Hungry Vegan blogger Gail Davis on why vegan food is better than sex; Beanfields Chips, a “Vegan on Purpose” company

In this episode, Hungry Vegan blogger and author Gail Davis shares her vegan transformation story, talks about her love affair with compassionate food, and demonstrates how to incorporate green cuisine into your busy lifestyle.

And the family behind the Beanfields bean and rice chips company, talks to us about the role social responsibility plays in their family business, and how they came up with their award-winning vegan nacho chips.

And, of course, we highlight the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

“Vegie Gail” Davis

Gail Davis, otherwise known as Vegie Gail, is the author of So Now, What Do I Eat? and Vegetarian Food for Thought: Quotations and Inspirations. Her articles on delicious, healthful eating have been featured in scores of magazines including VegNews, Christina Cooks, and Body & Soul. She is also a speaker, nutritional consultant, and personal food coach, who has taught thousands of eager epicureans how to incorporate green cuisine into their busy lifestyles. Additionally she’s a food blogger and an artist.

Gail shares her vegan transformation story, talks about her love affair with compassionate food, and demonstrates how to incorporate green cuisine into your busy lifestyle. You can find out more about Gail through her Hungry Vegan blog and her Vegan Culinary Creations (You Can Green Your Cuisine) website.

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The Beanfields Team (Reed Glidden, Amrit Khalsa, Roy Glidden, Jamie Grace Davis, Liza Braude-Glidden)

We talk with Reed and Liza Braude-Glidden and Roy Glidden of Beanfields bean and rice chips. They tell us about their family, what role social responsibility plays in their family business, and how they came up with their Crispylicious! vegan chip products.

Listen to learn how this “Vegan on Purpose” company came up with a cheesy tasting (but dairy free) award-winning Nacho chip, and why beans and non-GMO ingredients are showcased in their products.

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News from the Vegan Frontier:

• Humane Society calls for reform of Wildlife Services after Bee series
• Study: Meat Consumption on a Steady Decline in United State
• Holland America Cruise Ships are now serving a new vegetarian-only alternative menu
• Barb’s summer conference wish list:
  • Vegetarian Summerfest
  • The eighth annual Taking Action for Animals Conference
  • The annual Animal Rights National Conference
  • No Kill Conference
• San Francisco SPCA Launches Second Phase of Anti-Puppy Mill Campaign
• USDA seeks to close loophole in animal welfare law to cover breeders who sell pets on Internet – The Washington Post
• Woman Vivisected in London Store Window
• Green Hell: Breeding Suffering and Death for Profit
• Truck full of dogs crammed into tiny cages and bound for Chinese restaurants is intercepted by animal lovers
• Donkeys Abandoned In Texas, Louisiana Due To Lingering Drought
• MMA fighter Mac Danzig provides insight into his vegan diet
• NFL player goes vegan to improve health, performance

News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, May 23, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish to share and your recipe and list of ingredients. Stay after the meal to watch a short cooking demonstration video by Julie Hasson, owner of Native Bowl in Portland, and author of Vegan Diner and 6 other books. Learn how to make some of Julie’s famous dishes, including Deli-style Vegan Noodle Soup, and the best and lightest vegan chocolate cake you’ve ever tasted.

For more information about this event, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or email info@vegnetbend.org.

TrapFree Oregon will hold a public meeting May 24 at 6p at The Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin, in Bend. The new Executive Director will give a presentation on TrapFree Oregon’s progress.

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Music:

Theme song and musical clips courtesy of Paul Seymour. To learn more about Paul or his music, please visit paulseymour.com.au.

Paul Seymour

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

In this episode, Hungry Vegan blogger and author Gail Davis shares her vegan transformation story, talks about her love affair with compassionate food, and demonstrates how to incorporate green cuisine into your busy lifestyle. And the family behind the Beanfields Bean and Rice Chips company, talks to us about the role social responsibility plays in their family business, and how they came up with their award-winning vegan nacho chips. And, of course, we highlight the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the May 22, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Artichoke, Asparagus, Spinach, Sun-dried Tomato, Mushroom, Onion Pizza

by Gail Davis

Ruby Roth on “Vegan is Love” haters; Banish bad moods with “The Antidote for Ego” vegan aromatherapy sprays

In today’s show, we talk with author and artist Ruby Roth, about the controversy surrounding the publication of her children’s book, “Vegan is Love.” Later in the show, find out how to combat your bad moods with vegan aromatherapy sprays from The Antidote for Ego founder Heidi Rettig. Then join us as we analyze the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, including checking in on the damage that the government’s inappropriately named “Wildlife Services” is continuing to inflict on our nation’s wildlife, companion animals, and the environment.

And, as always, we’ll let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

Ruby Roth

We talk with Ruby Roth, author of a new children’s book called Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action. Ruby is a Los Angeles based artist, designer, and writer. She’s also the author of an earlier children’s book called, That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals, which she was inspired to write while teaching art in an after-school program. Ruby tells us about her background and expounds on why there is controversy surrounding the publication of Vegan is Love.

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Heidi Rettig

Heidi Rettig is an artist, producing arts consultant, and the founder of The Antidote for Ego, where she hand blends vegan aromatherapy sprays that combat common bad moods.

Heidi not only tells us about how she came up with The Antidote products, but she shares her personal vegan transformation story. We also hear about her inspiring Guerilla Art Drops.

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News from the Vegan Frontier:

• The Burger Blues: Fast Food Consumption Linked to Depression
• Pesticide Maker Pays Farmers to Use Competitors’ Pesticides
• Wake-Up Call: Factory Farms Could Be Breeding Swine Flu
• Johns Hopkins researchers are investigating a troubling potential source of resistant pathogens: the American farm
• Tough-to-Kill Germs Found in Chicken and Hog Farms
• Pandemic Prevention
• Bob Barker threatens to pull back money to transfer Toronto Zoo elephants
• First, a sex offender registry. Next, an animal abuser registry?
• ExposeAnimalAbusers.org (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
• Salem horse-neglect case hits court
• Wildlife Services’ methods leave a trail of animal death
• Bill to ban two poisons used for widespread killing of wildlife goes before Congress
• Environmental groups file lawsuit to halt Wildlife Services’ killing
• Youth Empowered Action Camp (YEA)
• Camp Exploration

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, May 23, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish to share and your recipe and list of ingredients. Stay after the meal to watch a short cooking demonstration video by Julie Hasson, owner of Native Bowl in Portland, and author of Vegan Diner and 6 other books. Learn how to make some of Julie’s famous dishes, including Deli-style Vegan Noodle Soup, and the best and lightest vegan chocolate cake you’ve ever tasted.

For more information about this event, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

TrapFree Oregon will hold a public meeting May 24 at 6p at The Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin, in Bend. The new Executive Director will give a presentation on TrapFree Oregon’s progress.

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Music:

Theme song and musical clips courtesy of Paul Seymour. To learn more about Paul or his music, please visit paulseymour.com.au.

Paul Seymour

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the May 8, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Join the Food Revolution with environmental and peace activist Ocean Robbins.

In this episode, we talk with Ocean Robbins, an internationally known speaker on the topics of peace and the environment. He tells us about the upcoming Food Revolution Summit, a free online event organized together with his father John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America. The Food Revolution Summit brings together revolutionary thinkers and visionaries to talk about today’s food crisis and healthy eating and living.

We also warn you about a con artist who sets up bogus organizations targeting animal welfare, health, and environmental groups. And, we give you an update on our Earth Day celebration.

And, of course, we highlight the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interview:

Ocean Robbins

We talk with Ocean Robbins, whose name you might recognize, but who has a long list of accomplishments that many are not aware of. Son of John Robbins, who has authored numerous books, including Diet for a New America, Ocean grew up well versed in how our food choices affect our health and our planet. Ocean has been an activist since the age of seven, when he organized a peace rally in his elementary school. At 16, he founded YES! (Youth for Environmental Sanity) in 1990, which has been a huge influence on thousands of young people and inspired them to work toward a better, more sustainable, and just future for all.

Ocean also served on the board of Earth Save International and Friends of the Earth. He tells us about the upcoming Food Revolution Summit, an online event for everyone. In addition, he’s also the author of two books, Choices for our Future and The Power of Partnership.

Ocean speaks widely, spreading a message of hope and inspiration to conferences, companies and organizations. He’s won numerous awards for his outstanding public service.

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Central Oregon):

The motto of Rockin’ Daves Bagel Bistro & Catering Co. is “Serious food, not so serious people.” And that is what you’ll find at this unpretentious and reasonably priced little cafe off the beaten path on Greenwood in Bend. Although both Daves are professionally trained chefs that specialize in made from “scratch,” local, and organic foods of all kinds, they offer a few unexpected vegan options.

