FW: Ides of May Ballpark Update (SF AT & T Ballpark)

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See below regarding veggie options at AT & T Ballpark in SF. Note - this is from Soy Happy (an Oakland-based organization) and you an to their newsletter directly via their website at http://soyhappy.org

 

The veggie dogs are vegan.

 

Cheers,

Tammy

 

 

 

Soy Happy [info] Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:11 PMSoy HappyIdes of May Ballpark Update

Baseball season is underway and Soy Happy has a few more updates...Patti Howard, our Soy Happy Manager for the the Washington Nationals’ RFK Stadium has confirmed that veggie dogs are still being sold there. She has received several appreciative e-mails from fans who have enjoyed eating them at the ballpark. Yay! We also heard from the San Francisco Giants today. AT & T Ballpark is probably offering more veggie options than any other baseball stadium right now! Their concession manager shared that the following vegetarian menu items are available at their ballpark this season:

1. Veggie Hot dog 2. Garden Burger 3. Portobello Mushroom Sandwich 4. Yogurt Parfait 5. Macho Nacho ( served with or without cheese with beans and marinated vegetables) 6. Grilled Corn on the Cob 7. Mozzarella Cheese & Tomato Skewers 8. Greek Salad 9. Tomato Bisque Soup 10. Vegetarian Minestrone Soup 11. Fruit Salad 12. Grilled Vegetable Sandwich 13. Vegetarian Pot Stickers 14. Margherita Pizza --Mozzarella tomato and basil 15. Caesar Salad 16. Tomato Mozzarella Pannini Sandwich 17. Vegetable Fried RiceWe also got word that the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) recently wrote a letter to Los Angeles Dodgers’ owner, Frank McCourt, informing him that Farmer John’s meat supplier, Corcpork, Inc, is being sued for raising pigs in confined spaces. Farmer John provides the famous “Dodger Dogs” at Dodger Stadium and is a sponsor of many events there. Unfortunately, Farmer John is also known for the inhumane factory farming practices that pigs in their facilities endure. As an update on this issue, Burger King recently announced that they would no longer buy eggs or pork from suppliers that kept their animals cruelly confined in crates and cages and Smithfield Farms, the world’s largest pork producer, has announced that it will phase out the confinement of pigs in metal crates. The issue of inhumane treatment of factory farmed animals is an ethical issue that is slowly becoming understood and thereby reflected by the business practices of large companies. Let’s hope that Farmer John will catch on! We applaud the effort of ALDF to raise awareness of the cruel treatment of pigs by Farmer John. We also encourage Dodger fans to nosh on veggie dogs whenever they go to games! Dodger Stadium will be adding more vegetarian items to their menu listings this season and we will send an alert when those items are confirmed.For information and updates on vegetarian menu items in all MLB stadiums, be sure to check our Venue Reference Guide:http://soyhappy.org/venue.htmSoy Happy relies on baseball fans to keep us posted. Let us know if you find new items or any changes on the veggie menu at your ballparks. Be sure to thank concession managers when they offer the items you want. And politely suggest those items, if they don’t already carry them. To become better informed and more effective at suggesting menu changes at local eateries, we encourage you to read the article, “Encouraging Vegetarian Foods at Concession Stands,” by SH Founder Johanna McCloy: http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2004issue3/vj2004issue3concession.htmIf you go to a game and nosh on veggie dogs there, take a picture and share it with us! We’ll keep sending updates as we get them. Health & Happiness,

Soy Happy!http://www.soyhappy.org

[Guest guest]

This is especially interesting in light of

the great coverage we’ve gotten about the cruelly produced “Dodger

Dogs” by Farmer John.

 

Check out today’s LA Times article:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-dog15may15,1,3893371.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

 

Dodger

Dogs out at the plate?

Animal rights activists ask team owners to end ties with makers of the

popular ballpark fare.

By Stuart Silverstein, Times Staff Writer

May 15, 2007

 

The Dodger Dog long has

been a delicacy for many Los Angeles

baseball fans, but a group of animal rights activists can't stomach them any

longer.

 

In a letter sent Monday to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, the team was urged to

end its ties " with Farmer John and its cruelly produced pork

products. " The plea came from Stephen Wells,

executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, a Sonoma

County- based nonprofit organization

that is the lead plaintiff in a pending lawsuit against Farmer John and

Corcpork, one of its suppliers, based in Corcoran,

Calif.

 

Lisa Franzetta, a spokeswoman for the animal rights group, said that while

other pork producers around the world have moved to treat their livestock more

humanely, the Dodger Dog's makers have continued to keep pigs that are pregnant

or nursing in " inhumane " small cages that prevent the animals from

being able to turn around or even scratch themselves.

 

Franzetta said Dodgers fans, even the avid meat eaters among them, " still

are concerned about the lives the animals lived before they became their hot

dogs. "

 

That contention, however, didn't cut the mustard with some fans at Monday

night's Dodgers game.

 

" It won't change my habit of eating Dodger Dogs, " said John Kenn, 48,

a real estate broker from Los Angeles

who was incredulous when informed of the activists' charges. " I love

animals, but this is ridiculous. "

 

Another fan agreed.

 

" It's not going to stop me from eating Dodger Dogs. I'm sorry, " said

a woman who declined to give her name, as she polished off the final bite of a

hot dog. " I come to the games for the Dodger Dogs and the team. "

 

Camille Johnston, a Dodgers spokeswoman, said late Monday she couldn't comment

on the letter from the animal rights group. She said she was told of the letter

late in the day and was not able to reach Farmer John officials.

 

Johnston said

the Dodgers organization has had a business relationship with Farmer John since

the late 1950s.

 

The popular frankfurter was named the " Dodger Dog " in the early

1970s, she said.

 

 

 

stuart.silverstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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See below regarding veggie options at AT & T Ballpark in SF. Note - this is from Soy Happy

(an Oakland-based

organization) and you an to their newsletter directly via their website at http://soyhappy.org

 

 

 

 

 

The veggie dogs are vegan.