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BAVeg Napa Solano News – March 2015

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BAVeg volunteers have distributed 9,621 vegan leaflets this quarter, at 11 different leafleting events, with 1 to 3 volunteers per event.

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BAVeg News – March 2015

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Because thinking about food choices and environmental impact is such a dry topic (pun intended), sometimes we quipped “Answer a question for vegan chocolate!”

Here is the complete list of questions and answers used at the BAVeg booth at Vallejo Earth Day.  Please consider taking the quiz first — without looking at the answers, below.  Here is a link to the questions only…

For those pondering the questions, here are the answers and the sources we used.  Kudos to Debbie who led the research and selection on the questions.

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Healthy Veg Support Group – first meeting in American Cyn
BOOK CLUB: The World Peace Diet by Dr. Will Tuttle
Say it your way – with an Ultimate Guide review
Truth or Drought

Source: http://www.truthordrought.com/

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VEGAN/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS/BUSINESSES

Recently Opened * Opening Soon * Opening Sometime in the Future * Still on Our Radar * Closed Restaurants * More Food News

Falafel Wrap at Nourish Cafe (Photo Credit: Brandi Woods)

Chao cheese now at Safeway (American Canyon) Photo Credit: Tammy Lee

RECENTLY OPENED

• Nourish Cafe in San Francisco – as we understand it, the menu is vegan; however, bee pollen can be added to smoothies.  Seed + Salt also uses honey in some of their desserts; what’s with “vegan” restaurants using products from bees?
  • Please, let’s all be bee friends and not exploit or use the life’s work of this industrious little creature.  (Their lifespan is short, like 6-7 weeks, and according to the National Honey Board, it takes them that entire time to produce 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey. )  Lots of great alternatives to honey, and one of the easiest items to replace in your pantry.

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BAVeg News – March 2015