There are 18 flavors of NY style, boiled bagels made daily—many of which are vegan. Vegan cream cheese is not mentioned on the menu, but is available on request, along with hummus and fresh ground peanut butter. All of their breads are made from scratch and baked in-house as well. Other items on the menu include the veggie sandwich, roasted beet salad, and rotating soups each day like Ginger Sweet Potato with Coconut Milk, which was clearly marked as vegan on the menu board. On the Cheap Eats section of the menu you’ll find the bagel with hummus, cucumber, sprouts, and tomato, and the house-made peanut butter and jelly. For breakfast, you can build your own breakfast burrito with hash-browns (cooked in oil) and all the veggies available, with the option to add avocado. The breakfast burrito came with a delicious assortment of fresh vegetables including broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, yellow squash, and Brussels sprouts. A full bar is also available.

Rockin’ Daves is open 7 days a week for breakfast and lunch and is located at 661 NE Greenwood Ave, near Juniper Swim and Fitness Center. For more information, see rockindaves.com or call 541-318-8177.

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News from the Vegan Frontier:

• Faced with a shortage of protein, food bank looks to local farmers for beans and lentils
• Slaughter Free City: Progress for Chickens in Minneapolis
• Studies Show Why Insecticides Are Bad News For Bees
• Field Roast Frankfurters to be served at AT&T Park!
• Wrigley Field introduces vegan eats at the ballpark
• Lance Armstrong Fuels Fitness With a Mostly Vegan Diet
• Ted Turner Donates $1 Million to Help Endangered Gorillas
• Mercury exposure linked to ramp up of thyroid antibody, autoimmune diseases
• Chickens Fed Caffeine, Banned Antibiotics, and Prozac Often Without The Farmer’s Knowledge
• Researchers Find Banned Antibiotics in Feather Meal
• USDA to Let Industry Self-Inspect Chicken
• U.S. Forest Service employee under fire for photographing wounded gray wolf before killing it

Other Resources:

• Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale
• Berman Exposed

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, Apr 25, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. This month’s presentation is by Robin Seagrave of Equine Outreach, a Bend organization that rescues and rehabilitates abused, neglected, and unwanted horses. There will be an opportunity to sign up for a field trip to Equine Outreach in June.

For more information about this event, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

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Music:

Theme song and musical clips courtesy of Paul Seymour. To learn more about Paul or his music, please visit paulseymour.com.au.

Paul Seymour

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

In this episode, we talk with Ocean Robbins, an internationally known speaker on the topics of peace and the environment. He tells us about the upcoming Food Revolution Summit, a free online event organized together with his father John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America. The Food Revolution Summit brings together revolutionary thinkers and visionaries to talk about today’s food crisis and healthy eating and living.

We also warn you about a con artist who sets up bogus organizations targeting animal welfare, health, and environmental groups. And, we give you an update on our Earth Day celebration.

And, of course, we highlight the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the April 24, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Can Oregon go trap free? Artist & wildlife lover Irene Hardwicke Olivieri & trap victim Jennifer Kirkpatrick think so.

In today’s show, we talk with Irene Hardwicke Olivieri of TrapFree Oregon. Irene tells us about an experience involving a coyote that prompted her to get passionately involved in efforts to ban trapping in Oregon.

Later in the show, you’ll hear Central Oregon resident Jennifer Kirkpatrick talk about the nine months of excruciating pain she endured after getting her arm caught in a wildlife trap, and how this ordeal prompted her to become an advocate for banning the use of traps in Oregon.

And, as always, we highlight and analyze News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

Irene Hardwicke Olivieri	We talk with Irene Hardwicke Olivieri, one of  the founders of the newly formed action arm of TrapFree Oregon. Irene tells us about an experience involving a coyote that prompted her to get passionately involved in efforts to ban trapping in Oregon.
We also learn about Irene’s love of wildlife, and about the creative process behind her paintings, which have been shown in galleries throughout the United States. To view more of Irene’s artwork, please visit irenehardwickeolivieri.com.	I drop everything when I see you, by Irene Hardwicke Olivieri

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Jennifer Kirkpatrick

Think trapping doesn’t hurt animals? Central Oregon resident Jennifer Kirkpatrick begs to differ with you. Jennifer tells the harrowing story of getting her arm stuck in a trap meant for a beaver, how she had to hike out with the trap on her arm and then drive herself to get help, and the nine months of excruciating pain that followed. We learn how the experience profoundly affected her, as she was thankful that it was her arm in the trap, not the limb or head of a helpless wild or domestic animal (like her own dogs). At least she was able to drive away to get help! Jennifer has since become a vocal advocate for banning all types of trapping.

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Central Oregon):

This month we’re featuring Barrio Restaurant & Tapas Bar, a newly opened spot in downtown Bend at 163 NW Minnesota Ave. Several of the appetizers on the menu are vegan or can be made vegan, and there is usually at least one vegan entrée. Of note: the Vegan Paella entrée, and Patatas Bravas and Baked Cauliflower with Tomato tapas. For more information, see barriobend.com.

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News from the Vegan Frontier:

• Tell Us Why It’s Ethical to Eat Meat: A Contest
• Vegan Health and Fitness Magazine
• 21-Day Vegan Kickstart
• $4.5 Million Fine for Scotts Highlights Need for Monitoring Bird Seed Safety
• The Ag Gag Laws: Hiding Factory Farm Abuses From Public Scrutiny
  • AgGag: Why Whistleblower Suppression Laws Are a Bad Idea
• Victory for Ferrets at the University of Washington
• Bob Barker Pays $880,000 for Private Elephant Flight
• Study: Too much red meat may shorten lifespan
  • http://www.care2.com/greenliving/harvards-meat-and-mortality-studies.html
  • http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/harvards-meat-and-mortality-studies
• Harvard Declares Dairy NOT Part of a Healthy Diet

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, March 28, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. This month’s program focuses on leg-hold and Conibear traps being used by trappers in Oregon. Irene Hardwick Olivieri, of TrapFree Oregon, will speak about the group’s efforts to ban such trapping in Oregon. Jennifer Kirkpatrick will speak about her own experience with a leg-hold trap. Learn how to protect yourself and your pets from the dangers posed by traps set up close to hiking trails and other public areas. For more information about this event, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

Vegan potluck: 4p, April 1, at The Horned Hand, 507 NW Colorado Ave. Bring your favorite vegan dish and enjoy a great meal. Then stay for the live music of Rachel Brooke and Viva le Vox.

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the March 27, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Life with the McCulloughs: Going vegan for vanity, raising kids on plants, dancing with the stars, and an ex-hunter is born.

In this episode, we introduce you to Luke & Jilly McCullough, ballroom dance instructors from Central Oregon who are raising their three children in a vegan lifestyle. You’ll hear their joys and struggles as they strive to raise their family in a new tradition. As an ex-hunter, Luke speaks frankly about the struggle of breaking from his family hunting culture, while maintaining strong family values and ties.

And, as always, we highlight and analyze News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

Luke & Jilly McCullough

When Jilly McCullough decided to become vegan, she didn’t know about the plight of the animals, factory farming’s effect on the environment, or even the health benefits. She just wanted to lose the 50 pounds she had gained while a freshman in college. After crying herself through the chapter on the horrors of factory farming in John Robbins’ Diet For a New America, weight loss became secondary. It was time to embark on a new lifestyle, one that did not contribute to such suffering. Jilly got married and went on to raise her three children on a plant-based diet, and never looked back. (And she lost the weight, too.)

Luke McCullough slipped into the vegan world with ease. A vegetable lover and longtime chef, it was a relatively simple transition for him. His biggest struggle came from pulling away from the long-held hunting culture of his family and friends. Reading Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, had a profound influence on him as he took a step back to examine some long held beliefs. He’s now creating new traditions for his three kids, ones that do not include bonding through death; on their hiking and camping trips they will carry a camera, not a gun. Luke feels much better than he ever did when he was on a meat-based diet, and is thankful for that because it takes a lot of energy to keep up with three young kids who “never, ever stop.”

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Central Oregon):

Sarah’s Raw and Vegan Cafe, a tiny but inviting space tucked into an out of the way back alley, opened this month and is already very busy. Sarah’s features a wide selection of freshly made superfood smoothies, raw granola, raw crackers and cookies, and special raw entrées and desserts for lunch. Entrées include colorful dishes such as Cream Curry over spinach, “raw chili,” and zucchini and yellow squash “pasta,” and the dessert of the day could be something delicious like raw banana cream pie. All items on the menu are raw, and most are vegan (with the occasional exception of honey in some items). Orders can be placed ahead, but there are always extra smoothies and more on hand. There’s a small seating area inside and more room on the porch for those nice weather days.

Raw Uncooking classes are held every Friday at 1:30 p.m. Sarah will teach participants how to make a raw healthy vegan dish. Everyone receives a copy of the recipe and gets to enjoy the meal. Sarah’s is located in the back of Cafe of Life Chiropractic at 519 NW Colorado Ave, Bend. Hours are Monday through Thursday 8am-4pm and Friday 8am-2pm.

