And I'm and 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. I do this through cooking

classes, nutrition courses, articles and essays, this

podcast and a cooking DVD I produced to last year you can learn more about who we

are and what we do by visiting our website,

compassionate cooks.com.

Thanks again to those who've left comments on iTunes.

It's really a great way to encourage others to listen and I really appreciate reading your comments.

Word of mouth is a powerful thing and I appreciate whatever you can do to encourage people to listen

or better yet subscribe to the podcast. I've also received

some emails that absolutely make my day. It really means so much to me to hear from you.

I'd like to read you an excerpt. I hope I don't embarrass the person who is

listening. But I received this a few days ago and here's just an excerpt from one of the emails

I received.

I had been an ovo lactobecetarian for over three years until I came across your

podcast a few weeks ago.

It has blown my mind, to the least and has inspired me to become a

full on joyful vegan. I don't know what to say to that. I'm the one who's inspired by people like that person who wrote. I'm inspired by everyone I teach

and everyone I talk to because I see what's possible in people. I'm inspired by people who are open and humble and willing to know the truth

and to do something about it once they find out the truth. So thank you and thanks to all who

are listening.

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