FC Herbivores' first meeting

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Thursday's meeting! It was great to meet all of you and to see that there is support and interest for the ideas of the Fort Collins Herbivores in this community. We will advocate for a plant-based diet for the good of the environment, human health, and non-human animals.

For now, we will move forward with some simple events such as:

• Documentary screenings
• Adopt an Omnivore Program
• Recipe Swap. Get started now. Post to our blog!
  

In the future we will look at larger endeavors including:

1. Multi-week campaigns such as:

• Addressing Hunger (Members of the community pledge to give up meat for one meal, one day, one week, etc. and FC Herbivores members donate an equivalent in vegetables to the Larimer Food bank).
• Personal Health/ Weight Loss (Members of the community pledge to give up meat for one meal, one day, one week, etc. and FC Herbivores members calculate the calorie savings from each bit of meat substituted for vegetables).
• Adopt a Farm Animal (Members of the community pledge to give up meat for one meal, one day, one week, etc. and, once the equivalent of a whole chicken, pig, or cow etc. has been spared, FC Herbivores members will "Adopt" said animal from an agreed upon sanctuary).
• Save the Planet One Bite at a Time (Members of the community pledge to give up meat for one meal, one day, one week, etc. and FC Herbivores members calculate the CO2e emissions and water savings from their actions).

2. Speakers!

• Vegan athletes
• The Plant-Based Diet: Myth Versus Fact
  
• Farmer Brown (http://www.farmsanctuary.org/actionalerts/AFB_tour.htm)
• And More:)

3. Cooking Classes

Certainly more ideas and projects to come.

Thank you again to everyone who has shown support to make FC Herbivores a reality!