The Ithaca Area Vegan Meetup Group

"Greetings. Vegan for awhile. My wife and I would love to hang out with other veg folks for activism, food, and fun (hiking, music, movies, video gaming, etc...)"

"Hi I've been vegan for about 5 years. I look forward to talking with fellow vegans."

"Hi I've been active in environmental, political, nutritional and social justice matters for decades. My primary concern these days is climate change. I've always struggled with weight and now arthritus. I now believe a plant based diet is best. "

"Posted: In the free transcripts of a series of seven useful and congenial audio interviews with leading nutritionist T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., co-author of China Study, Dr. Campbell emphasizes that dairy is not helpful for prevention of osteoporosis: http://www.climatehealth.net/Intervie... "

"There is a very disturbing article about a local Factory Farm--which I am glad the Ithaca Times had the courage to publish. Another factory farm 10x this size is proposed! http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?ne... "

"Howdy Sylvester! I frequently post on whattoeatbook.com Author/Professor Marion Nestle's blog site. There is a topic there that would be great to have your imput on, regarding dairy & Calcium absorption: http://whattoeatbook.com/2008/01/16/t... "

"Which do you pet and which do you eat? ...........Why?"

"Hi folks! I'm new-ish to the area, though my wife Dawn is from here. I'm a cook at the ABC Cafe in Ithaca and have been vegan a bit over 12 years. Where are all the vegans???"

"3 years! Nice! It will be nice when due to whatever reason, nutrition, environmental, animal welfare, or other, more people choose to follow a plant-based diet, these foods will be more accessible!"

"or youtube.com type "Milk Documentary" I'm looking forward to the next meeting!"

"Bunnies! Bunnies! Bunnies!"

"Thanks for the acknowledgement Katherine! I thought it would be great for others to see what a food guide would look like that promotes health!"

"I'm a vegan living in the Ithaca area. I'd like to expand my group of vegan friends. I like to make vegan desserts. I'm not anywhere near as serious as my photo looks."

"Hi! I'm new to being vegan and found it the next natural step since having been vegetarian for 13 years. "

"I'm a new-ish vegan (7 months), and I was a vegetarian prior to that for practically all my life. I'm a senior at Cornell."

"Hi, I am pursuing my MBA at Cornell and moved from San Francisco. Was active in meetups in California, and wanted to connect with the Ithaca meetup community. Vegan is the way to go : ) Cheers."

"Hi - we are a vegan/vegetarian family new to the Southern Tier (Nichols). We would love to meet other cruelty-free families & make new like-minded friends. It would be nice to talk to someone who has read "Fast Food Nation" or "Diet for a New Planet""

"Hi! I have been vegan for the past three years :) I don't have very many people who share the same lifestyle I do. It would be nice to make vegan friends to go out to eat with! I live about a half hour away from ithaca but i do go there often"

"Hey I'm Sarah. I'm a grad student and have lived in the area for a while, but would like to have more vegans in my life. I don't take myself too seriously, though I sometimes pretend to."

"Hi Nancy. I found my way here from veganfreaks. :)"