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[Toronto] On November 14, Golden Year 7 (2010), our local Association members hosted a half-day conference entitled “Creating a Safe and Prosperous World” at the beautiful Toronto Reference Library. Over 220 guests came to learn about the damaging effects of a meat diet on people’s health and the planet, and the multifaceted benefits of a vegan diet.

Guest speakers included three of our Association members, a medical doctor, a climate change researcher, and a young star athlete who is also a North American Biathlon Champion. Julie Johnston, a teacher and leader in sustainability education, encouraged everyone to invite their local schools to “Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet!” She demonstrated how to plant organic gardens in school yards, how to offer children exclusively vegan meals, and how to bring life in the form of plants and trees into the classroom. The final speaker, Dr. David Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., a vegan, university professor, and chair of Canada Research in Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto, shared the results of his research on the benefit of a plant-based diet in his speech “Climate, Nutrition, and Food Security”.

Ultimately, 40 guests were committed to the online, 21-Day, Vegan Kickstart Program (www.21DayKickstart.com) offered by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Another 50 guests signed up for a 7-day veggie challenge sponsored by the Toronto Vegetarian Association. They all received one of Master’s books and a gift certificate to Toronto’s two Loving Hut restaurants as tokens of encouragement. With happy hearts and satisfaction from the vegan meal, the audience left the conference to begin a new life to save themselves and Mother Earth.

A Meaningful Vegan New Year Eve

Malan Joseph, founder and president of the Food Bank

In support of the Christmas and New Year food and fund drive organized by the Ontario Vegetarian Food Bank in 2010, the local Loving Hut restaurant served a hot vegan lunch for its customers on New Year’s Eve. They also thoughtfully prepared fortune cookies and balloons for the children. Both adults and children appreciated the delicious meal very much. Some were surprised to learn that the cakes were made only with vegan ingredients. Eco-friendly lunch boxes also were provided for customers to take food home for their family members.

Malan Joseph, founder and president of the Food Bank, thanked our Association members and Loving Hut for serving the hot meal in this holiday season. He wholeheartedly agrees that vegetarianism is not only a healthy and compassionate way of living, but is also the solution to global warming.

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