What is Gentle Thanksgiving?
Gentle Thanksgiving is an effort to encourage friends, family and neighbors to adopt compassionate alternatives to unnecessarily cruel turkey dinners. We accomplish this by demonstrating the great taste and superior nutrition of gourmet vegetarian recipes and a variety of festive plant-based foods.
Millions of vegetarian and other caring folks across the U.S. are celebrating this Thanksgiving with a rich selection of delicious vegetables, fruits, baked goods, and mock meats replacing the carcass on their dinner table. The vegetarian bill of fare may include a 'tofurky,' lentil or nut roast, stuffed squash, corn chowder or chestnut soup, candied yams, cranberry sauce, pumpkin or pecan pie, and carrot cake. Sound good? Need some recipes? Click here. Want a free Thanksgiving-Edition Veg Starter Kit? Click here.
This year, we would like to shift the Thanksgiving focus back to Community. Early American settlers used this day as a time to build relationships with their neighbors. Let friendships grow - organize your own compassionate feast and invite your community in for dinner!
Gentle Thanksgiving is a program of FARM (Farm Animal Reform Movement).
No Turkey?! Why Not?
Abusing and killing an innocent bird betrays the life-affirming spirit of giving thanks for our life, health, and happiness. The nearly 300 million turkeys killed each year in the U.S. spend their entire lives crammed in large sheds with little room to move. Artificially inseminated and selectively bred to gain enormous amounts of weight, they... :: Click here to continue reading ::
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Ten Reasons to drop turkey from your holday
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The birds get even... their flesh is replete with cholesterol and saturated fats, which have been linked with an elevated risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases that kill 1.3 million Americans annually. Turkey flesh is also contaminated with... :: Click here to continue reading ::
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the single condition for the term "free-range" is that birds have access to the outdoors. All other facets of a free-range turkey's life can be indistinguishable from the living conditions of a conventionally raised bird. Like all other turkeys raised for food... :: Click here to continue reading ::
Want Help?
We're here
to help! At FARM, we believe that compassion is
a community issue. We enjoy making new friends,
and would be happy to discuss cooking tips, organizing
tools, or the issues regarding factory farming.
Give us a call! 888-FARM-USA (888-327-6872).
For additional help in kicking the turkey
habit this holiday season, sign up for a Free
Gentle Thanksgiving Veg Starter Kit, complete
with info, recipes, and tips for a compassionate
holiday! |
