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,

to debunk myths about vegetarianism and animal rights,

and to encourage people to live according

to their own values of compassion.

You can learn more about who we are and what we do by visiting our website, Compassionate cookss.com.

Hi everybody, I first want to extend a huge thank you

to all of our Compassionate Cooks members,

everybody who subscribes to the podcast,

everybody who listens to the podcast let me first acknowledge a few

members whose membership actually supports the the podcast itself especially

Taylor Waters Taylor was patient and kind during the membership glitches we had at the end of

last year and I very much appreciate her support. She dedicated her membership to

her father about whom she wrote for my dad who always amazes me in his ever-changing ways

Especially his move towards a more compassionate life. I aim to aspire to his level of emotion and love

for all animals, not just the furry ones that sleep at the foot of the bed. She

went on to praise him for being just a great guy. She said he raised me on his own since I was six and went from an

Omni to a veggie when he was 50 years old. I hope I can adapt and change like him when I get older. Really

awesome. Thank you Taylor and thank you Taylor's dad. Thanks to member Patrick Hyatt

who was actually one of the people who alerted us to the glitches we were having at the end of last year.

Thank you for your support, Patrick, and for taking the time to let us know that you were having trouble.

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