There are still 3 dozen donuts left. We put them in the freezer, but they're still good once thawed. Here's an incentive, they're now $10. Come on, priced to move.

They just came in!

I forget if we posted this before, but I just reread it, and... damn.

"This is the customary time when the defendant expresses regret for the crimes they committed, so let me do that because I am not without my regrets. I am here today to be sentenced for my participation in releasing mink from 6 fur farms. I regret it was only 6. I'm also here today to be sentenced for my participation in the freeing of 8,000 mink from those farms. I regret it was only 8,000. It is my understanding of those 6 farms, only 2 of them have since shut down. I regret it was only 2."

Check it out. Our friend Katie is a big part of this. You may remember her as the fetching red-head (not chad) that has worked here in the past. Go and do all your xmas shopping here. Support your local crafter.

So, we have 12 dozen boxes of donuts coming in this afternoon. $12 a box. First come first serve.

"the government wants to send a clear message to animal rights and other activists in the United States: if you are effective, you will face an unprecedented level of pressure from federal agencies regardless of the legitimacy or the methods of your activities. The conclusion that social justice, animal rights and other activists should draw from this is stark. The war on dissent is real, it is coordinated and the need for solidarity between different movements has never been more urgent."

Awesome.

Yay. POPPA! Shoot 'em a few bucks to help out.

Oregonian article on Stephen Marshall.

Just got 2 dozen cinnamon rolls from Gear Grinders bakery. Giant and soft and covered in a cream-cheesy icing. Damn good. The perfect thing for that Saturday spoiled appetite.

This breakign news just in..
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11am-6pm.
Liberty Hall.
Sunday Nov 27 311 n. Ivy in PDX.

Come eat sweets. This sunday: Smore Bars, "Honey" Roasted Peanuts,
Chocolate Napoleans and probably other stuff...

If you go bear hunting you deserve what you get. It's a shame the hunter didn't get more.

A new blog to read when you're at work. This one from a FF customer. Great, except when Wiebke came in, she didn't introduce herself. Damn you Wiebke. Unless, you haven't been in yet? Hmmm... last post from SF.... hmmm....

Seems like this fellow, Ricky Adam, will be donating something for the Let Live benefit. Can't wait, this stuff rules. You people better be saving up some money, really. You have nothing on your walls. Take down that BayWatch poster and put up something nice.

Good cartoon. And by the way, fuck animal testing.

Here's some information. Just for information purposes. Now, go in peace.

New restaurant incoming. Mostly vegan I think, but, since it's in Portland, I think there is some law or something requiring it to have at least one meat dish. To appeal to everyone. Like that one meat dish is gonna get the Outback Steakhouse crowd in. That drives us crazy, but... glad to have another place to eat, soon.

Stupid sea lions. Depriving those poor fisherman of their rightful catch. Grill 'em all, let God sort 'em out...

Concerning Stephen Marshall (post below), somebody suggested contacting the Multnomah County head honcho, Diane Linn. Seems like a good idea to us too. Let her know what you think. Email her now.

Hey everybody. We were just contacted with this info below. Local Portland folks? Give a call too. Be polite. And tell your friends. You'd hope people would do the same for you if you were in a crappy situation.

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Eco-defense prisoner Steve (Stephen) Marshall is being held in Multnomah
County Jail in Portland while awaiting trial. He is accused of planning
to destroy equipment belonging to a quarry company, which he allegedly
claimed is polluting a river.

Because of his beliefs against cruelty to animals, Steve does not eat any
animal products. Steve’s diet has been a huge issue the entire time he
has been in custody, and he has continually struggled to get vegan food.
He has repeatedly been denied vegan food, and has often gone hungry rather
contribute to the oppression of animals.

Staff at Multnomah County jail have been telling Steve for a month that
they were “working on” implementing a vegan diet for him. They even asked
him for names and addresses of “Leaders” they could contact to verify his
dietary needs. (Steve gave them my name and address, but they never
contacted me.) On November 9th, the jail’s chaplain told Steve that in
order to get vegan meals, a prisoner at the jail has to “have a recognized
religion.” Since Steve is not claiming religious reasons for wanting
vegan food, but his “own beliefs against animal cruelty,” they are denying
Steve the diet he needs.

