Here at Viva la Greens we offer you a hands-on experience where you'll learn all the tools needed to make you and your family healthy meals. Are you new to vegetarian cooking and need to learn the basics? Or are you a seasoned veteran who needs some new ideas in the kitchen? Join us this Fall for our Vegan Macrobiotic Cooking Classes where you'll learn delicious and gourmet foods that will help you cover all your nutritional needs.

All classes are hands-on unless noted otherwise. Unlike those other cooking classes, we understand that the best way to learn is by doing. So bring your apron and knife and be prepared to get your hands dirty!

You'll find dates, times, and prices below. All classes use organic, natural ingredients free of animal products and no refined sugar. All classes are held in the Viva la Greens kitchen in Central Los Angeles unless noted otherwise. Pre-registration and payment is required a week in advance. Class size is limited so don't wait!

Call us today 310.963.4279 or email us at info@vivalagreens.com

Decadent Desserts
Saturday September 27th, 2-5pm, $55

Hands-On Seasonal Macrobiotic Cooking Series - FALL
Saturday October 4th - Soups
Saturday October 11th - Whole Grains
Saturday October 18th - Vegetables & Sea Vegetables
Saturday October 25th - Plant-based Proteins

Each class is 3 hours for $55, or $200 if you sign up for all 4 in the series. Class is held on Saturdays 11am - 2pm in Central Los Angeles area.

Healthy Thanksgiving Favorites
Coming soon in November!

On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television (ARTE – French-German cultural tv channel) by French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin, The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see....The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years









Thanks
Small Farmer Wins Moral Victory Over Monsanto

Explaining Monsanto’s Desire to Ban Current Milk Labeling

Pamela's Protest
robert

VIDEO: Monsanto’s Genetic Conspiracy - Movie Americans will never see

~ Eddie

βlue♥Sky♥Sunshine [Ron Paul 2008]
Brazilcano™
I Want Changes To Happen!

It's that time again! From Patio to Plate is coming on March 1st, our first workshop of 2008!

From Patio to Plate: Small-Space Gardening & Seasonal Cooking

Saturday, March 1st, 2008
1-6 pm, Echo Park/Downtown

Pre-registration is required! Space is limited so don't wait!

Register now for discount! $75 per person,
bring a friend for $60 ($135 for 2 ppl).

Regular Registration is $90.

If you want to take the COOKING CLASS ONLY, it's $45 and starts promptly at 4pm.

Give us a call or email us to register!
Visit http://frompatiotoplate.com for more info!

310.633.7637 (leave a voicemail)
info@frompatiotoplate.com

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Has lack of space prevented you from growing your own veggies, herbs, berries, and fruit? Think again! During this innovative workshop, gardening expert Darren Butler will introduce ingenious methods for growing edibles in spaces as small as a windowsill. In two hours we’ll cover container gardening, growing requirements of suitable herbs and veggies, sprouts and sprouting, and an intro to growing berries and fruit trees in small spaces. After filling your minds and notebooks with useful and sometimes surprising tips for small-scale gardening, Darren will lead a hands-on activity mixing soil and planting a pot for you to take home.

Then you'll learn what it really means to Eat with the Seasons. Natural foods chef Christy Morgan will teach you all the elements of Seasonal Cooking, so you're able to take your veggies straight from your patio to your plate. You'll leave this workshop with delicious, cholesterol-free recipes that your whole family will enjoy! After the cooking demonstration we'll enjoy a light meal of seasonal edibles that we make in class.

This workshop is one-of-a-kind! If you'd like to be a host for future workshops please let us know!

Pre-registration is required! Enrollment is limited, so don't wait!

I'm looking for a place to live!! For the first week of January 08 in Los Angeles.

Help a gal out! I would like to pay less than $750 a month with utilities, somewhere nice and safe, with w/d, private room (doesn't matter if it's a shared bathroom) and with someone who is clean, respectful, and doesn't bring the party home.

If you have any leads please let me know about pass along my information! Email me at eatveggiestoday@yahoo.com.

I'd love to find a place that will reduce rent in exchange for healthy vegan/macrobiotic meals!

