• Vegan Earth Day – Stronger Than Ever!
• AR2008 Registration Discount Ends 5/31
• FARM Reaches Out to Spanish Speakers
• Other Key Veg Programs Coming Up

Vegan Earth Day – Stronger Than Ever!

Thanks to dedicated FARM activists, this year’s Earth Day celebrations had more veg presence than ever before! Caring people got active in 200 communities across the U.S. and Canada to educate people about the devastating impacts of animal agriculture and our natural environment and global warming.

FARM mailed out 130 Earth Day Packs complete with handouts, stickers, sign-up sheets and more. We also mailed out Literature Packs, for a total of 20,000 handouts distributed at Earth Day activities.

FARM staff conducted outreach in Washington, D.C. at the massive Green Apple Earth Day Festival on the National Mall… and rainstorms didn’t dampen our spirits! FARM staffers distributed information, held signs, collected Earth Day Veg Pledge sign-ups, and also volunteered at the 11th Hour table.

Find out more about our Bite Global Warming campaign.

AR2008 Registration Discount Ends 5/31

The discounted $120 early registration rate for the Animal Rights 2008 National Conference increases at the end of this month. To register, visit our registration page. Email the Registrar for low-income discounts, work scholarships, and group lodging.

The Conference will be held on August 14-18 at the Hilton Mark Center Hotel in Alexandria, VA, a suburb of the nation's capital and past venue of our 2006 event. The Hotel offers $97 rooms, magnificent meeting and exhibit space, vegan cuisine, cruelty-free bedding, and a free shuttle to the Metro and National Airport. promises to top all prior records in terms of number of participants, speakers, and exhibitors.

Among the one hundred expected speakers are: Jonathan Balcombe, Matt Ball, Harold Brown, Karen Davis, Karen Dawn, Tammy Grimes, Alex Hershaft, Steve Hindi, Pattrice Jones, Elliot Katz, Marti Kheel, Greg Lawson, Howard Lyman, Anthony Marr, Erica Meier, Peter Muller, Lauren Ornelas, Jeff Popick, Becky Robinson, Nathan Runkle, Brenda Shoss, Cheri Thompson, Will Tuttle, Paul Watson.

Co-sponsors include In Defense of Animals, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Vegan World, and Healing Species, as well as ACT Radio, Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe, League of Humane Voters, Mercy For Animals, United Poultry Concerns, and VegNews Magazine.

Please register now and request a free pack of colorful AR2008 promo cards to distribute at local veg & animal events.

FARM Reaches Out to Spanish Speakers

Through the generosity of a FARM donor, we are placing three full-page full-color ads in the trendy popular fashion magazine Vanidades this year.

Readers are directed to our new Spanish-language website that lists our movement's other Spanish-language websites and offers a Spanish-language vegetarian starter guide.

Our first ad "Why Vegetarian" generated 200 inquiries. The next ad urges readers to "Discover the Beauty of Vegetarianism."

Point your Spanish-speaking friends to our Spanish-language website.

Other Key Veg Programs Coming Up

World Vegetarian Week is coming on May 19–25. You may request free handouts on our online Request Form or call us at 888-327-6872.

The entire month of May is Crack the Cruelty Month, when Compassion Over Killing asks consumers to quit egg consumption for one month.

VeganWorld is a social networking site for vegans & vegetarians. It’s a fun, “one-stop” resource for networking, recipes, health & environmental info, veg-celebs, blogs, articles, locating a veg-restaurant or store, fun contests and polls, and a whole lot more. Check it out!

The Vegetarian Site is an online vegan store, offering leather-free footwear and accessories, cruelty-free personal care products, books, videos, groceries, and more.

FARM receives 10% of all sales from The Vegetarian Site in May, so you can shop for amazing vegan goodies and help a good cause at the same time.

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