more.