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In this issue:
  • EVENT: Annual Member Meeting & Potluck, June 18
  • ANIMALS: Stop Deadly Experiments on Primates
  • RESTAURANT CORNER: Planted PDX
  • RECIPE: No-Bake Oatmeal Cookie Energy Bites
  • EVENT: Dineout at Mirisata, June 22
  • EVENT: Pride Vegan Night Market, June 24
  • EVENT: PDX VEG Challenge, July 1
  • EVENT: 4th of July Potluck Picnic, July 4







  • Sunday, June 18, 2023
  • 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM 
  • West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (map) 
  • 8470 Southwest Oleson Road, Portland, OR

Come to our Annual Meeting/Potluck for your chance to discuss where we as an organization should be going. The potluck starts at 5:00 PM; the program at 6:15 PM. All past, current, and new members and any interested persons are encouraged to attend! Our new coordinators, Roz McCallard and Jesse Miller, will talk about how they came to Northwest VEG, and plans for Northwest VEG in the future.
 
Are you already a member? Ready to join or volunteer? Then you'll be entered into a drawing to win a variety of vegan prizes!

For the potluck, please bring a plant-based (no animal products, including honey) main dish, salad, or dessert; a card listing its ingredients; and plates and utensils for your use. If you come alone, figure the amount to serve 4-6; increase the amount 4 servings for each additional person in your party/family.
Deadly Experiments at the Oregon National Primate Research Center

By Donna Reynolds

As vegans, we know that we don’t have to submit animals to confinement, suffering, and death in order for us to be well-nourished. Yet in some cases, scientists and researchers continue to injure and ultimately kill animals in experiments where other non-harmful alternatives are available.

According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), “The Oregon National Primate Research Center, part of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), has repeatedly used and killed hundreds of nonhuman primates, including infants, to study maternal and child health nutrition outcomes that could have been studied ethically and effectively in humans.” PCRM has filed a complaint about five research studies at the Primate Center that violated the Animal Welfare Act.

It is the government’s responsibility to restrict these ethical violations in research. To see how you can help stop these non-ethical animal experiments, click here.



By Susan Hanson
Nestled in a quiet westside neighborhood not far from Multnomah Village, Planted PDX serves delicious vegan food from one of the cutest food carts around. It is owned and run by two brothers, Jordy and Harrison Dodge, whose family took cooking seriously. Their Korean grandmother was a chef who specialized in Chinese cooking. She taught her sons to cook, and they in turn passed on the love of cooking to their sons. Jordy has also worked in various restaurants in Portland. The brothers now have used that knowledge to create unique, globally-themed, vegan dishes.

Jordy and his friend, Judd Calvin, opened Planted PDX in October 2020 during COVID when restaurants were closing or only doing take-out. Neighbors appreciated that they could call in their orders and then pick them up outside. It is still all take out, but there is now an outdoor patio seating area that keeps expanding. You can order online, call in, or order in person.

Their most popular dish is their Famous Fried Rice—a wok-seared medley of jasmine rice, corn, sweet peas & carrots, topped with Indonesian style tempeh and garnished with cucumber, cashews, scallions, and house aioli. Customers also rave about…

By Linda Tyler



These energy bites give you a cookie-like satisfaction, but without eggs, butter, or sugar. Adding the raisins and nuts at the end preserves their texture, creating pleasant layers of texture and tastes as you chew. These freeze well, so you can make several batches at once and have them for weeks or months.

Makes 20-24 balls

Place the following ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and process until the mixture is well-combined but small chunks of the oats are still visible, about 30-45 seconds (sometimes a sticky ball forms, which is fine—that means it’s done). 

  • 1+1/3 cups pitted dates (they should be soft)
  • 2/3 cup uncooked oatmeal (quick or old fashioned)
  • 1/2 cup slivered or sliced or chopped almonds, roasted
  • 2 Tablespoons flaxseed meal
  • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Add the following ingredients and process until just mixed in (leave them as whole as possible).

  • 3 Tablespoons roasted sunflower seeds (it’s okay if they are salted; you could substitute other nuts, such as walnuts)
  • 3 Tablespoons raisins

With lightly wet hands, roll about a Tablespoon of mixture into a tight ball. Repeat with the remaining mixture. Store in a container with a cover. Refrigerate for several hours until chilled. Store covered in refrigerator—they last at least a week.


  • Thursday, June 22
  • 5:30 pm
  • 2420 SE Belmont St.
  • Portland, OR

Mirisata, Portland’s only Sri Lanken restaurant, is a worker-owned cooperative. It started as a pop-up in 2020 and has now moved into a permanent location on Belmont Street. Mirisata loosely translates to “spicy curry,” and though not everything is spicy, (they do offer mild options) it is all bursting with flavor. It is 100% vegan, and there is a rotation of different curry and rice platters throughout the week, and also choices for roti, kotu, Lanken-Chinese dishes, and more. There are many gluten-free options. You can check out the main menu here. The reviews rave about Mirisata, saying it is a place you should not miss.

There is both indoor and outdoor seating, and the tip for the dine-out meal is included in the price.

Pre-registration is required. If you need to cancel, please contact the host listed in your registration confirmation.

Click the button below to register.


Calling all food lovers and supporters of equality! Join us for our FIRST Pride Vegan Night Market at our new HUGE outdoor venue! Get ready to experience a vibrant community-driven event where love and delicious flavors fill the air and compassion for animals and the celebration of LGBTQIA+ pride merge. Come hungry, leave inspired, and be part of a movement that seeks to create a brighter, kinder future for all beings. See you there!


Recommended Event:
July 1st – 31st





To all who would like to learn more about becoming or staying vegan, PDX VEG invites you to participate in their upcoming free PDX VEG Challenge, which starts on July 1, 2023. For the whole month of July, PDX VEG will challenge you to try going vegan and will provide daily encouraging emails with resources, tips, and inspiration such as finding plant-based alternatives to animal-derived foods; getting help with your meal planning, cooking, and eating out; and learning how to stay healthy as a vegan. You can attend online cooking and meal prep demonstrations by three different vegan cooking pros via Zoom, you can sign up to get individualized help from a vegan mentor, and you can meet and learn about rescued farmed animals at farm sanctuaries. 

To learn more about this free and beneficial opportunity to get help going vegan, click here: https://www.pdxveg.org/.













  • Tuesday, July 4, 2023
  • 3:00 PM
  • Evelyn Schiffler Memorial Park
  • 5495 Southwest Erickson Avenue
  • Beaverton, Oregon, 97005 (map)

Come join us at the Evelyn Schliffler Memorial Park in Beaverton for a late afternoon potluck picnic! Bring a dish to share plus plates, bowls, and utensils, (no animal products, including honey), and we ask that you fill out an ingredients list to include with the dish. We will supply vegan ice cream for dessert. Bring the whole family as there'll be games, music, and more—for all ages! Come on by at 3:00 PM—the eating will start at 3:30 PM.
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