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Veggie & Green Restaurants

Author
Alena Hyams and Jeff Bartlett
Do It Green! Minnesota
Publication Date: 
November 1, 2011

Among the signs of progress we've seen in Minnesota in recent years, one of the bright spots is surely the greening of our vibrant restaurant scene. New choices allow us to eat low on the food chain and support responsible restaurants that walk the talk, applying principles that reduce waste, save energy, and support local producers.

Resources

What is a Vegan?

Author
Unny Nambudiripad, Kara Fancy and Ami Voeltz
Publication Date: 
November 1, 2011
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Veganism is a lifestyle which avoids using animals for food, clothing, or other purposes. Vegans try to minimize suffering and cruelty by not purchasing products that are derived from animals. Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or poultry. Vegans, in addition to being vegetarian, do not use other animal products or by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey, leather, fur, silk, wool, cosmetics, and soaps derived from animal products.

Resources
Read Up!: 
Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer, Back Bay Books, 2010
Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet, by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, Book Publishing Company, 2000.
Act Locally!: 
Animal Rights Coalition/Ethique Noveau Minneapolis, MN 612 822-6161 animalrightscoalition.com and ethiquenouveau.com
Compassionate Action for Animals Minneapolis, MN 612-276-2242 exploreveg.org
Earthsave International 952-930-1205 twincities.earthsave.org 
Fast and Furless Minneapolis, MN 612-FUR-LESS fastandfurless.com

Eating Low: Back to Basics

Author
JENNY BREEN
Local Chef / Educator
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." So begins Micheal Pollan's recent manifesto, In Defense of Food. It sounds ridiculously simple, and actually, it is. But, we have reached a place and time in our culture where we need to re-learn these simple actions that were once just a way of life. Our food system has become very complex, and we as consumers need to be thoughtful and intentional about our food choices--that is, if we really care about our health and the health of the planet.

Given the impact of our food choices on our own health and that

Footnotes/Endnotes

on the web!

Search for "The Cheeseburger Footprint" at
brightcove.tv

Center for Science,
cspinet.org

The Daily Green,
thedailygreen.com

READ UP!

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan, Penguin Press HC, 2008.

act locally!

Minneapolis farmer's markets
mplsfarmersmarket.com

Minnesota farmer's market association, mfma.org

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