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News from the Vegan Frontier:

• Brown bear exfoliates using rock as a tool
• Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of Ammonia-Treated Meat For Meals
• Is There a Market for Vegan Food?
• Finally, Fake Chicken Worth Eating
• Factory can make meat substitute by the mile
• Lab-grown meat is first step to artificial hamburger
• Food Project Proposes Matrix-Style Vertical Chicken Farms
• Egg Farm Neglect Case Leads to Largest Animal Rescue in California History
• In Their Own Words: Caregiver David
• Slaughtering Chickens For “Art” Cancelled in Lawrence, Kansas!
• Shame on Iowa: Governor Signs Ag-Gag Bill to Protect Animal Abusers
• Video: CNN Covers Iowa “Ag-Gag” Law Debate
• Amazon Bans Whale, Dolphin and Shark Meat After Petition
• A New Egg-Free “Egg” is Hatched: The Vegg!
• Nearly 3,000 Cattle Die On A Stranded Ship
• “Come On Down” To PETA’s New Home

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Vegan Bite, Recipe of the Month:

Raw Chili

For this month’s vegan bite, we are featuring Raw Chili, courtesy of Sarah’s Raw and Vegan Cafe.

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, March 28, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. This month’s program focuses on leg-hold and Conibear traps being used by trappers in Oregon. Irene Hardwick Olivieri, of TrapFree Oregon, will speak about the group’s efforts to ban such trapping in Oregon. Jennifer Kirkpatrick will speak about her own experience with a leg-hold trap. Learn how to protect yourself and your pets from the dangers posed by traps set up close to hiking trails and other public areas.

For more information about either of these events, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

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In this episode, we introduce you to Luke & Jilly McCullough, ballroom dance instructors from Central Oregon who are raising their three children in a vegan lifestyle. You’ll hear their joys and struggles as they strive to raise their family in a new tradition. As an ex-hunter, Luke speaks frankly about the struggle of breaking from his family hunting culture, while maintaining strong family values and ties.

And, as always, we highlight and analyze News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the March 13, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Sarah’s Raw and Vegan Cafe

Raw Chili

• 4 tomatoes
• 2 avocados
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked
• 1 T ginger
• 2 tsp sea salt
• 1 T (flat) chili powder
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp cayenne

Breast Cancer and a vegan diet: Bend resident Kristin Luck takes charge of her own treatment plan. Also, we talk with Angeline of Angeline’s Bakery & Cafe in Sisters about her creative vegan raw dishes and baked goods.

In today’s show, Bend resident Kristin Luck tells us the story of how a chance meeting, just prior to her breast cancer diagnosis, prompted her to take an active role in her own treatment plan and dramatically transform her health by adopting a plant-based diet.

We also talk with Angeline Rhett and her son Simon, of Angeline’s Bakery in Sisters, where for the past 15 years, Angeline has run a thriving cafe serving up lots of creative raw vegan dishes and tempting vegan baked goods.

And, as always, we highlight and analyze News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

Kristin Luck

Bend resident Kristin Luck tells us the story of how a chance meeting, just prior to her breast cancer diagnosis, prompted her to take an active role in her own treatment plan and dramatically transform her health by adopting a plant-based diet. She also relates how going vegan has changed her mindset along with her health.

Kristin travels frequently for work and she gives tips on how to eat vegan no matter where you find yourself. She also talks about why she loves starting each day with a green smoothie and beginning each meal with a big green salad.

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Angeline and Simon Rhett

We also talk with Angeline Rhett and her son Simon, of Angeline’s Bakery & Cafe in Sisters, where for the past 15 years, Angeline has run a thriving cafe serving up lots of creative raw vegan dishes and tempting vegan baked goods.

Goodies from Angeline's

Angeline originally moved to Sisters to fight forest fires, but once she arrived, she never looked back. From part-time sandwich wagon to busy cafe, Angeline shares how her establishment has evolved along with her lifestyle.

You can connect with Angeline at angelinesbakery.com or on Facebook.

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Central Oregon):

Goodies from BTBS

New to Bend’s restaurant and pub scene in 2012, Broken Top Bottle Shop and Ale Cafe has numerous vegan items on the menu, and often a vegan special or two. Vegan menu items are clearly marked as vegan and the menu has helpful suggestions for making other items vegan. Some of the selections created by Chef Bethlyn Rider include: the Tempeh Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut and (by special request) Thousand Island dressing made vegan with Vegenaise, the French Style Philly dip made with Portobello mushrooms and caramelized onions, served with veggie au jus, and the vegan Faux Sho egg-less salad and Faux Sho chicken-less chicken salad. For more information, see btbsbend.com or BrokenTopBottleShop. Located at 1740 NW Pence Lane (just off College Way).

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News from the Vegan Frontier:

• Jason Mraz Is ‘Stronger’ and ‘Better in Bed’ on Vegan Diet
• U.S. Meat Consumption to Drop 12%
• Lab-Grown Meat? $1 Million Reward Deadline Nears
• OMG: McDonald’s Does the Right Thing
• PETA v. SeaWorld – The Aftermath
• Protest Chicken Slaughter “Art” Project in Lawrence, Kansas
• Friends With Benefits

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, February 22, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. This month, several short 3 to 5 minute videos will be shown: some funny, some informative, including one on fat-free food labels and what that really means. It’s free and open to everyone – come join in the fun!

VegNet Bend will also be hosting a 30-day Vegan Pledge beginning January 29 and continuing for 5 Sundays through February 26. It will include programs, speakers, cooking and shopping tips, and more. If you’re interested in exploring the benefits of a vegan lifestyle, but need a little support, this is the pledge for you. Sign up at vegnetbend.org.

For more information about either of these events, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

Sarah’s Superfood Smoothies and Raw Cafe: Raw Uncooking classes will be held every Friday at noon at this newly opened cafe. Sarah will teach participants how to make a raw healthy vegan dish. Everyone will get a copy of the recipe and will get to enjoy the meal. To register, text or call Sarah: 541-815-6506. Located at Cafe of Life Chiropractic, 519 NW Colorado, Bend.

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We also talk with Angeline Rhett and her son Simon, of Angeline’s Bakery in Sisters, where for the past 15 years, Angeline has run a thriving cafe serving up lots of creative raw vegan dishes and tempting vegan baked goods.

And, as always, we highlight and analyze News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the February 14, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Big Flavor, Big Vegan: Robin Asbell tells us what it took to write such a BIG book full of flavorful recipes. Plus, all about the VegNet Bend and Peace Advocacy Network sponsored Vegan Pledge.

In this show, we talk with Big Vegan author Robin Asbell about what it takes to write such a BIG book full of flavorful recipes. Robin explains in the interview how she uses the concept of Umami to win people over with a familiar “meaty” flavor, and afterwards, we highlight a recipe exploding with mushroomy goodness. We also tell you about the VegNet Bend and Peace Advocacy Network sponsored Vegan Pledge.

And, of course, we highlight and comment on the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interview:

Robin Asbell (with Sunshine), Big Vegan

We talk with Robin Asbell, author of Big Vegan: No Meat/No Dairy, All Delicious. Big Vegan is a 500+ page comprehensive cookbook full of flavorful and approachable recipes inspired by global cuisine.

Robin is a Minneapolis based cookbook author, freelance writer and recipe developer, private chef, and culinary instructor who also gives talks on the topics of whole grains, whole foods, and eating well.

From robinasbell.com: Robin “writes about food and everything that goes with it, and the delectable intersection between real food and vibrant health. Her prose and recipes have appeared in such diverse publications as Better Homes and Gardens, Taunton’s Fine Cooking, Real Food, Mother Earth News and Vegetarian Times. Much of her career has been devoted to developing exciting, easy to use recipes.”

She is the author of:

• Big Vegan: More than 350 Recipes: No Meat/No Dairy, All Delicious
• The New Vegetarian Cookbook
• The New Whole Grains Cookbook

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Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

from Robin Asbell’s Big Vegan

Creamy Triple-Mushroom Fettuccine with Walnuts

For this month’s vegan bite, we are featuring the Creamy Triple-Mushroom Fettucine with Walnuts from Big Vegan. As Big Vegan author Robin Asbell puts it, “This pasta is an opportunity to amplify and showcase the umami of mushrooms, with layer after layer of intense mushroom flavor. For the fungus lovers among us, this creamy, meaty pasta is a plateful of heaven.”

This scrumptious looking recipe includes dried mushrooms, thinly sliced fresh shiitake mushroom and portobello caps, as well as seitan, white miso, white wine, tomato paste, nutritional yeast, toasted walnuts, and a variety of surprising herbs and spices.

Please find the complete recipe on the Chronicle Books Blog here.

Veg Out ‘N About (in Central Oregon):

Strictly Organic Coffee has several vegan options and items that can easily be made vegan. There is usually a vegan soup on the menu, along with a hummus plate and hummus veggie wrap. A breakfast burrito with potatoes and veggies can be made vegan on request, and soy sausage can be added. They serve certified organic and fair trade coffee that they roast on location. A variety of nuts milks are available.