Much love!
Christy

A well established vegetarian/vegan company is up for sale. Please check out my website at http://eatyourveggies-la.com to see the services I offer.

If you love to cook and want to own your own business this might be just right. Take over the reigns, this business has huge growth potential without the stress of starting your own biz from scratch. I've done all the hard work for you already!

Contact me with questions and interests.

christy@eatyourveggies-la.com
310.633.7637

Thank you!
Christy

(NewsTarget) The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently added five additional brands to its three-month boycott of "fake" organic products it says are knowingly mislabeled as "USDA organic."

In April 2006, the OCA launched a boycott against two big-name distributors of organic dairy products -- Horizon and Aurora -- claiming, "All of Aurora's and much or Horizon's 'organic' milk is coming from factory farm feedlots where the cows have been brought in from conventional farms and have little or no access to pasture." Since April, the OCA says thousands of consumers, natural food stores and co-ops have joined the boycott.

In its July 27 newsletter, the OCA announced it is expanding its boycott to include retail chains selling "bogus organic milk from Aurora." The boycott now includes Costco's "Kirkland Signature," Publix's "High Meadows," Safeway's "O" Organics, Wild Oats' organic milk and Giant's "Nature's Promise."

The OCA is also calling for a boycott of Horizon's organic soy brands -- Silk soymilk and White Wave tofu -- claiming that Horizon has "begun turning away from U.S. organic farmers and instead importing cheap organic soybeans from China and Brazil, where labor rights and environmental standards are routinely violated."

The OCA is urging the public to send emails to the seven companies it is boycotting -- dubbed the "Shameless Seven" -- urging them to use quality North American organic products produced by family farmers. More information on the boycott can be found at: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1329.cfm.

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Just in case you didn't know! This is the kind of thing that happens all the time so that big business can continue to steal our money and poison our nation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axU9ngbTxKw

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

Livestock a major threat to environment
Remedies urgently needed
29 November 2006, Rome -

Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or driving cars?

Surprise!

According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. It is also a major source of land and water degradation.

Says Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO’s Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report: “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”

With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy products every year. Global meat production is projected to more than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes.

Long shadow

The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and contributes about 40 percent to global agricultural output. For many poor farmers in developing countries livestock are also a source of renewable energy for draft and an essential source of organic fertilizer for their crops.

But such rapid growth exacts a steep environmental price, according to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow –Environmental Issues and Options. “The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by one half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level,” it warns.

When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 percent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 percent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.

And it accounts for respectively 37 percent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.

Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 percent of the global arable land used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. As forests are cleared to create new pastures, it is a major driver of deforestation, especially in Latin America where, for example, some 70 percent of former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing.

Land and water

At the same time herds cause wide-scale land degradation, with about 20 percent of pastures considered as degraded through overgrazing, compaction and erosion. This figure is even higher in the drylands where inappropriate policies and inadequate livestock management contribute to advancing desertification.

The livestock business is among the most damaging sectors to the earth’s increasingly scarce water resources, contributing among other things to water pollution, euthropication and the degeneration of coral reefs. The major polluting agents are animal wastes, antibiotics and hormones, chemicals from tanneries, fertilizers and the pesticides used to spray feed crops. Widespread overgrazing disturbs water cycles, reducing replenishment of above and below ground water resources. Significant amounts of water are withdrawn for the production of feed.

Livestock are estimated to be the main inland source of phosphorous and nitrogen contamination of the South China Sea, contributing to biodiversity loss in marine ecosystems.

Meat and dairy animals now account for about 20 percent of all terrestrial animal biomass. Livestock’s presence in vast tracts of land and its demand for feed crops also contribute to biodiversity loss; 15 out of 24 important ecosystem services are assessed as in decline, with livestock identified as a culprit.

Well, I'm in pre-production right now for a macro cooking DVD and it's going to be awesome!! My partner and producer Sheila and I sent out proposals to my favorite natural food companies to try to get some funds for the project. We start scripting it this week and hopefully filming in the next 3 weeks. We found a great creative media company to help us with our brand, logo, website, dvd packaging, and everything else we need. Things are falling into place.

