Get your forks ready.  The Twin Cities chapter of EarthSave is holding its monthly dine out event on August 22, 2009 at 6pm.  This months meet will be held at Sen Yai Sen Lek (Big Noodle Little Noodle) located at 2422 Central Avenue NE in Minneapolis.  The restaurant specializes in Thai rice and noodle dishes and offers a vegan menu in addition to its regular menu.  You can try dishes created with tofu or mock duck (I've never had duck - mock or otherwise - it sounds...interesting) But you must RSVP to attend so leave a message (by 2pm) on Saturday at EarthSave's info line, 952-930-1205. EarthSave hosts meetings and events where vegans (or vegetarians) can meet others that choose a plant-based lifestyle.  They try veg-friendly restaurants or share recipes at potluck dinners. From EarthSave Twin Cities Chapter website: "EarthSave encourages a plant-based diet for personal and planetary health out [...]

I was reading the Seattle Times online yesterday.  I know, it’s pretty random but I like to read all kinds of stuff.  Anyway, I noticed an article titled “Slaughterhouse on wheels aids ‘locavore’ movement”.  Well you know I had to read that! It’s written by a Maureen O’Hagan.  She’s put a picture in the article that blows my mind, but we’ll get to that in a minute.  The article is about a “Mobile Meat Processing Unit…basically a slaughterhouse on wheels” and how that is going to help the “locavore”, a person who routinely looks for and purchases local goods, get their meat.  Because, if you didn’t know it, small farmers must ship their cattle across states away from the farm to get them “killed murdered processed”.  That means, extra $$ out of the farmers pocket and more time it takes to get to the consumers (that’s you). O’Hagan says this [...]