Compassionate Cooks
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Compassionate Cooks

"If Americans adopted a vegetarian diet, [heart disease] would disappear."

~Dr. William Castelli, M.D.


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'Vegetarian Cooking' DVD Sponsors

Thank you to the generous support of the following organizations and individuals, whose sponsorships enabled Compassionate Cooks to reach out to the public through an instructional vegetarian cooking DVD.


24-Carrot Gold Sponsors

Farm Sanctuary is a national, nonprofit animal protection organization that rescues, rehabilitates, and provides lifelong care for hundreds of animals rescued from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. In addition to operating the shelters, they work to gain legal protection for animals used in food production and to raise public awareness about factory farm cruelty and cruelty-free alternatives.


Physician's Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.


Polly Strand (1932-2003) - A dear friend and inspiration, Polly worked tirelessly for the innocents - animals, children, and disenfranchised humans. With this project, we honor Polly and her vision of a more compassionate world and dedicate the DVD to her.


14-Carrot Gold Sponsors

Animal Legal Defense Fund works within the legal system to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals.


In Defense of Animals is an animal protection organization dedicated to ending the exploitation and abuse of animals by raising the status of animals beyond that of mere property, and by defending their rights, welfare and habitat.


Farmer Joe's Produce & Market Place (3501 Macarthur Blvd. Oakland, CA) is a wonderful family-owned grocery packed with organic produce, bulk options, vegetarian food products, and cruelty-free items. This is a true "community store, with a remarkable selection and a friendly staff.


San Francisco Vegetarian Society is a non-profit organization that has been working in the Bay Area for over 30 years promoting a vegetarian diet as a healthful and humane way of life.


Individual Donors

A sincere thanks to all the individuals who generously contributed to the making of the DVD.


Thanks to our DVD film and design crew:

FunkyTiki

Conscious Creative


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