Kick off the new year with a focus on your health! Join us for a special live Zoom event with world-renowned physician Dr. Joel Fuhrman on Monday, January 9, from 7pm-8:15pm. Dr. Fuhrman will discuss The Nutritarian Diet, the focus of his most recent book, Eat for Life. Dr. Fuhrman is a board-certified family physician and seven-time New York Times best-selling author. He coined the term “Nutritarian” to describe a nutrient-dense eating style, designed to prevent cancer, slow aging, and extend lifespan. We will be raffling off five books. Add it to your calendar. No registration required.

VegMichigan will now be working to promote a plant-based diet in Traverse City by bringing our meetups, food giveaways, and other programs to the area. Val Schey and Nicola Philpott will lead these efforts and will also spend time working on our new factory farming initiative, which you can read more about below. Please join our Traverse City Meetup, and you can meet Val and Nicola at our first meetup on Jan. 4, from 11am-12pm. Also, check out our Plant-Based in TC Blog full of local plant-based options.

Join us for Sunday brunch at Chive in downtown Farmington on January 15 for a 12:30pm-2:00pm seating. The brunch menu includes Chive's House Scramble, Shroom Bakon, Scallions, Sour Cream, Cheddar with Paprika Home Fries and French Toast, Burnt Orange Syrup, Cream, and Pistachios. The meal price includes water service. Coffee, beverages, and a full bar are available at an additional cost. Brunch is $25 for current VegMichigan members and $30 for non-members. Space is limited to 30 attendees and is filling up quickly, so register soon!

Michigan winter has arrived! If you are anything like us, you are already looking for help warming up on these chilly days! Our go-to? Savory and comforting plant-based soup. Each with its own personality and flavor profile, there is sure to be something for everyone at your table.

We're excited to partner with Beyond Meat to expand our food sampling programs at colleges around Michigan in 2023. We are looking for passionate, engaging volunteers who would like to give out free samples at UM, MSU, Wayne State, and other colleges. Also, if you would like to do this on a regular basis we can discuss a part-time hourly position. We will be sampling food both inside and outside. If you'd like to learn more about this opportunity, contact [email protected].

Factory farming has been a 50-year experiment that has failed. It causes immense suffering to farm animals and severe environmental destruction. Our focus will remain promoting a plant-based diet, but VegMichigan will also start working to reduce and, hopefully, one day, end factory farming in Michigan. For the first time in 40 years, the Michigan house, senate, and governor have shown some openness to regulating factory farming. Michigan already has 300 factory farms, but big ag wants a lot more. We need to make it clear to Lansing that we do not want factory farms in Michigan. Many citizen groups and nonprofits are already working on this issue, but if more groups don't join the fight, factory farming will continue to expand. If you would like to work on this initiative, please contact [email protected].

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