Come share a meal with like-minded friends at our monthly local potluck and enjoy a cooking demonstration provided by our speaker for this month, Surraya Drugovic.

In this presentation, Surraya will share the transformative journey of how embracing plant-based living changed her life, both personally and in the kitchen. From the decision to go vegan to creating The Art of Plant-Based Cuisine, a cookbook filled with nourishing, flavorful recipes, she will discuss how whole food plant-based eating has positively impacted her health and happiness. Surraya will also demonstrate a couple of simple, delicious recipes, showing the audience how easy and rewarding it can be to cook with whole foods and create meals that are both satisfying and life-changing. The Art of Plant-Based Cuisine will also be available for purchase at the event.  

The potluck begins at 5:30pm and the presentation begins at 6:30.

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As spring arrives and the earth warms, many of us feel inspired to grow the food that sustains us. But how can we cultivate abundant gardens without relying on petrochemicals or animal by-products, such as blood, bone, fish meals, and manure? The solution lies in veganic (vegan-organic) gardening.

If you're interested in learning gardening techniques that are freely available, sustainable, and aligned with your vegan values, our affiliated Facebook Group, Veganic Gardening PDX, is planning a get-together this month. The event will be hosted by Marsha Rakestraw, a passionate advocate and former president of NW VEG. Please come and share your questions, wisdom, and experiences. Seed swaps, plant exchanges, and vegan treats are encouraged. Masking is appreciated.

As space is limited, please RSVP to Marsha at humanebeings@gmail.com

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 2:00–4:00 PM
Location: Cohousing Community Room, Cascadia Commons, 4377 SW 94th Ave

This year Northwest VEG is sponsoring Vegan Scouts as they hold their their second annual Vegan Egg Hunt. All are welcome for this fun community event. Join us as we celebrate our adorable fellow herbivores, BUNNIES, with an exciting lineup of activities!

• Two egg hunts (for younger and older kids)

• Bunny Tea Party with scrumptious food!

• Crafts and activities

• Prizes and Photobooth

• Rescue Bunny Meet & Greet

More Information

Come to our vegan potluck at 5, or to hear Dr. Julie Sinistore’s presentation on the Environmental Impacts of Food at 6:15, or both.

Dr. Sinistore will examine the impacts of food choices from production through consumption and ask tough questions about if being vegan is enough to ensure the protection of endangered ecosystems.

Dr. Julie Sinistore has been vegan for 25 years and first turned to vegetarianism 29 years ago, after reading Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet. She is an expert in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and current serves as Senior Vice President and Technical Fellow at WSP USA, a major firm providing environmental and engineering services. In her LCA work, she analyzes the environmental burdens and benefits of the production, use, transportation, and disposal of goods and services like agricultural products, but also electronics and construction products. Julie also taught courses on Life Cycle Thinking and Sustainable Product Design in the mechanical engineering department at UC-Berkeley. Julie sits on the board of the American Center for LCA (ACLCA) and serves as the vice chair of the Education committee. 

The West Hills Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 8470 SW Oleson Road, Portland.

The Eugene VeganFest is a fun, inviting event to help nurture our local community to expand our compassion, explore our ethical capacity, and learn how to be the healthiest we can be in both body and spirit. Our relationship to animals and the natural world is critical to our future. Join us for a day of fabulous food, great speakers, interesting information, and an opportunity to make the world a better place for all those who share the Earth. For more information, visit https://eugeneveganfest.org/

We are very pleased to welcome local cookbook author and recipe developer Surraya Drugovic as our program presenter following our May potluck.  In her presentation, Surraya will demonstrate a couple of simple, delicious recipes from her cookbook The Art of Plant-Based Cuisine, and share her transformative journey of how embracing plant-based living changed her life, both personally and in the kitchen.  Surraya holds a degree in Health and Wellness and is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.  Through her cookbook, she aims to inspire others to embrace healthier, nourishing meals that can heal and satisfy.  Her cookbook will be available for sale at the event. Come to the potluck at 5:00, Surraya’s presentation at 6:15, or both.

Location: Stone Tower SDA Church, 3010 NE Holladay St., Portland

We are very pleased to welcome Zuriel van Belle to present to us about Portland's resident coyotes following our Eastside vegan potluck. The Portland Urban Coyote Project has been recording human-coyote interactions for over 10 years. With the help of over 20,000 sighting reports, van Belle will unpack the human side of human-wildlife conflict, explain how coyotes make a living in the city, how wildlife stewardship starts in our own backyards, and what's next for the coyote project.

Zuriel van Belle is a geographer focused on animals, plants, and places. She is the director of the Portland Urban Coyote Project, a community science, research, and education project. Her personal interests include digging in the dirt, downshifting, and dogs. Come to the potluck at 5:00, the Portland Urban Coyote presentation at 6:15, or both. Coyotes photo by Molly Sultany

Location: Stone Tower SDA Church, 3010 NE Holladay St., Portland