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Friday, September 14, 2007
Vegan Dining Out - Sooner than you think! Greetings, Below is the information regarding the next Vegan Dining Out set for Saturday, September 22nd at 6pm. PLEASE NOTE: When you reserve you must give me your choice of entrée. They are listed below. When I set this dinner up I didn’t check my calendar closely enough to notice that it conflicts with Yom Kippur. I apologize for that and will definitely try to do better in the future! Check out the Dining Out info below and reserve by return email or by calling me at 321-242-4647 - - - - Barbara "Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." From: Barbara Bingnear [mailto: Hello, Healthy Planet of Brevard’s next Vegan Dining Out is set for 6pm on Saturday, September 22nd. This will be the first time we have had a Dining Out at Jade Palace Chinese Restaurant in Details are as follows: When: Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 6PM Where: Jade Palace Chinese Restaurant, Menu: Everyone gets: Vegetarian egg roll, Fortune cookie, Hot tea Choice of:
Price: $14.00. This price includes the food and tax. It does NOT include the tip or alcoholic beverages (wine and beer are available.) No-shows and very late cancellations will be charged for their meal. Please be prepared with cash or check as you will be paying me. Please reserve by Wednesday, September 19. Join us on September 22nd! Reservations are necessary Reserve by return email to goveg@cfl.rr.com or by calling me at 321-242-4647. Veganly yours, Barbara Bingnear Dining Out Coordinator Healthy Planet of Brevard http://healthyplanet.blogspot.com Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Florida Native Plant Society Monday, September 10th, 7pm Melbourne Public Library Fee Ave. Melbourne Conradina is excited to bring noted native flora author Gil Nelson to Melbourne "Southeastern Coastal Plains Wildflowers" Dr Nelson is a writer, photographer, naturalist, and educator who works in Tallahassee, FL and in southwest Georgia. He writes, speaks, edits, and consults on botany, natural history, ecology, outdoor recreation, and environmental science topics, especially as they relate to Florida and the southeastern United States. His single author books include Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers and East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers, (Globe-Pequot/Falcon Press), Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants, (University Press of Florida), and Ferns of Florida, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida, Trees of Florida, Exploring Wild Northwest Florida, and Exploring Wild North Florida, (Pineapple Press). He is co-author of the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998) and the National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeast (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999), and a contributor to Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual (University of Florida, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences). Door Prizes! Book Sales and Signing! Go to www.gilnelson.com for his complete list of books and other info. Please join us for this educational and interesting evening. Refreshments will be provided and a free door prize will go home with those holding lucky tickets! If you need more info please call Sharon Dolan (729.6857) at least a few days before meeting. Calendar • The Florida Native Plant Society is organizing a Members Retreat for October 5-7, 2007 at Pine Lake Retreat near Clermont, FL. This informal retreat will give members from around the state an opportunity to mingle, learn something new and enjoy the beautiful ecosystems of Central Florida. Activities will include hiking, paddling, workshops, guest speakers, nature crafts and family programs. The FNPS Government Policy & Legislature Committee will also hold an Advocacy Workshop. Look for additional details in the coming months, and please contact Karina Veaudry (executivedirector@fnps.org or 407.895.8446 with questions or if you would like to assist before or during the retreat). • Field Trip to Buck Lake Conservation Area. Saturday October 20, 9am-Noon Led by Dr. Paul Schmalzer. Look for directions in Oct. News. • Field Trip to the Fakahatchee Strand on the last weekend of Oct., the 27th and 28th. Don’t miss this opportunity to get into the unique and diverse Everglades swamp with the dynamic Park Biologist, Mike Owen. This will be an overnight excursion. Further details will be posted next month. Please call or email Sharon to pre-register: 729.6857 sharon@maplestreetnatives.com • Just Read, Florida! In a State Park near you To promote literacy during the month of September visitors can enter state parks FREE by: Presenting a library card, presenting a library book, or donating a new or gently used book. Tuesday, September 04, 2007
The Healthy Planet The Healthy Planet “Food Choices for Health, Compassion, Animals and the Environment” Healthy Planet of Brevard... health, compassion, animals, environment Current News August was a very successful month for HPoB. At our dining out we had 46 people in attendance. With the return of our monthly potlucks, we had 15 people show up to the first one. Please join us at our next potluck, see below for more info (also see the attached flyer). Upcoming Events Vegan Potluck On September 9th we will hold our monthly vegan potluck at Holmes Regional Hospital Auditorium in Melbourne. We should all give Dawn and Holmes Regional Hospital our thanks for arranging a convenient location for our potlucks. The potlucks will be held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The Auditorium has been reserved from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. A map is attached to this email (thanks to John Y.). Our potlucks are relaxed, fun events that offer a delicious demonstration of the possibilities and appeal of a plant-based diet. They create a healthy sense of community and give like-minded individuals in the area a chance to meet one another. Bring your best vegan dishes, casseroles, salads and desserts to share for this potluck. Please bring enough food for your family and a little bit more. Please no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, Jell-O, marshmallows or honey. Some folks like to bring their own dishes and utensils. Please label your food with a copy of the recipe, this helps people with allergies to know if they can sample your dish. All ages are welcome. Please print the attached flyer and post on your favorite bulletin board. Dining