• Meatout Events Smash All Past Records
• FARM Launches Global Warming Billboards
• Join FARM's Vegan Earth Day Campaign
• AR2007 Conference Website Updated
• FARM Publishes Hundreds of Letters to Editor

Meatout Events Smash All Past Records

More than a thousand communities in all 50 states and 27 other countries welcomed spring this month with colorful educational events ranging from information tables, exhibits, and lectures to cooking demonstrations, receptions, and elaborate “lifestivals.”

This year’s theme was "Stop Global Warming." As usual, visitors were asked to “kick the meat habit on March 20th (first day of spring) and to explore a nonviolent, wholesome diet of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.”

Activists distributed 50,000 Meatout cards offering a free Veg Kit and the colorful weekly Meatout Mondays e-newsletter. Throughout the month, FARM mailed 2,000 Veg Kits to inquirers.

In the nation’s capital, 250 Congress staffers attended a vegan feast complete with speakers, videos, and veg literature. Lifestivals, featuring live bands, speakers, exhibits, video screenings, health screenings, food vendors, cooking demonstrations, vegan food samples, and games, attracted hundreds of visitors.

More than 60 colleges participated with exhibits, tables, and veg cafeteria lines. Nearly 150 animal shelters and health food stores and restaurants offered vegetarian literature to visitors. Hundreds of bus cards are carrying the Meatout message in major cities. Billboards are in the works.

Numerous events took place in Argentina, Canada, Croatia, Brazil, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Kenya, México, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and Uganda. Special Meatout websites were launched in German and French. Other participating countries included Australia, Belgium, Chile, Ecuador, Israel, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Perú, Romania, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

This observance was co-sponsored by In Defense of Animals, SoyBoy, E/Environmental Magazine, and Vegetarian Times.

Please see our reports on Meatout 2007 and the Congressional Reception.

FARM Launches Global Warming Billboards

Clear Channel Outdoor, the nation's largest billboard company, has donated billboard space to FARM in Atlanta, Dallas, Milwaukee, Oakland, Philly, and San Antonio. But we need your help to cover $300 per billboard for printing and posting.

We plan to use this opportunity to publicize the impact of animal agriculture on the global warming crisis by pointing out that "Cows Cause More Than Cars."

These giant 22x11-foot billboards, confer a sense of power and mainstream acceptance. They are are seen by thousands for a month or more, and bring hundreds of inquiries.

To sponsor a billboard for $300 please e-mail Dawn or call 800 632-8688.
We will send you a photo and location of your billboard.

Join FARM's Vegan Earth Day Campaign

We invite you to join FARM's Earth Day Campaign by arranging an educational event in your community on or about April 22nd.

We provide packs of 6x4" cards explaining the devastating impacts of meat and dairy production on global warming, forests and other wildlife habitats, water supplies, and air quality, as well as posters and T-shirts (see Caring Gifts section on the right).

Last year, our members distributed 10,000 cards at Earth Day events across the U.S. This year's observance is co-sponsored by E/Environmental Magazine.

Please visit our Literature Request Form, to order a pack of cards, and the Caring Gifts page, for posters and T-shirts. Visit our Global Warming Action page to get involved.

AR2007 Conference Website Updated

The Animal Rights 2007 National Conference website has been updated with a listing of 75 speakers from 60 groups, the Lodging and Travel Boards, and a new Registration page.

To register with your credit card, go on-line or call 800-632-8688. You may also send payment to AR2007/FARM, 10101 Ashburton Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817 (please provide names, postal & e-mail addresses, and phone numbers).

The program will have 120 sessions including several workshops on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and global warming. Other features include rap sessions, campaign reports, videos, exhibits, Newcomer Orientation, job interviews, Networking Receptions, and the Awards Banquet. A number of post-conference activities are planned.

The speakers include Lorri Bauston, Mitchell Bolt, Michael Budkie, Karen Davis, Alex Hershaft, Pattrice Jones, Elliot Katz, Marti Kheel, Greg Lawson, Howard Lyman, Anthony Marr, Jack Norris, Lauren Ornelas, Brenda Shoss, Paul Watson, and Nathan Winograd. Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich as well as performers Alicia Silverstone and Heather Mills are expected.

The Conference will be held on July 19-23 at the Westin LAX in Los Angeles. The Hotel offers superb meeting and exhibit space, vegan food, cruelty-free personal care products, and dog beds.

We were able to negotiate a room rate of only $90/95/100/105 + tax (14%) for single and multiple occupancy. To make a reservation, call 800-937-8461 and mention Animal Rights 2007. For more discounts, visit our Lodging page.

Exhibits registration is now open. 90 tables will exhibit literature and merchandise of animal rights and vegan organizations and enterprises.

Please visit the AR2006 Mementos, including photo gallery, schedule, and testimonials, then take advantage of the discounted registration rate.

FARM Publishes Hundreds of Letters to Editor

In the past three months, we published nearly 500 letters to the editor on six topics in more than 200 papers. The topics included new year's resolutions, cancer (general and breast), environment, global warming, lent, and Meatout.

Letters to the editor are the second most read section of the newspaper after the front page. They are a most effective vehicle for bringing our message to millions of middle Americans whom we don't reach in other ways. Our program is estimated to generate up to 100 million viewings per year.

Contact us to join our Letters network, or to obtain text of selected letters.