I might be moving to the Bay area by the end of the year. I just love it up there. I also plan on doing a bit of traveling once the dvd sales get going. We'll probably make another dvd around the holidays on healthy holiday food. Then one for parents on healthy kids food, and, and... We plan on making many  :)

Good stuff!

Please do not support these companies that are doing pointless and horrifying testing on animals.

You're encouraged to write or call these companies and POLITELY tell them that you will not purchase their products as long as they continue testing on animals.

 

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Allergan, Inc.
2525 Dupont Dr., P.O. Box 19534, Irvine, CA 92612 °714-752-4500, 800-347-4500, corpinfo@allergan.com

Arm & Hammer (Church & Dwight)
469 N. Harrison St., Princeton, NJ 08543, 609-683-5900, 800-524-1328

Benckiser (Coty, Lancaster, Jovan)
237 Park Ave., 19th Fl., New York, NY 10017-3142, 212-850-2300, attmail@cotyusa.com

Block Drug Co., Inc. (Polident, Sensodyne, Tegrin, Lava, Carpet Fresh)
257 Cornelison Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, 201-434-3000, 800-365-6500

Boyle-Midway (Reckitt & Colman)
2 Wickman Rd., Toronto, Ontario M8Z 5M5 Canada, 416-255-2300

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Clairol, Ban Roll-On, Keri, Final Net)
345 Park Ave., New York, NY 10154-0037, 212-546-4000

Calvin Klein Cosmetics, (A division of Unilever), Trump Tower, 725 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10022-2519, (973) 347-8889

Carter-Wallace (Arrid, Lady's Choice, Nair, Pearl Drops)
1345 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10105-0021, 212-339-5000

Chesebrough-Ponds (Fabergé, Cutex, Vaseline)
800 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, 201-512-0094

Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer)
469 N. Harrison St., Princeton, NJ 08543-5297, 609-683-5900, 800-524-1328

Clairol, Inc. (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
345 Park Ave., New York, NY 10154, 212-546-5000, 800-223-5800

Clorox (Pine-Sol, S.O.S., Tilex, ArmorAll)
1221 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, 510-271-7000, 800-227-1860

Colgate-Palmolive, 300 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022-7499, (800) 338-8333 ( currently observing a moratorium on animal testing).

Cosmair (L'Oréal, Lancome, Maybelline), 575 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017 °212-818-15001

Coty (Benckiser)
237 Park Ave., 19th Fl., New York, NY 10017-3142, 212-850-2300, info@coty.com

Cover Girl (Procter & Gamble)
One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513-983-1100, 800-543-1745

Dana Perfumes (Alyssa Ashley)
635 Madison Ave., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10022-1009 °212-751-3700, 800-822-8547

Del Laboratories (Flame Glow, Commerce Drug, Sally Hansen)
565 Broad Hollow Rd., Farmingdale, NY 11735, 516-293-7070, 800-645-9888

Dial Corporation (Purex, Renuzit), 1850 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004, 602-207-1800, 800-528-0849

DowBrands (Glass Plus, Fantastik, Vivid)
P.O. Box 68511, Indianapolis, IN 46268, 317-873-7000

Drackett Products Co. (S.C. Johnson & Son)
1525 Howe St., Racine, WI 53403, 414-631-2000, 800-558-5252

Ecolab, Inc.
370 N. Wabasha St., St. Paul, MN 55102-1390, 612-293-2233, 800-352-5326

Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (A division of Unilever), 1345 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10105, (212) 261-1000

Erno Laszlo
200 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT 06902-6759, 203-363-5461

Givaudan-Roure
1775 Windsor Rd., Teaneck, NJ 07666, 201-833-2300

Helene Curtis Industries (Finesse, Unilever, Suave)
325 N. Wells St., Chicago, IL 60610-4713, 312-661-0222

Jhirmack (Playtex)
300 Nyala Farms Rd., Westport, CT 06880, 203-341-4000

Johnson & Johnson
1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, NJ 08933, 908-524-0400

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Kleenex, Scott Paper, Huggies)
P.O. Box 619100, Dallas, TX 75261-9100, 800-544-1847

Lamaur
5601 E. River Rd., Fridley, MN 55432, 612-571-1234

L & F Products
One Philips Pkwy., Montvale, NJ 07645-1810, 201-573-5700

Lever Bros. (Unilever)
390 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022, 212-888-1260, 800-745-9696

L'Oréal (Cosmair, Maybelline, Lancôme), 575 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017 ° 212-818-15001.

