Published Letters and Op-Eds from
COK’s Writers Group
Dear Editor,
I just had the immense pleasure of reading your article on
VegAustin.com [“New
& Noteworthy,” Food, Sept. 21]—an online resource that
lists all of the vegetarian and vegan options available to us.
I spent my summer in D.C., and it was there I fell in love with
VegDC.com, the first of the
Veg guides. I am so excited (haha, sorry, a bit exuberant, aren’t I)
that this now exists for Austin and that we are the third city in the
country to be graced with such an awesome resource!
Thank you for writing an article about it, and keep it coming!
Vegans are notoriously healthier than meat-eaters, so I see it as an ethical
duty to make sure everyone knows how easy it is to go veg! Compassion Over
Killing’s website is a true eye opener. I'd love to see more articles
on their primary focus of relieving animals from their current living situations.
Furthermore, perhaps you can investigate and write up the health benefits of
going veg at least several meals per week if not for the majority of one’s
meals. In this article you can then mention VegAustin again as a convenient
resource for people who would like more information on how to do this easily.
The website www.pcrm.org is another great
health-based organization that promotes the benefits of a vegan diet. Oncologists
from around the nation contribute to their database.
Peace, and rock on Austin!
Holly Werstein
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