Strictly Organic has two locations: 6 SW Bond Street and 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. at The Old Mill. For more information, see strictlyorganic.com.

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Vegan Spotlight:

Woody Harrelson: Actor, vegan, raw foodist, passionate environmentalist, peace activist.

News from the Vegan Frontier:

• Farm Sanctuary Makes Room at the “Inn” this Christmas for a Special Mother and Child
• Celebrities recently gone vegan: Reverend Al Sharpton, Venus and Serena Williams, Larry Hagman, Eliza Dushku, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Alan Cumming
• How PETA’s Lawsuit Against Sea World Could End Factory Farming
• Groundbreaking Court Ruling Takes Dogs Beyond “Property” Status; Major Pet Industry Groups Not Happy
• Woman sues to prove dogs are ‘living souls,’ not property
• India to cut out animal dissection
• U.S. Will Not Finance New Research on Chimps
• How Smart Is This Bird? Let It Count the Ways
• Groups file suit over French school lunch ‘vegetarian ban’
• Vegetarian Resource Group looking for veggie teens for scholarships
• A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation reveals the truth: extreme cruelty and violence is the harsh reality for birds on Butterball’s factory farms
• FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists
• 5 Reasons Why Environmentalists and Animal Activists Should Occupy Wall Street

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, January 25, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. This month, the group is going to view trailers of some intriguing films that have come out in the last year or so, including Vegucated, Bold Native, May I Be Frank, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, How I Became An Elephant, and Processed People. Please come and vote on which films you’d like to see for movie nights in 2012.

VegNet Bend will also be hosting a 30-day Vegan Pledge beginning January 29 and continuing for 5 Sundays through February 26. It will include programs, speakers, cooking and shopping tips, and more. If you’re interested in exploring the benefits of a vegan lifestyle, but need a little support, this is the pledge for you. Sign up at vegnetbend.org.

For more information about either of these events, see VegNet Bend Group on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

And, of course, we highlight and comment on the latest News from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the January 10, 2012 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Keeping it local with Central Oregon plant-based practitioners Lisa Gladden, NP, and Cardiologists Rick Koch, MD, and Gavin Noble, MD.

In today’s one year anniversary show, we keep the focus on Central Oregon, bringing you two information packed interviews with nurse practitioner Lisa Gladden, and cardiologists Gavin Noble, MD and Rick Koch, MD. These medical professionals tell us their stories, and talk about how plant-based eating plays a role in preventing, and even treating, many of today’s chronic diseases.

And, as always, we highlight and dissect news from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

Lisa Gladden, NP

We talk with Lisa Gladden, NP, Family Nurse Practitioner at Mosaic Medical in Bend, Oregon. Lisa shares with us the story of her personal journey towards plant-based eating, and how it has translated into helping her patients prevent and reverse chronic diseases.

In Lisa’s words: “Hi! I’m Lisa, a Family Nurse Practitioner providing primary health care in beautiful Central Oregon. I have thrived on a plant-based diet of fruits, vegetable, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes for 30 years. I love teaching vegetarian nutrition and cooking classes, but most of all, I love watching my students and patients reverse their chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes (type II), high cholesterol, heart disease, obesity, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis by adopting a plant-based diet free of meat and dairy products.

I raised my five healthy, athletic, intelligent, handsome (ok I am biased) sons on a plant-based diet, and love to answer questions about vegetarianism for kids and athletes.

Choose nothing less than vibrant health! I’m ready to help.”

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Preventative Cardiologists Rick Koch, MD and Gavin Noble, MD of Bend Memorial Clinic, discuss with us how they’re sharing the benefits of a plant-based diet with their patients.

Dr. Rick Koch

via BMC: “Dr. Koch is the Director of Echocardiography and the Director of Advanced Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging at Bend Memorial Clinic. He is a non-invasive cardiologist who joined BMC in 2005 from the University of Chicago where he completed his medical school, residency and fellowship. He is Board Certified in: Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Koch has published extensively in the field of cardiac imaging  and holds multiple patents in the area of echocardiography. Dr. Koch is dedicated to partnering with patients through education and understanding in achieving a higher quality of life for his patients.”

Dr. Gavin Noble

via BMC: “Dr. Noble is a board certified non-invasive cardiologist and also the director of Nuclear Medicine at Bend Memorial Clinic. He joined BMC in 2006 after completing Medical School at SUNY Syracuse in New York, Residency at the University of New Mexico and Fellowship at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. Dr. Noble remains active in the academic community of nuclear cardiology through the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Noble strives to work in a collaborative manner with all his patients incorporating the latest research with patient centered decision-making to find the right strategy for each individual. Treatment plans will often include cutting edge technology, lifestyle changes and natural therapies along with prescription medications when appropriate.”

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• Rats show empathy
• McCartney critiques lunches
• Pizza Is a Vegetable? Congress Defies Logic, Betrays Our Children
• Paul McCartney is asking the Dalai Lama to go vegetarian
• Paul McCartney’s meat-free Mondays
• Court Extends Ban on Killing Oregon’s Endangered Wolves
• Chimpanzees in Research: Lies, Lies, and More Lies
  • Chimps’ Days in Research May Be Near an End
• VICTORY: Finland Animal Activists Acquitted on Nearly All Counts for Exposing Factory Farms
• Being Vegan – Growing Plant-Strong (# of vegans going up)
• Quorn Foods Boasts New Vegan Burger
• Ringling Slapped With Largest Penalty in Circus History
• McDonald’s Cruelty: The Rotten Truth About Egg McMuffins‬
• Why Did Steve Jobs Die?

News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: 6p, December 28, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan holiday dish, your recipe, and a place setting. There’s also an optional white elephant “re-gift” exchange and cookie exchange.

VegNet Bend will be hosting a 30-day Vegan Pledge in early 2012. It will include programs, speakers, cooking, and shopping tips.

For more information on either of these events, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

And, as always, we highlight and dissect news from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the December 13, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Kitchen Activism: Jen Molica is not really That Pain in the Ass Vegan; Christy Morgan & her spiritual path towards vegan macrobiotic cooking & Blissful Bites

In today’s food-focused show, we reminisce about our favorite vegan Thanksgiving foods. We also bring you a couple of interviews from Vida Vegan Con, a vegan bloggers conference that we attended in Portland in August 2011. And, as always, we highlight and dissect news from the Vegan Frontier, let you know about vegan related happenings in and around Central Oregon, and more!

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Interviews:

Jen Molica

We talk with Jen Molica, of the That Pain in the Ass Vegan blog, about how she used her art degree and creative cooking skills to win a contest that sent her to VidaVeganCon, food blogging, feeding her family on a budget, and how not to be that pain in the ass vegan. As she says on her blog, “I don’t want to preachy-preach. I want to cookie-cook, and share my journey.”

Jen Molica, in cookie form: the contest winning entry

As a FoodBuzz Featured Publisher, Jen’s goal is to increase traffic to her blog so she can pass monetary contributions to local charities, specifically Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, a food pantry which has a special significance to her family and to her Bloomington, Indiana community.

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Christy Morgan, the Blissful Chef

We also sit down with Christy Morgan, the Blissful Chef, to hear all about her unique combination of vegan and macrobiotic cooking, beautifully demonstrated in her new cookbook, Blissful Bites: Vegan Meals That Nourish Mind, Body, and Planet.

Blissful Bites

Christy shows readers how to make healthy, delicious meals—without animal products and without a lot of effort. Blissful Bites has 175 of Christy’s inventive recipes that work with seasonal produce and multiple diets (including raw and gluten-free). Christy runs the successful blog theblissfulchef.com; contributes to ChristinaCooks.com, MeatlessMonday.com, & HappyCow.net; and teaches regular vegan cooking classes in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area.

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Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

Christy Morgan’s
Curried Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
(recipe coming soon)

See theblissfulchef.com for other recipes, and more.

Jen Molica’s
Jason Stackhouse Po Boy (Tofu Catfish)
(recipe coming soon)

See thatpainintheassvegan.blogspot.com for the full recipe with photos, and more.

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Central Oregon)

The Victorian Cafe has many lunch items that can be made vegan, but their specialty is breakfast. You can substitute tofu for eggs in any of the scrambles. Victorian Cafe is located at 1404 Northwest Galveston Avenue (the corner of Galveston and 14th). For more information, stop by or call 541-382-6411.

Unfortunately, The Savory Vegetarian Grill (food cart) we featured last month has had to shut down for a while. They hope to start up again soon.

