Vegetarian classes - re-visited
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:01 am
Hello folks,
I found this topic in a thread in 'Outreach' and wanted to bring it back to life, as I would be interested.
I am not vegie, but would like to learn more about planning simple vegie meals, as I am not a vegie only bec. of laziness and lack of planning.
I am an animal rights person so being a vegie wd definitely be more consistent.
Also, I like the idea on the thread of showing movies.
Recently on WBAI they played excerpts of "Food Inc", a documentary about how we get our food, which describes many facets of what we eat -
new to me - for example - bec Americans prefer "white" meat of the chicken, they have changed chickens so they produce more white meat.
Sicko!
And how workers in meat-processing plants get allergic to antibiotics cuz they handle so many, and hence if they need to take an antibiotic they can't.
And when NAFTA destroyed the jobs of millions of Mexican farmers the meat-processing industry sent buses to Mexico to recruit them.
I'd love to to be able to show movies like this to people, especially people who do not already think like we do.
If it seems too ambitious to show films, and to create a wider community for them, we could just start with the vegie cooking class, and discussions among ourselves.
Here is the thread:
http://georgestreetcoop.com/messageboar ... c&start=15
If this link doesn't work, just go to the Outreach Forum and you will find it.
ellen
I found this topic in a thread in 'Outreach' and wanted to bring it back to life, as I would be interested.
I am not vegie, but would like to learn more about planning simple vegie meals, as I am not a vegie only bec. of laziness and lack of planning.
I am an animal rights person so being a vegie wd definitely be more consistent.
Also, I like the idea on the thread of showing movies.
Recently on WBAI they played excerpts of "Food Inc", a documentary about how we get our food, which describes many facets of what we eat -
new to me - for example - bec Americans prefer "white" meat of the chicken, they have changed chickens so they produce more white meat.
Sicko!
And how workers in meat-processing plants get allergic to antibiotics cuz they handle so many, and hence if they need to take an antibiotic they can't.
And when NAFTA destroyed the jobs of millions of Mexican farmers the meat-processing industry sent buses to Mexico to recruit them.
I'd love to to be able to show movies like this to people, especially people who do not already think like we do.
If it seems too ambitious to show films, and to create a wider community for them, we could just start with the vegie cooking class, and discussions among ourselves.
Here is the thread:
http://georgestreetcoop.com/messageboar ... c&start=15
If this link doesn't work, just go to the Outreach Forum and you will find it.
ellen