Our event starts at 11 am on the 2nd floor of the Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue). Come early for coffee and conversation at 10:30 am.
This Sunday Jess Bootsma will start the discussion off with interesting tidbits (no pun intended) about plant-based eating and then you’ll have a chance to ask questions and learn more about a meatless diet. Jess gave a Veg101 talk earlier this year about how to make the switch to a plant-based diet and this will be a continuation of that presentation.
Experiences growing up on a dairy farm prompted Jess to question the validity of eating meat. After moving to Toronto, she heard about the Toronto Vegetarian Association (TVA) and promptly became a member. She read John Robins’ books, Diet for a New America and Diet for a New World and these books solidified for her that she was on the right path. Many of the things Robbins talked about she knew to be true but he also made her think about things she’d never thought about before such as how much more a cow eats than a human and why not reduce land use by feeding plants to humans instead of channeling them through animals. Since joining TVA Jess has learned so many more benefits to cutting animal products from the menu.
Jess often does outreach work for TVA at events such as the Toronto Veg Fest, Veg Spring Market, Vegan Bake-off, Gay Pride Festival and many more. Other retirement pastimes include back-country canoe trips, cross country skiing, hiking, fitness classes, yoga and artwork.
For our musical performance this Sunday, we are so happy to have our own Cassie Norton! Cassie Norton is the music director of Toronto Oasis and a Toronto-based singer-songwriter. She is a classically trained violinist/folk leaning tunesmith with a punk rock heart. She has recorded two full length albums, Little Strength (2009) and Quiet Wilderness (2010). She teaches a variety of private and ensemble classes at Regent Park School of Music, and at her private studio. Check out her website: www.cassienorton.com
You can RSVP for this on our Meetup page at https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Oasis/events/254367760/
We have a short video recapping this event:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L8YzizT6sgLxypcnh3cwOkj2Mjb1L7cK/view?usp=sharing