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• Happy World Vegan Month! World Vegan Day, November 1, marks the start of World Vegan Month every year, commemorating the coining of the term, ‘vegan’ and the founding of The Vegan Society of the UK in November 1944.
• 100-year-old Fauja Singh sets world record: Oldest runner to complete a marathon
• Going Vegan: ‘Jazzy Vegetarian’ host Laura Theodore brings plant-based cooking to public television
• also, pressroom.opb.org/programs/jazzy-vegetarian/
• Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to Open Vegan Restaurant in Los Angeles
• The French Government Outlaws Vegetarianism in Schools
• Eat less meat to help double world’s food supply: study
• Can Eating Fruits and Veggies Outwit Bad Heart Genes?
• Should the Ohio Exotic Animals Have Been Shot?
• The ‘miracle dog’ that survived the gas chamber 
• Cat survives gas chamber at Utah animal shelter twice 
• PETA Sues SeaWorld for Violating Orcas’ Constitutional Rights 
• Mercy For Animals’ Pro-Vegetarian MTV Commercials
• Compassion Over Killing’s National Pro-Veg Ad Campaign Serves a Side of Truth!
• Doctors Ask Congress to Revamp Dietary Priorities
• In California, Going All Out to Bid Adieu to Foie Gras
• Irvine City Council Votes to Ban the Sale of Retail Dogs and Cats, Wild Animal Circuses and Rodeos!
• Make Your Outdoor Space Wildlife-Friendly
• Ellen DeGeneres Wants You to “Adopt” a Turkey This Thanksgiving

News around Town:

Talk by Will Potter, author of Green is the New Red, Pacific University in Portland, Thursday, November 10th, 7p, as part of their In Your Face lecture series.

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck: Annual Vegan Thanksgiving, 6p, November 16, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan holiday dish, your recipe, and a place setting.

Gourmet Vegan Thanksgiving, 6p, November 20, Common Table, 150 NW Minnesota, Bend. Reservations required by November 16.

The film Forks Over Knives will be shown Saturday, November 12 at 2nd Street Theater in Bend. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn as they examine the country’s three leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, and stroke, and a host of other degenerative diseases. Admission: Free! Matinee 3:00 p.m., Evening 7:00 p.m. Enjoy healthy and delicious food samples courtesy of VegNet Bend and Whole Foods Market, 30 minutes prior to each viewing. Stay for an open discussion following each viewing.

Reserve your free tickets at: forksoverknivesbend.eventbrite.com

For more information on any of these events, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the November 8, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Animal Activism: Young Juliette West exposes elephant abuses in Thailand; After nearly 30 years, Chris DeRose still inspires a movement

Interviews:

Juliette West

On this show, we bring you goodies back from our weekend at Portland VegFest:

We sat down for a few minutes with 15-year-old Juliette West, star of the riveting documentary, How I Became an Elephant, which was screened at VegFest. Juliette was just 14 years old when she set out to Thailand to see for herself how elephants are mistreated there, to meet Lek, Asia’s famous “Elephant Lady,” and to take part in rescuing one elephant, who becomes a symbol to the world of humanity’s capacity for cruelty… and compassion.

Elephant Nature Park

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Features:

Chris DeRose

We also bring you a talk by Chris DeRose, author, actor, and animal activist, who spoke the weekend of VegFest at Red and Black Cafe. Chris tells the story of how a homeless dog changed his life and transformed him into an animal lover and activist, willing to put his freedom on the line for the animals. Chris is the author of In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist and founder of Last Chance for Animals.

Want even more? Listen to our Vegan Spotlight on Chris DeRose from January 2011

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Bend)

The Savory Vegetarian Grill (food cart) was started by locals Sheri & Chris with the goal of bringing vegetarian comforts foods to Central Oregon. This new exclusively vegetarian food cart also offers a few vegan items, including a Philly Cheesesteak with vegan patties, onions, peppers, and Daiya cheese sauce, and a Hot Italian sandwich with Tofurky Italian sausage, pizza sauce, grilled onions, and Daiya cheese sauce on a hogie bun.

Savory Vegetarian Grill is parking this month at Skerskaas, 130 SW Century Drive. For more information, stop by or call 541-598-6666.

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• National Conference to End Factory Farming
• After Online Campaign, Chinese Dog Meat Festival Is Canceled
• Eating Vegan at Disneyland
• Wolves still alive in Oregon when orders to hold off killing them issued
• Death of the bullfight: Last-ever spectacle in Barcelona as Catalonia bans the matadors
• The city of West Hollywood has approved a ban on the sale of fur clothing, making it the first fur-free city in the nation
• Denmark imposes ‘fat tax’ on food to curb obesity
• Bill Clinton continues his vegan diet
• The FOK companion book, Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health, has reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Paperback Advice
• Costco: A Vegan Shopping Staple
• 7-Eleven Introduces 4 Vegan Meals in Northeast USA

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend will have a table at the COCC Campus and Community Resources Information Fair, which will be held at Wille Hall, in the Campus Center, from 11 a.m. – 1 p..m. on October 17 and 18. Stop by the fair to learn more about VegNet, or other college and community services and resources.

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck, 6p, October 26, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting.

The film Forks Over Knives will be shown Saturday, November 12 at 2nd Street Theater in Bend. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn as they examine the country’s three leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, and stroke, and a host of other degenerative diseases.

For more information on any of these events, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

We also bring you a talk by Chris DeRose, author, actor, and animal activist, who spoke the weekend of VegFest at Red and Black Cafe. Chris tells the story of how a homeless dog changed his life and transformed him into an animal lover and activist, willing to put his freedom on the line for the animals. Chris is the author of In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist and founder of Last Chance for Animals.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the October 11, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

The Sexy Vegan: Food porn, spider moments, and cooking videos that make you laugh out loud. Plus, our Vida Vegan Con recap.

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The Sexy Vegan

Interviews:

We talk with Chef Brian Patton of TheSexyVegan.com, and author of the upcoming The Sexy Vegan Cookbook. Brian tells us about his transformation from a pizza eating college student who didn’t even know how to cook spaghetti, to a vegan chef who shares his funny and irreverent cooking videos and recipes with the world.

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Features:

We bring you a recap of Vida Vegan Con, a vegan bloggers conference we attended recently in Portland, and catch up with Matt Collins of Whole Foods Market in Bend about their fundraising project that’s putting gardens into schools.

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Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

The Sexy Vegan’s
Chorizo Stuffed Zucchini with Mango Salsa

For the full recipe, click here

Click here to see this recipe in action (the video)!

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Bend)

Los Jalapeños, located at 601 NE Greenwood Ave, now offers several types of vegan pancakes for breakfast, including chocolate, blueberry, tapioca, and soy, made with Bob’s Red Mill products. They also carry Daiya cheese for that huge tasty inexpensive burrito you’ve been craving.

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• In land of meat, Texas university touts vegan
• Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
• Vegan Protest Fuel gets vegan food into the hands of peaceful demonstrators throughout the world who are rising up for democracy, freedom and justice
• NutritionFacts.org. Hundreds of easy to understand videos with the latest in nutrition research. Dr. Michael Greger will be posting a video a day for 365 days.
• Ellen DeGeneres’ New Vegan Web Page & Blog
• More about the Canada Goose issue in Bend
• Our episode about the geese
• Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals
• Utne Reader Reviews Green Is the New Red
• Justice Department Warned the FBI that Focusing on Environmentalists Ignores More Violent Threats
• FBI Looking for Informants to Infiltrate Vegan Potlucks

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News around Town:

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck, 6p, September 28, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

Lecture by Dr. Jane Goodall, presented by Chimps, Inc. 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., October 8, Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond. A lecture by the world-renowned primatologist, conservationist and U.N. Messenger of Peace who has researched the behavior of chimpanzees for more than 50 years, will include reflections on global conservation issues and her reasons for carrying hope for the future of the planet. For more information and for tickets, see chimps-inc.org.

The Sexy Vegan’s

Chorizo Stuffed Zucchini with Mango Salsa

Click here to see this recipe in action!

What to get:

• 2 large zucchinis, split lengthwise, seeds scooped out
• 4 ounces tempeh
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (or ¼ teaspoon ground cumin)
• ⅛ teaspoon ground clove
• ¼ teaspoon coriander
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 2 cloves garlic, grated
• pinch of cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• couple grinds of pepper
• ½ cup vegetable stock
• couple splashes of sherry vinegar
• ½ cup shredded vegan cheese of your choosing
• teaspoon of olive oil

Mango Salsa

• 1 cup diced Champagne mango (regular mango is fine, but you’ll have to make the salsa in advance so it can soften up a bit)
• 1 cup diced tomato
• ¼ cup diced red onion
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• ½ teaspoon coriander
• ¼ teaspoon grated ginger
• juice of half a lime
• salt and pepper to taste

What to do:

Heat up your grill to really hot. Lube up your zucchinis (minds out of the gutter, people) with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Place them face down on the grill. Grill them until they have nice grill marks (5-7 minutes) and they are slightly tender. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine the tempeh, grated garlic, and all of the spices, and mash it all together. Heat a pan to medium, add a little olive oil and the tempeh. Cook until it gets a bit browned (4-5 minutes). Stir in vegetable stock and sherry vinegar. Cover and continue to simmer on medium 3-4 more minutes, or until the liquid is gone. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Now you have chorizo…transfer it to a bowl.

