And I'm Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudro from Compassionate Cooks.

I founded compassionate cooks to

empower people to make informed food choices and to debunk myths about

vegetarianism and animal rights. You can learn more about who we are and what we do by visiting our website

compassionate cooks.com.

First off, thank you to today's sponsor Roseanne Marule, who has written to tell me that she's been inspired by this

podcast and has found it helpful for finding the middle ground between quote

downplaying my responses to people to avoid preaching or making them feel bad

and taking the bait from hostile people who are interested only in arguing.

I know it's a tough line to walk, Roseanne, and I'm thrilled I can offer some tools through this

medium. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for your support and for your

email. I hope you're enjoying the recipe for the tofu fillet with spicy cornmeal

crust. It's yummy. So thank you and take care. I look forward to hearing from you again.

And thank you to all of the monthly and one-time sponsors.'m so grateful I know I keep saying that you're probably

sick of hearing we say that but I really am very grateful if this podcast has helped

you at all if you have forwarded it on to friends if you ever find

yourself quoting from it perhaps you'd like to sponsor it as well all of the

sponsors receive a recipe in return just let me know what type of recipe you're looking for.

And that's just one of the perks of becoming a sponsor.

The other perk is just knowing that you're supporting an effective

medium of communication about an issue you do not hear covered in the mainstream or the progressive media.

I've said before that I love hearing your stories of transformation and I think that it's vital to tell our

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