local Tofurky events

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Hello BAV!No, you can't rush down and get a free lunch.    The Tofurky is for meat-eaters, not people who are already veg!  More people are talking about veg holiday meals this year than ever before.  If you have a friend who is considering vegetarianism, please let him or her know about these events. And remember how easy this is to do yourself.  Try bringing a big stack of Tofurky sandwiches to your office this week with a bunch of your favorite vegan recipes.  Your colleagues may feel nervous about buying a package of fake meat on their own.  But if someone they know hands them a free sample, they'll try it, love it, and then be one step closer to vegetarian!  

We handed out 400 Tofurky sandwiches at Jack London Square 2 weeks ago.  They were gone in less than an hour, with Veg Starter Kits.  People loved the Tofurky and several came back to say that they had been curious about it, but didn't know how to get it.  They said they would " definitely " buy it again.  I didn't hear a single person say they didn't like it.  Our sandwiches had plain bread, 4 slices of Tofurky deli slices (hickory smoked), Vegannaise and lettuce.  Couldn't have been easier!

Alexhttp://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/PETAs-Plea-Give-Faux-Fowl-a-Chance-70273897.html

PETA's Plea: Give

Faux Fowl a Chance

Group giving away

Tofurky for holiday

By JESSICA

GREENE

Updated 7:20 AM

PST, Tue, Nov 17, 2009

What's Thanksgiving without a turkey? Ask the People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals and your answer will be: go vegan!

If you're already there, or are thinking about turning off the

meat this year, why not try it for free? PETA is taking that approach and

giving away the meatless alternative to the traditional dish: Tofurky Roast.

For those unfamiliar with the language, that's a tofu version

of turkey.

PETA members have been known to spread their message by barely

dressing in anything at all, but for this event, two of the group's members

will be dressed as turkeys.

" Animals on factory farms never get a holiday. The 40 million turkey

carcasses that U.S. shoppers buy each Thanksgiving represent only

misery, " said PETA senior campaigner Ashley

Byrne.

The giveaway will be hard to miss. A couple of oversized

turkeys standing upright, right there on Fourth and Market streets starting at

noon Tuesday in downtown San Francisco handing out Tofurky Roasts, along with

copies of the " Vegetarian Starter Kit. "

They'll be doing the same thing in San Jose Wednesday at Cesar

Chavez Park at the intersection of Market andSan Carlos on Wednesday.

Good luck with that leftover Tofurky loaf simmering in a nice

soup with or a couple slices of Tofurky and dressing inside a couple slices of

bread.

 

 

http://www.examiner.com/x-13006-SF-Events-Examiner~y2009m11d17-PETA-handing-out-Tofurky-roasts-in-downtown-SF

PETA handing out

Tofurky roasts in downtown SF

Veggie is the way to go! Thanks to PETA, this season it is the cheaper way to go. This afternoon

two members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will be handing out

vegetarian Tofurky roasts

in downtown San Francisco to promote a meatless Thanksgiving. Two members of

PETA will be dressed as turkeys while handing out Tofurky roasts and copies of

the " Vegetarian Starter Kit. " For your freebies head to Fourth and

Market streets at noon at. Turtle Island Foods is donating the Tofurky roasts.

PETA say they are doing it for the turkeys. " Animals on factory farms

never get a holiday. The 40 million turkey carcasses that U.S. shoppers buy

each Thanksgiving represent only misery, " said PETA senior campaigner

Ashley Byrne.