Heat your oven to 350 F. Stir the vegan cheese into the hot chorizo, and fill the cavities of the zucchini halves with the mixture. Place the stuffed zucchinis in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until the vegan cheese is all melty (wow, can’t believe “melty” is a word…no red underline.). Combine all the mango salsa ingredients. Take your stuffed zucchini out of the oven, and top with the salsa. Eat.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the September 13, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Green is the New Red: The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, your civil liberties, and if Upton Sinclair had YouTube

Interviews:

We speak with Will Potter, author of Green Is The New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege and creator of GreenIsTheNewRed.com, where he blogs about the Green Scare.

If Uptain Sinclair were around today, there’d be no doubt he’d be using YouTube. And he’d be punished under these laws as well.

Will talks with us about proposed laws to restrict undercover investigations, discusses the effects of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) on the civil liberties of animal rights activists, and exposes the corporate interests behind these laws. He also shares what originally motivated him to investigate the abuses of the AETA post 9/11.

Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in Washington, D.C., who has become a leading authority on “eco-terrorism,” the environmental and animal rights movements, and civil liberties post 9/11.

Will’s work has appeared in publications including the Chicago Tribune, the Huffington Post, and the Vermont Law Review, and he has testified before the U.S. Congress about his reporting. Potter has also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union on policy issues including the Patriot Act. His reporting on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act has been recognized by Project Censored “for outstanding investigative journalism,” as one of the top 25 “stories that didn’t make the news” in 2007.

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Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

Whole Grain Master Recipe from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Herzberg and Zoë François

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Bend)

10 Below, located in the lower level of the Oxford Hotel, 10 NW Minnesota, downtown Bend offers “an eclectic array of healthy, locally sourced organic fare.” Breakfast highlights: Vegan sausage, house-made veggie burger, and the spring vegetable salad. Bradley Wood, the Executive Chef, is happy to accommodate vegan requests, especially if you call ahead.

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• Don’t Wash the Chicken! by Kemp Minifie

• Schools in Greenville County South Carolina nix hot dogs and nuggets for tofu
  
• IDA Pledges $2,500 To Catch And Convict Kitten Torturer in McMinnville, Oregon

• “The suffering is palpable”: John Robbins visits a veal barn with Julia Child

• Jonny O. goes vegan

• Starbucks adds a vegan item to their menu: Sesame Noodles Bento Box

• Fries to Fruit: Healthier Fast Food for Kids?

• McDonald’s Happy Meals To Get Less Fries, More Fruit

• Meat Eaters’ Guide to Climate Change & Health

• New Environmental Report Compares Beef to Driving

• One local woman will set off on a brave and adventurous journey across the U.S. with a mission – to eat at every vegan restaurant in America!
• Will Travel For Vegan Food

• Chicago Diner
  
• Karyn’s Cooked

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News around Town:

Pure Life Living Workshops: Cultured Veggies 101, 6:30 – 8 p.m., August 10th, and Scrumptious Raw Desserts, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., August 17th. Both events are at The Pines Clubhouse in Sisters. For more information, see purelifeliving.com.

VegNet Bend monthly meeting and potluck, 6p, August 24th, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

Presentation by Rip Esselstyn, author of the Engine 2 Diet, as part of the Engine 2 Diet 28-Day Challenge, 6:30p, August 23rd, Whole Foods Market, Bend. Whole Foods Market and VegNet Bend have teamed up to host an Engine 2 Diet 28 Day Challenge! For four weeks in August, participants are following the Plantstrong, nutrient-dense diet developed by Rip Esselstyn. The challenge is supported by a series of Supper Club events, Guest Speakers, and cooking lessons. Rip’s presentation on August 23rd will be open to the public. For more information, see wholefoodsmarketbend.com.

Vida Vegan Conference, August 26th to 28th, Portland. Vida Vegan Con is a conference designed to celebrate, explore, and fine-tune the practice—and ever-growing community—of vegan bloggers. The conference includes two and a half days of workshops, discussion panels, speakers, special events, vegan food, and more. There’s a wait list for registrations, but you never know. The All Things Vegan hosts will be attending—we’ll be sure to report back next month. For more information, see vidavegancon.com.

Whole Grain Master Recipe from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day

by Jeff Herzberg and Zoë François

Link to complete recipe

Ingredients:

• 5½ cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached
• 1½ T granulated yeast
• 1 T Kosher salt
• ¼ cup Vital Wheat Gluten
• 4 cups lukewarm water

Directions:

The basic idea is to combine all of the dry ingredients, then add the water, mixing with wet hands if necessary to incorporate all the last bits of flour. Next the dough rests at room temperature for 2 hours, and then overnight in the fridge. The next day, you pull a piece off, form a loaf, let it rest for 90 minutes, and then bake it right on the baking stone for approximately 30 minutes at 450 degrees. Most recipes suggest adding a cup of water to an oven safe tray on an alternate rack from the bread, just after you put in the loaf. This helps create a moist bread.

You can find complete recipes and a lot more on the authors’ website, artisanbreadinfive.com, including information on their latest book, Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in 5 Minutes a Day.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the August 9, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Rip Van [Winkle] Esselstyn: Plant-Strong Triathlete + Firefighter = Engine 2 Diet. Plus: “Vegan Sid” tells of a look behind factory farm walls.

Interviews:

We catch up with Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine Two Diet. Rip, unlike his namesake, is a very industrious man.

A world-class triathlete turned firefighter, Rip Esselstyn learned that one of his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, Texas had a life-threateningly high cholesterol level. During his 10+ years as a professional triathlete, Rip had adopted a plant-based diet at the advice of his father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, chief of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. (Dr. Esselstyn discovered through medical research that a plant-based diet, low fat diet could reverse heart disease and diabetes.) Rip put this knowledge to work in helping to motivate the entire Engine 2 firehouse to transition to a healthy “plant-strong” diet. Out of this experience, The Engine Two Diet was formed.

In this interview, Rip shares with us…

• How to be healthy on a plant-based diet
• Why he prefers the term “plant-strong” to vegan
• What percentage of calls the Engine 2 station received that were actually related to fire
• The origin of his unique first name

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We also talk with 38-year vegan “Vegan Sid” during the Mercy for Animals Farm to Fridge Tour in Portland. If you’ve listened to the show and want to hear the rest of Vegan Sid’s undercover story, please email her and let her know that you heard her interview on All Things Vegan.

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Vegan Spotlight:

Henry Salt: English writer, campaigner for social reform and animal rights, ethical vegetarian, anti-vivisectionist, biographer, classical scholar, and naturalist.

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Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

Engine 2 Diet Portobello Mushroom Burgers

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Bend)

Cafe Yumm!, a uniquely Oregon franchise, has many vegan menu items, or items that can be easily modified to be vegan. There are many Yumm Bowl variations, which can made vegan by omitting the cheese and sour cream toppings. (Note, they have Vegenaise available as a condiment.) The Tempeh Reuben sandwich can be made vegan by omitting the cheese. And Cafe Yumm’s own Ginger-Garlic Veggie Burger (with sourdough bread) is, as they say, “unbelievably vegan.” Baked & glazed tempeh or tofu skewers are available as well, along with a Ginger Spice vegan cookie. There is generally a vegan soup or chili available, along with a salad selection. Cafe Yumm! also sells their egg & dairy free Original Yumm! Sauce in stores locally. The Cafe Yumm in Bend is located at the Old Mill and is open 7 days a week.

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• Stand for Kindness!

• New Oregon Law: Animals Can Be Included in Domestic Violence Protective Orders

• The Animal Welfare Agreement between The Humane Society of the United States and The United Egg Producers
• Egg Producers and Humane Society Urging Federal Standard on Hen Cages

• Have Trunk Will Travel defrauded the public over elephant star of Water for Elephants, says ADI

• Perdue Farms launches $15 million ‘Better Chicken’ ad campaign

• Historic moment for animals: Lab animal abusers indicted for felony cruelty

• Vegan Uncensored: A Vegan Disaster – Birth Control and B12
• Oral Contraceptives and Vitamin B12: Is There An Issue for Vegans?

• Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption
• America’s Tragic Love Affair with Processed Meats

• Candle Cafe™ Frozen Meals Melds Compassion, Convenience

• Forks Over Knives: Companion book to the film

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News around Town:

Engine 2 Diet 28-Day Challenge, Whole Foods Market – Bend, August 1-28, Orientation July 31. Whole Foods Market and VegNet Bend are teaming up to host an Engine 2 Diet 28 Day Challenge! Follow a Plantstrong™ diet for 28 Days and experience the health benefits! For four weeks in August, participants will follow the Plantstrong, nutrient-dense diet developed by Rip Esselstyn. The challenge will be supported by a series of Supper Club events, Guest Speakers, and cooking lessons, all hosted at Whole Foods Market in Bend. For more information, see wholefoodsmarketbend.com.

