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We educate and encourage people to make vegan choices for a healthy, sustainable, and compassionate world.

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Upcoming Events:
Animal Law Week Reception Featuring Zoe Rosenberg
Mar 12
Animal Law Week Reception Featuring Zoe Rosenberg

Rescue, Resistance, and the Rule of Law

Join the Lewis & Clark Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter for an evening exploring the intersection of animal law, civil disobedience, and the Right to Rescue. Featuring keynote speaker Zoe Rosenberg, this reception will examine how open rescue and the necessity defense have been used to save animals and challenge the systemic cruelty of industrial animal agriculture. In a high-profile case, Zoe was recently sentenced to 90 days in jail for rescuing 4 sick chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in Sonoma County, California. Through conversation, community, and a curated display of historic animal-rights artifacts, including a signed first edition print of Peter Singer's Animal Liberation, the event invites students, advocates, and community members to reflect on the role of conscience, law, and activism in protecting animals.

NW VEG Eastside Potluck + the Consciousness of Animals
Mar 15
NW VEG Eastside Potluck + the Consciousness of Animals

Come to meet new friends and get a wide variety of delicious vegan food.

For our program, former Northwest VEG President Peter Spendelow will be presenting information on what animals think and feel. New research is helping overturn the views of past scientists that animals are ruled entirely by instinct, that fish do not feel pain or cannot remember past events, and that humans are the only species that can reason. Peter has a Doctorate in Zoology specializing in Evolutionary Ecology. Come at 5 for the potluck, at 6:15 for that presentation about animal consciousness, or both.

Humane Hoax 2026 Online Conference
Mar 17
Humane Hoax 2026 Online Conference

The Humane Hoax Online Conference examines how humanewashing functions across all farmed animal industry. The expert speakers will explore the critical role of language and narratives in animal advocacy and how the humane hoax helps justify harm. Humanewashing is usually discussed in terms of misleading labels or marketing. This year we dive deeper and explore the broader narrative of animal advocacy, look at the critical role of language and how it helps shape how harm is understood and justified.

Presenters:
Laila Kassam PhD, Project Phoenix
Dr. Faraz Harsini, Allied Scholars for Animal
Lia Wilbourn, In Defense of Animal Protection

10 AM to Noon Pacific Time

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Vegan Egg Hunt
Apr 4
Vegan Egg Hunt

What better way to celebrate spring? Come for the fun, stay for the pancakes.

Lunch Meetup Secret Pizza Society
Apr 9
Lunch Meetup Secret Pizza Society

Need an excuse to get out for lunch? Join your NW VEG friends for a tasty gathering. Secret Pizza Society has so many delicious vegan options to try and is a favorite with many. GF available. Lunch is more fun when we do it together!

Lighthouse Sanctuary Work Party
Apr 12
Lighthouse Sanctuary Work Party

Join us at our next work party and every 2nd Sunday of each month! We will bask in the animals’ presence, get dirty cleaning the barn/other maintenance projects, and connect with each other.

Tentatively Scheduled Chinese Garden Tour and Tea
Apr 12
Tentatively Scheduled Chinese Garden Tour and Tea

This event is in the planning stages. Tickets will be required. More information coming soon. It will include a visit to the tea house and a tour of the gardens. Please check back here for more information and to purchase a ticket when they become available.

Westside Potluck and Certified Lifestyle Medicine MD Iris Schrijver
Apr 19
Westside Potluck and Certified Lifestyle Medicine MD Iris Schrijver

Dr Iris Schrijver’s presentation on the Eastside in January was so well receive that we invited her back for another presentation on the Westside.

Come at 5:00 pm to join old and new friends at a delicious potluck dinner, and/or come at 6:15 pm for a presentation by Iris Schrijver MD, a certified Lifestyle Medicine physician passionate about guiding people toward general wellbeing at every stage of life. Dr. Iris, as many patients call her, operates VitalPath MD, a telehealth service providing science-backed whole person medical care. She is also the author of On the Path of Health, Wellbeing, and Fulfilment. Dr. Iris will be allowing plenty of time for Q&A at the end of her presentation, so this is a great opportunity to get some of your general health and nutrition questions (but not specific medical advice) answered.

Eugene VeganFest
May 3
Eugene VeganFest

Eugene VeganFest - Join Compassionate Living in celebrating plant-based living. NW VEG will see you there!

Lighthouse Sanctuary Work Party
May 10
Lighthouse Sanctuary Work Party

Join us at our next work party and every 2nd Sunday of each month! We will bask in the animals’ presence, get dirty cleaning the barn/other maintenance projects, and connect with each other.

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Northwest VEG is dedicated to bringing awareness to the power of a plant-based, vegan lifestyle and helping support people in their transition toward making healthier, more sustainable & compassionate food choices. 

We welcome everyone and encourage you to explore the issues at your own pace. 

“So nice to be around like minded, compassionate people. Great events, and even better company.”

— JAZMIN HAVENS, FACEBOOK REVIEW

Why Veg?

See how plant-based choices can support a healthy planet, compassion for animals, your own health, and human rights.

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Resources

Tips for New Vegans

Health and nutritional information to get you or your loved ones started on a plant-based journey.

Video Presentations

Educational resources, presentations, recipes and more from the experts.

Veganic Gardening

Let your plants thrive without factory farmed manures and slaughterhouse by-products.

Vegan Recipes

Not just salad! Learn how easy it can be to make delicious, healthy and plant-based cuisine at home.

Local Groups

Vegan and veg-friendly groups in the Pacific Northwest.

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