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Food for Thought - A Program of Animal Place Food for Thought helps nonprofit organizations align their menu with their mission of saving lives. We invite any feedback on how we can be more inclusive.

Food for Thought is a program of Animal Place, one of the oldest and largest sanctuaries for farmed animals in the United States. Located in Grass Valley, California, Animal Place is home to 400 rescued animals, a guest house, a residential internship program, and innovative advocacy initiatives. Since 1989, Animal Place has been a leader in the farmed animal protection movement through rescue, sa

nctuary, and advocacy. We launched Food for Thought to help other nonprofits adopt humane, sustainable, and healthy menu policies for their sponsored events. Food for Thought is a program of Animal Place designed to help organizations like yours adopt an animal-friendly menu policy for their sponsored events. The Food for Thought program works with other nonprofit organizations to align their menu with their mission. We work with nonprofits — animal shelters, wildlife conservation organizations, environmental groups, and social justice organizations — to adopt menu policies that reflect their commitment to making the world a better place for all — human and nonhuman. At Food for Thought, we strive to support and respect people of all gender identities, racial identities, nationalities, sexualities, abilities, ages, religions, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our team recognizes that inclusiveness is an ongoing process of educating ourselves.

18/02/2025

Connect with us today to see how your organization can qualify for a grant of up to $1,000 for adopting a plant-based menu policy or hosting your first vegan event!

14/02/2025

Be kind to every kind🌱

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20/01/2025

The future is vegan.

17/01/2025

Connect with us today to see how you can earn up to $1,000 by hosting your first vegan event or implementing a vegan menu policy!

04/12/2024

If you could better the world for farmed animals, what would you do?

Contact us today to begin making a positive difference for animals with your event menus!

02/12/2024

28/11/2024

Why should you care about turkeys this holiday season?

These birds are truly an underrated treasure with glorious iridescent feathers that shine in the sun, flight speeds of up to fifty miles per hour, and complex social groups of up to 200 individuals. But the life of a farmed turkey is a sad shadow of the lives their wild counterparts lead.

Broad-breasted turkeys are large birds, bred to grow fast at an unnatural pace. Because of this, it is impossible for them to mate naturally. Instead, birds are artificially inseminated.

The fertilized eggs the hen lays are collected and placed in artificial incubators. Turkeys never hear their mother’s voice. Instead of their mother’s unique call, a turkey chick hatches into a world of chaos. Loud machinery and the peeps of other chicks greet them.

Turkeys headed to industrial farms will be de-beaked, in which a portion of their nerve- and blood-rich beak is cut or lasered off. Some farms, particularly those raising male turkeys, will sever the first digit of the toes to prevent bruising caused by fighting.

Thousands of chicks are confined into windowless sheds, where they remain for months until they reach slaughter weight. After birds reach slaughter weight, between 4-6 months of age, they are violently rounded up and crammed into open-aired transport crates.

Turkeys deserve better than this - join us in making a positive difference by leaving turkeys off of your plate at holidays and organizational events.

27/11/2024

We're here for you! Looking for local vegan catering options can sometimes be an overwhelming task - our coordinators are ready and willing to help! Contact us today for help planning your upcoming event menu.

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20/11/2024

Our actions towards others define us.

18/11/2024

Connect with us today to see how you can earn up to $1,000 by hosting your first vegan event or implementing a vegan menu policy!

Contact us today for help with adopting a humane menu policy for your events!

15/11/2024

13/11/2024

Pigs deserve peace 🐷💚

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Want to know what a plant-based menu policy is all about? Hear what our friend Jackson Galaxy has to say about taking a stand against serving animals as food! #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #animalsanctuary #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #nonprofitwork

Does your menu policy align with your values? #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #animalsanctuary #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #nonprofitwork

Chip says eat your veggies 🥕💚 #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #animalsanctuary #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #nonprofitwork

Can veganism truly help save our oceans? Let's explore the facts! 1. Overfishing is rampant. Commercial fishing industries often bottom trawl, catching large amounts of marine life - a lot of which are unwanted and discarded. This leads to populations becoming too depleted to recover, and threatens endangered species. 2. Fishing causes pollution and waste. Fishing industries litter the ocean with abandoned fishing gear, nets, and plastic. This litter ensnares wildlife and threatens endangered species. Farming industries create runoff of manure and harmful chemicals, which leech into the waterways and create dead zones where nothing can survive. This pollution and waste has drastically and dangerously reduced biodiversity within aquatic ecosystems. A vegan diet ensures your money is not supporting these practices, and helps keep aquatic ecosystems healthy and diverse. Sustainable, plant-based seafood alternatives are innovative, delicious and becoming more accessible. Omegas and marine minerals, which have been traditionally sourced via seafood, are found plentifully in plant-based foods such as seaweed, chia seeds, brussels sprouts, hemp seeds, walnuts, flaxseed and beans! #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #nonprofitwork

Making the connection between the food on your plate and the individual that they were is the first step towards paving the way towards a humane future for farmed animals. #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #nonprofitwork

Precious cow kisses for you on this beautiful Saturday! #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #nonprofitwork

Align your menu policy with your mission and pave the way for a humane future. #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram

Biologist Victoria Braithwaite writes in her book 'Do Fish Feel Pain?' that “there is as much evidence that fish feel pain and suffer as there is for birds and mammals.” Did you know that fish have a sharp memory? An article about fish intelligence in the U.K.’s Telegraph finds that “Australian crimson spotted rainbowfish, which learnt to escape from a net in their tank, remembered how they did it 11 months later. This is equivalent to a human recalling a lesson learnt 40 years ago.” We would never dream of exploiting, harming or consuming our canine and feline companion animals - join us in extending that compassion to all species of animal. #vegan #govegan #veganrecipes #veganfood #veganism #veganlife #plantbased #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfood #poweredbyplants #crueltyfree #crueltyfreefood #vegansofinstagram

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What is Food for Thought?

Animal Place’s Food for Thought program is designed to help animal and environmental organizations formalize healthy, sustainable, and compassionate menu policies for sponsored events.

Food choices have a powerful impact on furthering compassion toward other animals, human wellbeing, and the health of the planet. For organizations committed to encouraging kindness toward animals and environmental stewardship, a simple but significant way to make a difference is to offer exclusively plant-based foods at events.

Adopting an animal- and earth-friendly menu policies at the board level allows organizations to do the greatest good by aligning their menu with their mission.