Vegetarian Awareness Month

October is most commonly known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  As a Women’s Studies major in college, I also helped promote Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  But low and behold, I just recently learned that October is Vegetarian Awareness Month, too!  Here are ten things you can do to spread awareness and join in the celebration, whether or not you are a vegetarian or a vegan:

1. Cook a delicious vegetarian or vegan meal for your family and friends.
2. Read one article or book about the benefits of an animal-free diet.
3. Check out a vegetarian or vegan website or blog (holler!).
4. Try the meatless option on the menu at a restaurant.
5. Try to go at least one day per week without eating meat (Meatless Mondays).
6. Peruse a vegan or vegetarian cookbook.
7. Check out a documentary, such as Food Matters, Food Inc., or Forks Over Knives.
8. Try one of the delicious desserts I posted about in “Cruelty-Free Desserts.”
9. Pledge to go vegetarian for a day, week, or the entire month, and enter to win between $250 and $1,000 at worldvegetarianday.org!
10. If you are already a vegetarian or a vegan, pat yourself on the back for helping animals and the Earth every day!