Sponsors

Action for Animals

Action for Animals is a non-profit animal advocacy organization. We operate under the principle that animals do not exist for human exploitation, and they have the right to their own lives and bodies. To this end, we promote a vegan lifestyle based on a respect for animals' rights. We run effective youth-centered outreach programs, including educational tables and leafleting at concerts, festivals, and conferences; annually mail out thousands of vegan starter packs by request; and maintain a strong online presence using social networking sites for vegan education and outreach. Every day we touch the lives of people who either did not know or had not thought about what happens to animals used for food, clothing, entertainment, and in the name of science.

Each of us has had that moment where we realize the horrific level of exploitation that animals are forced to endure and that we can do something to change it. At Action for Animals, we make it our mission to help everyone achieve that moment of realization, and then we guide and educate those people so that they can create positive change both for themselves and for the animals.

Compassion Over Killing

Compassion Over Killing (COK) is a nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Since 1995, COK has worked to end the abuse of animals in agriculture using an arsenal of strategies including undercover investigations, public outreach, litigation, and other advocacy programs. In addition to successfully challenging and ending the use of the egg industry's misleading "Animal Care Certified" logo, COK's efforts have resulted in BOCA Foods removing eggs from all of its products. COK also runs a hard-hitting pro-vegetarian commercial campaign featuring 30-second ads that air on MTV stations nationwide. Learn more at COK.net.

Lantern Books

Seek the light with Lantern Books.

Your source for books on animal advocacy, vegetarianism, religion, and environmentalism. Lantern publishes books for all wanting to live with greater depth and commitment to the preservation of the natural world.

Mercy for Animals

Mercy For Animals (MFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit farmed animal advocacy organization that believes non-human animals are irreplaceable individuals who have morally significant interests and hence rights, including the right to live free of unnecessary suffering. MFA is dedicated to promoting nonviolence towards all sentient beings through public education campaigns and undercover investigations.

Vegan Outreach

Vegan Outreach educates the public about how animals are raised on farms and persuades people to take steps towards becoming vegan through distributing our booklets Why Vegan, Even If You Like Meat, Compassionate Choices, and Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating.

During the spring of 2010, we handed booklets to over 520,000 students at almost 800 schools. We also leaflet at concerts and festivals, as well as stocking booklets in vegetarian-friendly restaurants and other retails stores.

Delights of India

Delights of India specializes in authentic North Indian cuisine, and is 100% vegetarian.

French Meadow Bakery & Café

French Meadow Bakery & Café believes that meals prepared with the highest quality fresh, local & organic ingredients are the building blocks for a healthy & happy life.

Holy Land

Holy Land is a local restaurant and market with their own line of Holy Land foods, including hummus, falafel, and pita bread, all available at local groceries and co-ops.

May Day Café

The cafe at the heart of the Powderhorn neighborhood the May Day Cafe is where your friends are. Open everyday until 6 p.m.

Peace Coffee

Peace Coffee is a 100% fair trade, certified organic & shade grown. Since 1996, we¹ve been buying our beans direct from farmers & providing pre-harvest financing. This has allowed us to develop equitable and sustainable relationships that positively affect the farmers, their families, their community and the end coffee consumer. We roast in small batches in the heart of south Minneapolis and deliver by bike & biodiesel van throughout the metro area. Thank you for choosing us for your morning cup of java!

Trader Joe's

It all started in the 50s... Would you believe we started out as a small chain of convenience stores? It's true. Way back in 1958. We were called Pronto Markets. In '67, our founder, the original Trader Joe, changed our name (yes, to Trader Joe's) and the way we do business.

We made the stores bigger (if you can imagine), decked the walls with cedar planks and donned our crew in cool Hawaiian shirts. Most importantly, we started putting innovative, hard-to-find, great-tasting foods in the "Trader Joe's" name. That cut our costs and saved you money. Still does.

Animal Welfare Trust

We'd like to thank Animal Welfare Trust for their generous support of TLOV 2010.