VegNet Bend monthly potluck, 6p, July 27, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. This month: Luau! Bring veggie burgers, hot dogs, or veggies to grill and/or a vegan side dish, along with a place setting. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

We also bring you a woman-on-the-street interview with 38-year vegan “Vegan Sid” during the Mercy for Animals Farm to Fridge Tour in Portland. She tells her story of a look behind factory farm walls.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the July 12, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Canada Goose poop on your shoes or blood on your hands? Plus Cost of Freedom, and Lost Dogs.

Interviews:

by Karen Nutini, (Creative Commons license)

We talk with local naturalist and wildlife conservationist Marilyn Miller, of Miller Conservation Consulting, about the lethal methods of Canada Goose population control that were used last year by Bend Park and Recreation District.

Marilyn Miller, Fuzzy-Bird, Affie-Goose

Fuzzy-Bird

Affie-Goose

Marilyn discusses ways to reduce the resident population without resorting to killing more geese, and explains why killing geese is never going to resolve the poop problem in our city parks. She has been working with the local citizen’s group Goose Watch Alliance, to stop another gassing of Canada Geese this summer in Drake Park. Contact Marilyn.

Additional links:

Canada Goose Hall of Shame
GeesePeace
Goose Watch Alliance (Facebook)

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Lost Dogs of Chile

Did you know that 10 non-target species are trapped for every targeted species? Most of these animals are maimed or fatally wounded. Documentary filmmaker Vanessa Schulz shares this and other disturbing facts with us about the trapping industry. We discuss the government agency, Wildlife Services (formerly Animal Damage Control), an agency with the primary purpose of killing 4 million wild animals a year with taxpayer dollars on public lands. Vanessa also gives us an update on her film in progress, “Lost Dogs,” which uncovers the epidemic problem of Chile’s homeless pet population and explores the extraordinary lives of street dogs and the activists who risk everything they have to protect the dogs. In this episode, we air Part 2 of our interview with Vanessa. Part 1 aired May 12.

After attending film school in South Africa, Vanessa immigrated to the United States and began working as producer and cameraman for NBC, Fox, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. She was Assistant Producer on Discovery’s two-time Emmy award-winning “Wolves at our Door.” Frustrated with mainstream media’s reluctance to air contentious and truthful subject matter, Vanessa created the non-profit 21st Paradigm.

Vanessa Schulz

In addition to 24 official film festival selections, Vanessa is the recipient of twelve awards, including Best of Festival and Best Documentary awards. Her most successful film, “Cost of Freedom,” is an exposé about wolf reintroduction and the gross exploitation of wildlife by powerful right-wing political factions.

Her films and related campaigns, in particular “Cull of the Wild: The Truth behind Trapping,” have made significant contributions in the legal struggle to protect animals. With “Lost Dogs,” her fifth independent film, Vanessa continues to give voice to the animals she seeks to protect.

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Veg Out ‘N About (in Bend)

Kebaba Modern Middle Eastern Foods. Kebaba offers many vegan items on their menu. The Curried Lentil soup is vegan, as are the Hummous, Babaganouj, and Karnabeet appetizers, Zataar fries, freshly made warm Pita, Zataar Manakeesh, and Curried Tempeh, Falafel, and Veggie Wrap sandwiches. The Turmeric Spiced Tempeh entree (vegan, of course) is made with Hood River soy tempeh, cauliflower, and bell peppers simmered in a yellow curry and coconut sauce. Kebaba offers several of their items in stores as well, including Bedouin Xtra-hot Salsa, Traditional Hummous, and Eggplant Babaganouj. Kebaba is open 7 days a week and is located on Newport Avenue in Bend.

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• Children’s to stop using ferrets

• Felony cruelty charges filed Against E6 cattle workers

• A new food plate has replaced the USDA’s food guide pyramid

• Oregon Senate Bill 805

• OHS Applauds End of Battery Cages for Hens in Oregon

• Legislation does too little, too late for caged egg-laying hens

• Cayuga Heights Residents Sue Village (over deer management plan)

• Durham I-40 pigs pack bags for new life in Florida

• Cafeteria to serve vegan

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News around Town:

Ask a Vegan table, Whole Foods, 4-8p, June 20. Sample recipes from The Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn and sign up for Rip’s 28-day challenge in August, offered through a partnership with Whole Foods and VegNet Bend.

VegNet Bend monthly potluck, 6p, May 25, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. Presentation by Chimps, Inc. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

Bend Park & Recreation District Park Board Meeting, 7p, June 21, District Office, 799 SW Columbia Street, Bend, OR 97702. For more information, please see Uncle Goose on Facebook or Goose Watch Alliance.

Did you know that 10 non-target species are trapped for every targeted species? Most of these animals are maimed or fatally wounded. Documentary filmmaker Vanessa Schulz shares this and other disturbing facts with us about the trapping industry. We discuss the government agency, Wildlife Services (formerly Animal Damage Control), an agency with the primary purpose of killing 4 million wild animals a year with taxpayer dollars on public lands. Vanessa also gives us an update on her film in progress, “Lost Dogs,” which uncovers the epidemic problem of Chile’s homeless pet population and explores the extraordinary lives of street dogs and the activists who risk everything they have to protect the dogs. In this episode, we air Part 2 of our interview with Vanessa. Part 1 aired May 12.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the June 14, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Interviews:

Phil Letten, Farm to Fridge tour

We caught up with Phil Letten, of Mercy for Animals, during the Farm to Fridge Tour, which cover 12,000 miles. The tour stops in major cities in a multi-media truck with 80″ tv monitors to show the 12 minute video, Farm to Fridge, and to talk with people about why they should boycott the cruelty of eating meat. According to Phil, major national polls have shown that well over 90% of Americans are opposed to cruelty to animals, including farmed animals, “It’s a matter of awareness and people understanding that when we eat meat we are supporting cruelty to animals.”

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Vanessa Schulz

Did you know that 10 non-target species are trapped for every targeted species? Most of these animals are maimed or fatally wounded. Documentary filmmaker Vanessa Schulz shares this and other disturbing facts with us about the trapping industry. We discuss the government agency, Wildlife Services (formerly Animal Damage Control), an agency with the primary purpose of killing 4 million wild animals a year with taxpayer dollars on public lands. Vanessa also gives us an update on her film in progress, “Lost Dogs,” which uncovers the epidemic problem of Chile’s homeless pet population and explores the extraordinary lives of street dogs and the activists who risk everything they have to protect the dogs. In this episode, we air Part 1 of our interview with Vanessa. Part 2 will air June 14.

After attending film school in South Africa, Vanessa immigrated to the United States and began working as producer and cameraman for NBC, Fox, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. She was Assistant Producer on Discovery’s two-time Emmy award-winning “Wolves at our Door.” Frustrated with mainstream media’s reluctance to air contentious and truthful subject matter, Vanessa created the non-profit 21st Paradigm.

In addition to 24 official film festival selections, Vanessa is the recipient of twelve awards, including Best of Festival and Best Documentary awards. Her most successful film, “Cost of Freedom,” is an exposé about wolf reintroduction and the gross exploitation of wildlife by powerful right-wing political factions.

Her films and related campaigns, in particular “Cull of the Wild: The Truth behind Trapping,” have made significant contributions in the legal struggle to protect animals. With “Lost Dogs,” her fifth independent film, Vanessa continues to give voice to the animals she seeks to protect.

Vegan Spotlight:

Dick Gregory, comedian, civil rights activist, animal advocate, and author.

Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

This month, instead of a recipe, we discussed some of our favorite vegan food substitutions. Some helpful resources (or search the web by “vegan food substitutions”):

• Veganwolf.com
• Vegetarian Resource Group
• Evolving Wellness
• Although we didn’t use this book to compile our recommendations, it is sure to be full of good ideas: The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions

Veg Out ‘N About (in Bend)

• Sarah’s Superfood Smoothies. For more information, call 541-815-6506
• Gotta B Gluten Free: 215 N.W. Hill St., 541-383-4494.

News from the Vegan Frontier

• Followup on Steve Wynn
• Bid to criminalize undercover factory farming investigations fails in Florida
• E6 undercover video
• Alabama’s chicken industry wiped out (temporarily) with tornadoes
• Forks Over Knives movie. And the Dr. Oz clips.
• The Quiet Death of Free Speech
• Green Is The New Red

News around Town:

Bend events:

VegNet Bend monthly potluck,6p, May 25, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

We talk with Phil Letten, of Mercy for Animals, during the Farm to Fridge Tour. The tour stops in major cities in a multi-media truck showing the Farm to Fridge video, and they talk with the public about why they should boycott the cruelty of eating meat. According to Phil, major national polls have shown that well over 90% of Americans are opposed to cruelty to animals, including farmed animals, “It’s a matter of awareness and people understanding that when we eat meat we are supporting cruelty to animals.”

