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Today, 25 students from Roger Williams Middle School brought home a surprise for their families’ Thanksgiving tables: ready-to-roast vegan turkeys, courtesy of educator Laura Barlow, the 2021 Teacher of the Year chosen by TeachKind, PETA’s humane education division.

Barlow wanted to show her students firsthand how delicious vegan food is and how easy it is to celebrate a happy, humane holiday, so she gave out the roasts—donated by TeachKind as part of PETA’s “ThanksVegan” campaign—as prizes in games she played with her students throughout the day.

Photos are available here.

“Kids love animals, and once they realize that turkeys love their families, feel pain and fear, and value their own lives, they’re eager to leave these gentle birds off the holiday table,” says PETA Senior Director of Youth Programs Marta Holmberg. “Families are facing so many challenges now, from post-lockdown learning to rising supermarket prices, and PETA and TeachKind are honored to give Laura Barlow’s students and their families a break by helping them enjoy a delicious ThanksVegan meal.”

A reported 47% of Americans want to incorporate more vegan foods into their meals, and ThanksVegan meals spare animals immense suffering. Turkeys can live up to 10 years, but those raised for food are usually slaughtered when they’re babies—between 12 and 26 weeks old—and a recent PETA exposé of Plainville Farms (a supplier to Wegmans) caught workers kicking, stomping on, and beating turkeys sold by companies with “humanely raised” labels.

Barlow is no stranger to incorporating animal rights issues into her classroom. She won the Teacher of the Year title for leading discussions about animal rights themes in plays, passing out vegan meals to those in need, and helping her art students exercise their creativity in ways that boost their empathy for animals—including by creating advocacy posters on topics such as the importance of animal adoption and the cruelty of bullfighting—among many other efforts.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and offers a ThanksVegan menu guide filled with recipes, shopping tips, and more. For more information about TeachKind, please visit TeachKind.org or follow the group on Facebook or Instagram.

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Now that 47% of Americans want to incorporate more vegan foods into their meals, this Thanksgiving is poised to be the most vegan one in history—and PETA is marking the occasion by plastering city bus stops with a modern twist on Norman Rockwell’s famous painting “Freedom From Want,” featuring New Jersey’s own famously vegan Cory Booker. The painting by “artivist” Nikkolas Smith shows the senator enjoying a delicious “ThanksVegan” meal alongside Ava DuVernay, Jermaine Dupri, Tabitha Brown, and a bevy of other prominent vegans— and to help his constituents enjoy a bird-friendly holiday themselves, PETA will hand out free Gardein holiday roasts on Saturday:

When:    Saturday, November 20, 12 noon

Where:    Outside Whole Foods, 633 Broad St., Newark

“When people realize that turkeys love their families, feel pain and fear, and value their lives, they’re eager to put a Tofurky on the table,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA offers recipes, shopping tips, and more so that everyone can enjoy an all-American ThanksVegan meal that leaves gentle birds in peace.”

Turkeys can live up to 10 years, but those raised for food are usually slaughtered when they’re babies—between 12 and 26 weeks old—and a recent PETA exposé of Plainville Farms (a supplier to Wegmans) caught workers kicking, stomping on, and beating turkeys sold by companies with “humanely raised” labels.

Major grocery chains across the country—including Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and Target—are showcasing vegan holiday fare, and everyone can find delectable holiday recipes in PETA’s ThanksVegan menu guide.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

PETA’s painting appears on bus stops at the following locations:

• 1048 Broad St. (two shelters at this location)
• 1191 Raymond Blvd.
• 63 Market St.
• 29 Springfield Ave.
• 847 Broad St.
• 678 Broad St.
• 61 Rte. 510
• 773 Broad St.
• 798 Broad St.

Note: PETA supports animal rights, opposes all forms of animal exploitation, and provides the public with information about those issues. PETA does not directly or indirectly participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office or any political party.

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