And I'm Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudro from Compassionate Cooks, which I founded to empower people to make informed food choices

and to debunk myths about vegetarianism and animal rights.

I do this through cooking classes, an online cookbook, recipes on the website, lectures and workshops,

articles and essays, this podcast, and a cooking DVD.

You can learn more about who we are and what we do by visiting our website

compassionate cooks.com. First of all, thanks to all of you who have responded to my

request for support. As I've said before this podcast takes many hours to produce and I want to keep

doing it but in order to do so I really do need your help. So if you find anything valuable

and helpful in any of the topics I've covered please visit

compassionate cooks dot com and click on the button at the bottom of the page that says

support podcasts. I know I sound like National Public Radio but it really is true

what they say if you value what you

hear, please support this work. I don't have a free tote bag though, free yet, but

give me time. Every bit helps, so thank you in advance. This podcast is sponsored by a really

fantastic organization called Nonviolence United which you can visit at

nonviolence united.org and I love the they do. They work to unite all of the social justice movements.

Human rights, environmental justice, animal rights under one flag. And that flag that we all share is nonviolence.

Through what they call proactive nonviolence,

they teach people that their everyday choices can build

a better life for themselves and a better world for everyone.

So as you may have guessed, I really love their focus and their

commitment. So thank you very much to Nonviolence United for sponsoring today's

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