This month’s vegan spotlight: Dick Gregory, comedian, civil rights activist, animal advocate, and author.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the May 12, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

In April we did our first live show during the KPOV membership drive. Instead of archiving the live show, we edited this version to remove the now irrelevant live bits. Enjoy!

Stories:

Rae Sikora came to Bend last fall and gave a talk on animal intelligence called Brilliant Chickens and Einstein Squids. In the excerpt we played, Rae tells a great chicken story. Rae co-founded the Institute for Humane Education and is the co-founder and co-director of Plant Peace Daily.

Images from "Ninety-Five," used with permission

Keeping to our chicken theme, host Judy retells a touching story from the book Ninety-Five. Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, published by No Voice Unheard.

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Interviews:

We talked with Colman McCarthy, who has been a journalist for the Washington Post for over 30 years, and founded The Center for Teaching Peace in Washington D.C. He teaches courses at high schools and colleges that emphasize alternatives to all types of violence, including violence against animals.

Colman is a regular speaker at high schools, universities, and peace conferences around the country. He is author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Solutions to Violence, I’d Rather Teach Peace, and his latest book, At Rest With The Animals. 

You can access Colman’s entire eight-session / 48 essay Class of Nonviolence online!

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News from the Vegan Frontier

• Portland Vegan woman celebrates 108 years old
• Japanese Town Mulls Future Without Whaling Industry
• How Sea Shepherd has Indirectly Assisted Earthquake Victims in Japan
• States Look to Ban Efforts to Reveal Farm Abuse
• Animal cruelty vs. ag rights debated at state capitol

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News around Town:

Bend events:

On April 23, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., VegNet Bend will be celebrating Earth Day. The Earth Day fair will be located downtown at The Environmental Center, and VegNet’s table will be located in the demonstration garden.

VegNet Bend monthly potluck, 6p, April 27, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting.

For more information on either event, see VegNet Bend on Facebook or vegnetbend.org.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the April 14, 2011 show. For more complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Interviews:

Dave Warwak

Dave Warwak, former art teacher, who was fired for his creative attempts to teach students compassion for animals.

Dave now writes for Vegan Voice magazine, is an animal rights activist, humane education consultant, and author of the book, Peep Show for Children Only, which chronicles his experience with the school district and documents the related State of Illinois courtroom proceedings.

Dave shares with us his story and his thoughts on creative vegan education, personal choice, and Humane Education laws.

Read more about Dave Warwak.

Did you know that Oregon has a Humane Education law?

336.067 Topics given special emphasis in instruction

(d) Humane treatment of animals.

(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare an outline with suggestions that will best accomplish the purpose of this section, and shall incorporate the outline in the courses of study for all public schools.

Check out this resource for free humane education materials and policy resources for K-12 and college educators: TeachKind.

Diana Hopson, local Bend resident, shares with us her personal transformation story. One day Diana ordered a chicken salad sandwich for lunch…and came home a life-long vegetarian.

Vegan Spotlight:

Henry Spira, animal rights activist and founder of Animal Rights International. For more about Henry Spira:  Wikipedia, Interview with Erik Marcus, Animal Rights International.

Vegan Bite, recipe of the month:

Ruby’s Peanut Butter Cookies (recipe coming soon)

Veg Out ‘N About

CHOW restaurant offers vegan items on the menu and can also make you a Vegan Surprise with your favorite ingredients. CHOW emphasizes local foods and even supplements with its own garden. For more information, please see chowbend.com.

New from the Vegan Frontier

Cleveland Gorillas Go Veggie to Shed a Few Pounds

Chickens are Capable of Feeling Empathy, Scientists Believe: Marc Bekoff’s article, Bristol press release

For the first time, China explores alternatives to animal testing in an international forum on cosmetic technology

Florida Bill Would Make Undercover Cruelty Investigations a Felony

The Real Vegan Challenge Won’t Be Televised

Farm to Fridge video

News around Town:

Bend events:

VegNet Bend monthly potluck,6p, March 23, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. Nancy Merrick will be presenting on Microgreens and Sprouting. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook.

Registration is now open for a unique 5k/10k event coming up this summer in Portland. Race for the Animals will take place Saturday, June 25 in Forest Park.

This month’s vegan spotlight: Henry Spira, animal rights activist and founder of Animal Rights International.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the March 10, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Interviews:

Marc Bekoff and Geraldine, a rescued potbellied pig, at Kindness Ranch (kindnessranch.org)

Marc Bekoff, former Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society,  and author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint.

Marc shared with us his thoughts on animal experimentation, rodeos, and compassion towards animals. He also let us know what he’s been up to recently, including publishing a new book, Kids & Animals: Drawings From the Hands and Hearts of Children & Youth, which features the drawings, writing, and activities of children and youth engaged in Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.

For more information about Marc Bekoff, please see:
marcbekoff.com.

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Grant Butler

Grant Butler, food writer for the Oregonian. We talked with Grant on his one-year vegan anniversary: About daring himself to go vegan for thirty days and blog about it publicly, his choice to stick with it much longer than he originally planned, the Portland vegan scene, how going vegan has affected his health, his extended family, and his carbon footprint, and the increasingly global impact of today’s media.

Follow Grant Butler as he continues to explore and blog about vegan living.

Vegan bite, recipe of the month:

Grant Butler’s Ma’s Minestrone

Local highlight:

Bend’s first Vietnamese restaurant, Phở Việt & Café, carries a vegan item on the menu, the Phở Veggie, with 100% Veggie Broth. The owner says that several additional dishes on the menu can be made vegan upon request. For more information, please see phovietandcafe.com.

News around town:

VegNet Bend monthly potluck,6p, February 23, The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. Bring a vegan dish, your recipe, and a place setting. Nurse Practitioner Lisa Gladden will be presenting on Osteoporosis. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook.

Portland events:

Grant Butler, interviewed in this show, will be speaking at the Northwest VEG Portland potluck on Sunday, February 20. The potluck is at 5 p.m., the talk is at 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Hans Diehl, heart researcher, author and founder of the internationally acclaimed Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP), will give two free talks at the Adventist Medical Center Amphitheater, 10123 SE Market Street, Portland, OR on February 21 at 2 p.m. and February 22, at 7 p.m.

Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of the End Factory Farming Campaign of the Humane Society of the United States, will be speaking at the Northwest VEG Vancouver potluck on Thursday, February 24. The potluck is at 6:30 p.m., the talk is at 7:30 p.m. He’ll be talking about the new initiative campaign just launched in Washington to ban the extreme confinement of chickens in battery cages.

For more information on any of the Portland events, please see nwveg.org.

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.
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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the February 18, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Interviews:

Dr. Sherry Ackerman

Dr. Sherry Ackerman, author of The Good Life. We interviewed Dr. Ackerman in advance of her Good Life Workshop in Bend on January 29. For information on Sherry, her book, or her workshops, please see her website.

Keith Akers

Keith Akers, author of The Vegetarian Sourcebook. Keith discusses what has changed in the world in the nearly 30 years since he wrote The Vegetarian Sourcebook.

Vegan spotlight:

Chris DeRose, author of In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist and founder of Last Chance for Animals.

News from the vegan frontier:

Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Michael Dorn = Vegan.

Four Million Animals and Counting Buried Alive in South Korea.

Vegan bite, recipe of the month:

Easy Enchiladas.

Local highlight:

Pisano’s Pizza in the Northwest Crossing neighborhood in Bend, is now offering vegan pizza with Daiya non dairy cheese

News around town:

VegNet Bend monthly potluck (Soup night!),6p, January 26 , The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas, Bend. A short documentary,The Blue Zones, will be shown (based on the book by Dan Buettner). For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook.

The documentary, Eating, will be shown at 6p, February 8 at Common Table, 150 NW Oregon Ave, Bend. Free. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook.

Vegan Valentine’s Dinner, Italian Style. 6p, February 13 at Common Table. Reservations required by February 9. For more information, see VegNet Bend on Facebook.

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

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All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the January 21, 2011 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.

Judy’s Easy Enchiladas

Enchiladas:

• 1 package whole wheat tortillas
• 1 large can or two small cans vegan re-fried beans
• ½ container vegan sour cream
• 1 avocado
• salsa

Sauce:

• ½ container vegan sour cream
• 1 can green chile enchilada sauce

Combine vegan sour cream and enchilada sauce – set aside.

To assemble:

Spread tortillas with refried beans, vegan sour cream, sliced avocados and salsa. Roll up and place in baking pan. Spread sauce over. Cover with tin foil. Bake for 30-40 minutes until warm.

You can vary the ingredients to add things you like to the enchiladas by putting in olives, vegan cheese, onions, green chilies, etc.

All Things Vegan airs on KPOV, Bend Community Radio.

Listen to the December 17, 2010 show. For complete show notes, see All Things Vegan Radio.