Vegan pizza-lovers everywhere just breathed a collective sigh of envy with the news that Domino’s pizza (yes, the franchise chain with more than 10,000 locations worldwide) just added a meat- and dairy-free pizza to its menus throughout Israel. This isn’t just a “hold the cheese” pizza, either — it comes fully-loaded with soy cheese and vegetable toppings.
Thanks to you — our passionate supporters and dedicated volunteers — we’re sending a strong message that compassion is prevailing! And we hope you’ll continue standing at our side as we keep this momentum going into 2014.
Meatless Monday continues to move throughout the nation – and now we can add one more city to the list officially endorsing this healthy-eating initiative: South Miami, Florida!
Last week, Compassion Over Killing released a heart-breaking undercover video exposing the callous and violent mistreatment of newborn calves at Quanah Cattle Co. in Weld County, Colorado. Quanah buys, temporarily confines, and then sells these very young animals, most of whom are male and are unwanted in the dairy industry since they won’t produce milk.
Earlier this year, Public School 244, an elementary school in Queens, New York City, announced that its cafeteria is now 100 percent meatless — and it just turned in its own report card to reflect how its 400 students are responding to and benefiting from the all-vegetarians meals.
Last year, we shared the news about Subway’s vegan test menu in eight DC-area locations that was so popular, stores ran out of the vegan patties within a few short weeks. Several of the restaurant managers told us the vegan menu was tremendously successful, and they’ve been eager to satisfy customer demand by putting heartier and healthier plant-based option back on the menu.
This past Saturday, more than 10,000 people — including civil rights leader and US Congressman John Lewis — gathered at the beautiful waterfront Yards Park for the 2013 DC VegFest to celebrate vegan eating, enjoy engaging speakers and cooking demos, browse over 100 exhibitors or vendor shops, and of course, eat!
This Saturday, Sept. 28, is officially recognized as “DC VegFest Day!” thanks to DC Mayor Gray — and an estimated 10,000 people will gather at the beautiful waterfront Yards Park for this annual — and free — celebration! Featuring FREE food samples, nationally recognized speakers, cooking demonstrations, a beer and wine garden, kids’ activities, more than 100 exhibitors, a vegan …
After hearing a presentation about Marketing Our Message by COK’s Erica Meier during the National Animal Rights Conference this past summer, the amazing volunteers at St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) took the information to heart and hit the ground running as soon as they got back home.