Maybelline, Inc. (L'Oréal), P.O. Box 372, Memphis, TN 38101-0372 °901-324-03101

Max Factor (Procter & Gamble)
One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513-983-1100, 800-543-1745

Mead
Courthouse Plaza N.E., Dayton, OH 45463, 513-222-6323

Melaleuca, Inc.
3910 S. Yellowstone Hwy., Idaho Falls, ID 83402-6003 , 208-522-0700

Mennen Co. (Colgate-Palmolive)
E. Hanover Ave., Morristown, NJ 07962, 201-631-9000

Murphy-Phoenix Co. (Colgate-Palmolive)
P.O. Box 39670, Solon, OH 44139, 800-486-7627

Neoteric Cosmetics
4880 Havana St., Denver, CO 80239-0019, 303-373-4860

Neutron Industries, Inc.
7107 N. Black Canyon Hwy., Phoenix, AZ 85021, 602-864-0090

Noxell (Procter & Gamble)
11050 York Rd., Hunt Valley, MD 21030-2098, 410-785-7300, 800-572-3232

Olay Co./Oil of Olay (Procter & Gamble)
P.O. Box 599, Cincinnati, OH 45201, 800-543-1745

Pantene (Procter & Gamble)
Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 800-945-7768

Parfums International (White Shoulders)
1345 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10105, 212-261-1000

Perrigo
117 Water St., Allegan, MI 49010 °616-673-8451, 800-253-3606

Pfizer, Inc. (Bain de Soleil, Plax, Visine, Desitin, BenGay)
235 E. 42nd St., New York, NY 10017-5755, 212-573-2323

Playtex Products, Inc. (Banana Boat, Woolite, Jhirmack)
300 Nyala Farms Rd., Westport, CT 06880, 203-341-4000

Procter & Gamble Co. (Crest, Tide, Cover Girl, Max Factor, Giorgio)
One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513-983-1100, 800-543-1745

Reckitt & Colman (Lysol, Mop & Glo)
1655 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07474-0945, 201-633-6700, 800-232-9665

Richardson-Vicks (Procter & Gamble)
One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513-983-1100, 800-543-1745

Sally Hansen (Del Laboratories)
565 Broad Hollow Rd., Farmingdale, NY 11735, 516-293-7070, 800-645-9888

Sanofi (Yves Saint Laurent)
90 Park Ave., 24th Fl., New York, NY 10016, 212-907-2000

Schering-Plough (Coppertone)
1 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ 07940-1000, 201-822-7000, 800-842-4090

Schick (Warner-Lambert)
201 Tabor Rd., Morris Plains, NJ 07950, 201-540-2000, 800-492-1555

S. C. Johnson Wax (Pledge, Drano, Windex, Glade)
1525 Howe St., Racine, WI 53403, 414-260-2000, 800-558-5252

SmithKline Beecham
100 Beecham Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15205, 412-928-1000, 800-456-6670

SoftSoap Enterprises (Colgate-Palmolive)
1107 Hazeltine Blvd., Suite 370, Chaska, MN 55318, 612-448-1118

Sun Star
600 Eagle Dr., Bensenville, IL 60106-1977, 800-821-5455

3M (Scotch, Post-It)
Center Bldg., 220-2E-02, St. Paul, MN 55144-1000, 612-733-1110, 800-364-3577

Unilever (Lever Bros., Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden, Helene Curtis, Diversey)
390 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022, 212-888-1260, 800-745-9696

Vidal Sassoon (Procter & Gamble)
P.O. Box 599, Cincinnati, OH 45201, 800-543-7270

Warner-Lambert (Lubriderm, Listerine, Schick)
201 Tabor Rd., Morris Plains, NJ 07950-2693, 201-540-2000, 800-323-5379

Westwood Pharmaceutical
100 Forest Ave., Buffalo, NY 14213, 716-887-3400, 800-333-0950