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Pro-Veg Ads: Three More Days to "Meet COK's Match"
In the last issue of Compassionate Action, we launched our month-long "Meet COK's Match" fundraising campaign: Every dollar you donate towards our Pro-Vegetarian Commercial Campaign in August will be matched, up to $30,000, with the goal raising $60,000. Thanks to your support, we're less than $14,000 away from reaching our goal — please help us get there! Watch our 30-second ads today — and support our work to spread a message of compassion to today's youth.
COK in Los Angeles: Upcoming Outreach Events!
COK is excited to introduce Devin Murphy, our new Los Angeles Volunteer Outreach Coordinator! Devin is kicking off our West Coast outreach with a vegan feed-in on Sat., Sept. 5 on the Santa Monica pier. If you'd like to get active with COK in L.A., please let us know — we're looking for volunteers to help with this event as well as other upcoming outreach opportunities.
Visit our online calendar of events for more details.
Cover Story in this Week's TIME: "Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food"
By Bryan Walsh as printed in the August 31st issue of Time.
Though we might still like to imagine our food being raised by Old MacDonald, chances are your burger or your sausage came from what are called concentrated-animal feeding operations (CAFOs), which are every bit as industrial as they sound. In CAFOs, large numbers of animals — 1,000 or more in the case of cattle and tens of thousands for chicken and pigs — are kept in close, concentrated conditions and fattened up for slaughter as fast as possible, contributing to efficiencies of scale and thus lower prices. But animals aren't widgets with legs. They're living creatures, and there are consequences to packing them in prison-like conditions.
Read the full article.
Book: Skinny Bastard
By Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
They're at it again! The best-selling co-authors of Skinny Bitch, a tough-love, no-nonsense vegan guide to looking and feeling great, have a new book out — this time for men: Skinny Bastard. What's it about? The book's subtitle says it all: "A Kick-in-the-Ass for Real Men Who Want to Stop Being Fat and Start Getting Buff."
If you in the D.C. area, stop by the DC VegFest on Sept. 12 to hear Rory Freedman speak, then pick up a copy of one of her books and get it signed!
Check out Skinny Bastard now.
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