Member Stories

Amy – “My best friend’s family hunts. . . .When I go over to her house she like covers up the deer carcass on the floor so that it won’t offend me, and there’s like hooves sticking out. Luckily, I grew up around a lot of farmers and I know that this stuff happens. So I don’t talk about it a lot with her but she eats my food and she really likes it.

Arlene – “My favorite vegan cuisine is Italian. I make polenta lasagna with mushrooms, mushroom risotto, and mushroom bolognese.”

Bernie – “The book, We Are the Weather, flipped a switch.”

Ellen – “I think the documentary “Forks Over Knives” helped a lot of folks think differently about nutrition and animal agriculture.”

Jody – “Our club is made of people different walks of life, whether its age or race or education, career, financial, whatever.”

Nan – “I do miss bacon. But I’ve found that tempeh marinated in some soy sauce and other things, and then baked, satisfies my craving.”

Tracy – “It started with a health scare…”