Meat Market

After seven years, Erik Marcus, author of Vegan: the New Ethics of Eating, has a new book: Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money. Meat Market offers a compelling critique of animal agriculture. In his talk on Sunday 11/14 in Mountain View, Erik Marcus will look at the history of animal agriculture, and chart the decline of its ethical standards. Despite the worsening plight of animals, Erik’s message is hopeful and optimistic. He offers ideas and strategies to combat cruelty that can be embraced by meat-lovers and activists alike.

Copies of Meat Market will be available for sale and signing. You can download a free copy of Vegan: the New Ethics of Eating from Erik's website: www.vegan.com

Erik Marcus has asked BAV to coordinate an extended book tour when he returns in mid-February. If you're interested in having Erik speak in your community or for your group, please contact us.

Get Active with BAV!

BAV has two purposes -- to support and connect the existing veg & animal rights community, and to educate/promote vegetarianism to the general public. In addition to our many social activities, we also have monthly advocacy events (letter writing parties, college leafleting, KFC protests, etc).

Volunteers are the backbone of our organization, and make nearly everything we do possible. To streamline communication with folks who wish to be more actively involved with BAV and promoting vegetarianism locally, we have a new mailing list: BAV-ACTIVE. Unlike SFBAVEG and SFBAVEG-EVENTS, this mailing list is solely for the discussion, planning, or promotion of advocacy events, strategies, and ideas for Bay Area Vegetarians. We will also post volunteer opportunities to this list.

So, if you want to help make a difference, please sign-up for this mailing list and let us know YOUR ideas for making the Bay Area a friendlier place for vegetarians and the animals!

Best of Veg

Don't worry, it's not too late to vote for your choices for BEST OF VEG 2004.

We sponsor this annual contest to support and recognize the best in local vegetarian restaurants and services. With this year's contest, we are also recognizing the other component to a strong vegetarian community: organizations, events, and activists.

So please show your appreciation for what makes living in the Bay Area so veg-friendly and vote today! With thanks to the following local & veg-owned businesses, we will again have prize giveaways to random voters: Body Technician, VegNews Magazine, and Sun Flour Baking.

Flyers are also available to encourage voting at YOUR favorite restaurants.

www.bayareaveg.org/vote

Do the Write Thing!

The writing is on the wall, err, paper! With 4 writers at the Thursday letter writing party, and another 8 at the Saturday one, we are making our voices heard for compassionate treatment for animals. If you'd like to join us, mark 11/18 or 11/20 on your calendar.

Please help us get the word out about the LWPs -- please print and distribute these flyers at local spots where animal-friendly people will see them.