CELEBRATE A PEACEFUL THANKSGIVING
Give Thanks.
Spare a Turkey.
Thanksgiving is our biggest feast of compassionate inspiration! Explore an incredible collection of plant-based recipes, tips for creating a turkey-free table, fascinating history about turkeys in America, and resources that put gratitude and kindness at the heart of the holiday.
From the main course to the last slice of pie, Compassionate Holidays has everything you need to make Thanksgiving delicious, memorable, and kinder to animals.
From the main course to the last slice of pie, Compassionate Holidays has everything you need to make Thanksgiving delicious, memorable, and kinder to animals.
Compassion in the Kitchen
Compassionate Holidays has everything you need to build an unforgettable Thanksgiving table, with step-by-step plant-based recipes, videos, tips, and plenty of inspiration. From savory sides and show-stopping entrées to classic pies and desserts, discover just how delicious Thanksgiving can be when compassion is on the menu. Go ahead, call it ThanksLiving this year!
Cranberry Sauce
This easy vegan cranberry sauce needs just four ingredients and 15 minutes to make. Sweet, tart, and finished with a touch of lemon zest, it’s a fresh and flavorful holiday classic.
Amazing Turkey Facts you Need to know
Turkeys are far more fascinating than most people realize! These intelligent, social birds have incredible eyesight, dozens of distinct vocalizations, strong family bonds, and unique personalities. Discover some surprising turkey facts and learn why these curious, affectionate animals deserve a place in our hearts—not on our Thanksgiving tables.
Let's Talk turkey
You know that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation, but did you know he also penned a special order of reprieve to save the life of a turkey named Jack?
The story begins in 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November a “day of Thanksgiving and Praise.” That November, a live turkey was sent to the White House for the holiday feast, but Lincoln’s 10-year-old son, Tad, named him Jack, befriended him, and taught him to follow him around the grounds. When Tad learned Jack was to be killed, he interrupted a cabinet meeting and pleaded with his father to save him. Lincoln wrote an “order of reprieve,” which Tad proudly delivered to the kitchen, and Jack joined the Lincoln family’s collection of pets, alongside a pig, rabbit, goats, cats, and dogs.
- Turkeys are highly social and intelligent animals who form deep friendships and emotional bonds and even like to listen to music, love to cuddle, and have their feathers stroked.
- In nature, turkeys can fly 55 miles an hour and run 18 miles an hour.
- In nature, turkeys live more than 10 years, but on factory farms they’re slaughtered at just 4-5 months old.
- According to the USDA, an average of 270 million turkeys are killed in the U.S. annually.
- Turkeys on factory farms are denied the simplest pleasures, such as raising their young, building nests, running and flying.
- Turkeys on factory farms will only see the sunshine or breathe fresh air when they are being loaded onto trucks bound for slaughter and many turkeys don’t survive the trip to the slaughterhouse, as they are denied food and water, often in extreme weather, resulting in death.
- Once at the slaughterhouse, turkeys have their throats slit, sometimes while fully conscious before being dunked into the scalding tanks that remove feathers. Sometimes, turkeys are fully conscious while this is happening.