Out Details are as follows: When: Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 6PM Where: Jade Palace Chinese Restaurant, 280 E. Eau Gallie Blvd , Indian Harbour Beach (corner of South Patrick Drive in the Publix Shopping Center . The restaurant faces South Patrick Drive ). Menu: Everyone gets: Vegetarian egg roll, Fortune cookie, Hot tea Choice of: Buddha’s delight w/white rice, Broccoli with garlic sauce w/white rice, Sautéed snow peas w/ white rice Vegetable lo mien (noodles) Price: $14.00. This price includes the food and tax. It does NOT include the tip or alcoholic beverages (wine and beer are available.) No-shows and very late cancellations will be charged for their meal. Please be prepared with cash or check as you will be paying me. Please reserve by Wednesday, September 19. Join us on September 22nd! Reservations are necessary Reserve by email to goveg@cfl.rr.com or call 242-4647. Barbara Bingnear Dining Out Coordinator Dining Out Schedule Here is a sneak peak at our upcoming Dining Night Out schedule. November 3, Taste of Goa Indian Restaurant, 8501 A1A, Cape Canaveral December 1, Holiday Party, DaiSen Japanese Restaurant – 325 Merritt Island Causeway, Merritt Island Core Group Meeting The next core meeting will be held on Monday, September 24th, 7:30 PM at the Satellite Beach Public Library (these meetings are normally held on the fourth Monday of the month at the Sat Beach Library and occasionally at member's homes). Remember we need your help now more than ever. Without core members we wouldn’t be able to have Dining Night Out’s, Guest Speaker Event’s and Big Events like our Independence From Meat picnic and our Turkey-free Thanksgiving. We have scheduled author Rynn Berry to speak at the Cocoa Beach Library on October 27th. Rynn’s topic is “Famous Vegetarians and Their Favorite Recipes.”Here is a web site for Rynn, http://www.vegsource.com/berry/. More info to follow. Guest Speaker Possible speaker Victoria Moran November 10th or 11th at Cocoa Beach Library Turkey-free Thanksgiving Dinner Our TFT will be held on Nov 18th at Kiwanis Island in Merritt Island. More Info to follow. Mark your calendar. Healthy Planet of Brevard Membership Message Welcome to Healthy Planet of Brevard! Please consider joining us. What if we didn’t have members? What would we do if no one renewed their membership or became a new member of HPoB? Without your membership dollars we could probably continue with the Dining Night Out’s but we certainly couldn’t pay the travel of some of our guest speakers. The Big events like the Turkey-free Thanksgiving Dinner and the Independence from Meat picnic would be canceled (it costs us to rent the pavilions and we purchase some of the food). And we couldn’t even think about restarting out potluck dinners. So please do support our great events and join as a paid member of Healthy Planet. Our Mission We inspire people to shift towards a plant-centered diet to improve their health, to encourage compassion for animals, and to achieve a sustainable environment. ------------------------------------------------------------- Our group celebrates diversity. Please join us at one of our events, bring the family, bring a friend. Our website is located at http://healthyplanet.blogspot.com/ and our MySpace site is: http://www.myspace.com/healthyplanetofbrevard Other Organizations and Businesses that our members are involved in: Gainesville Potlucks Visit us at www.Veg4LifeGainesville.com Food Not Bombs One of our members has started a group called Food Not Bombs here in the Space Coast area. Jade asks, “Please help me get the word out. The website is www.spacecoastfnb.org. Thanks. all the best.” Native Plants Naturewise Open House – Saturday, September 8th, 9:00am to 1:00pm It's almost time again to start planting your fall vegetable gardens! Naturewise will be having another open house to kick off the fall season, and feature our heirloom varieties of tomato plants, pepper plants and herbs. Of course we will also have lots of native plants available, and hopefully lots of other goodies too! Now is a good time to start preparing your garden. Whether it's a raised bed, in ground, a container, earth box or other creative system, you can grow something! Brand new to gardening? Start reading now, talk to friends, or contact Naturewise for ideas and suggestions to get started. Here are some websites to give you some ideas and information about growing vegetable gardens in Florida: UF-IFAS Florida Vegetable Gardening Guidehttp://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/VH021 UF - IFAS - Solutions for your life websites http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/ http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/plants_and_grasses/edibles.html Floridaplants.com - a good collection of articles http://www.floridaplants.com/gard_veg.htm Happy gardening! Kari Naturewise (321) 536-1410 naturewise@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~naturewise Veg Info Stand Needs a New Home!
Veg Info Stands can be placed on sidewalks, in store entry ways, or any other place that receives foot traffic. Sponsors are responsible for finding a suitable location for the stand, ensuring compliance with local laws and ordinances, and keeping the stand stocked with magazines. There is absolutely no cost to you. For more information, please contact J.B. Mulcahy at 607-583-2225 ext. 235, or email jbmulcahy@farmsanctuary.org. From the local Raw Food Group Mark your calendar for September 18 when I will be doing a raw Sunday, September 02, 2007
The next Vegan Dining Out - Reserve Now Hello, Healthy Planet of Brevard’s next Vegan Dining Out is set for 6pm on Saturday, September 22nd. This will be the first time we have had a Dining Out at Jade Palace Chinese Restaurant in Details are as follows: When: Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 6PM Where: Jade Palace Chinese Restaurant, Menu: Everyone gets: Vegetarian egg roll, Fortune cookie, Hot tea Choice of:
Price: $14.00. This price includes the food and tax. It does NOT include the tip or alcoholic beverages (wine and beer are available.) No-shows and very late cancellations will be charged for their meal. Please be prepared with cash or check as you will be paying me. Please reserve by Wednesday, September 19. Join us on September 22nd! Reservations are necessary Reserve by return email to goveg@cfl.rr.com or by calling me at 321-242-4647. Veganly yours, Barbara Bingnear Dining Out Coordinator Healthy Planet of Brevard http://healthyplanet.blogspot.com | |
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