Steve is not going to give in and eat animal products if the jail refuses
to provide vegan food. His beliefs are too strong! If the jail refuses
to provide him with adequate, nutritious vegan food, Steve is going to try
to live off whatever comes on his meal tray that does meet his dietary
needs. It is likely that he will lose a lot of weight and even become
sick, rather than eat (as he put it in his letter to me) “dead flesh.”

I have written a letter to the facility commander at Multnomah County
Jail. That letter follows this message. Please print out the letter,
sign it, and mail it . Better yet, write a letter in your own words
saying why it is important that Steve be provided with a vegan diet. If
you are a vegan, say why it is important that human beings not oppress
other animals. Perhaps you could send some literature telling of the
horrors of the meat, diary, and egg industries, or send your favorite
vegan recipe. If you would rather call the jail, the telephone number is
503-988-3689. The email for Bernie Giusto, the man in charge of the
Multnomah County Sheriff'd Department is sheriff@mcso.us.

Please take a few minutes to help Steve in whatever way you can. He is a
really nice guy and seems to truly care about the environment and animals.
He hasn’t even been convicted of a crime, but jail officials are demanding
that he go against his values so that he does not starve.

Also consider sending Steve a card or a letter. In the letter I received
today, he wrote, “I love mail. It’s the best thing in here!” His contact
information is as follows:

Stephen Marshall
691374 MCDC
1120 SW 3rd
Portland, OR 97204

Thank you.


SAMPLE LETTER

Monday, November 21, 2005

To: Facility Commander
Multnomah County Detention Center
1120 SW 3rd
Portland, OR 97204

Dear Facility Commander:

I am writing to you regarding a prisoner held at the Multnomah County
Detention Center, Stephen Marshall (#691374). It has come to my attention
that Mr. Marshall is being denied a vegan diet because he does not claim
affiliation with a “recognized religion.”

Because of his beliefs against cruelty to animals, Mr. Marshall does not
eat any animal products. Throughout his time in custody in the state of
Oregon, he has repeatedly been denied vegan food, and has often gone
hungry rather contribute to the oppression of animals.

Mr. Marshall is not going to give in and eat animal products if your
facility refuses to provide him with vegan food. His beliefs are too
strong! If your facility refuses to provide him with adequate, nutritious
vegan food, Mr. Marshall is going to try to live off whatever comes on his
meal tray that does meet his dietary limitations. It is likely that he
will lose a great deal of weight and even become sick, rather than eat
dead flesh. This must not happen! Mr. Marshall’s health and well-being
cannot be jeopardized! It is imperative that he be fed a nutritionally
sound diet that does not include animal products.

It is not right that although Mr. Marshall has not even been convicted of
a crime, jail officials are demanding that he go against his values so
that he does not starve.

I request that you investigate this situation at once and see to it that
Mr. Marshall immediately begins receiving an adequate, nutritious diet
that does not include animal products.

Sincerely,

(your name)

Join in on the annual march through downtown to protest the 40 million animals killed and tortured every year so fucking J-Lo and other idiots can look like assholes.

When: Friday, Nov. 25th (the biggest shopping day of the year)
Time: 11 AM- 1 PM (march begins at 11:30)
Where: SW 9th & Morrison

Man, we just got the worst worst worst crank call about our "Fuck you and your free-range turkey dinner" ad in The Mercury. We've gotten a few crank calls since we've been open, and we swear, not one of them have been good. I don't know what people are doing? Don't they think about what they're going to say before they call? And if so, is this the best they can do? The only people who crank call us well are our friends.

This is how the conversation went down:

Me: Hello, Food Fight.
Them: Hi, is this Food Fight "vaygun" grocery? (but not pronoucing it that way as a joke)
Me: Yes.
Them: I'm calling about the free-range turkey ad you had in the paper.

(Their first two sentences sentence tells me right away they aren't vegan and don't live in Portland. No one who lives in town would call The Mercury "the paper.")

Me: Uh-huh...
Them: Yeah, I'm calling about the free-range turkey ad.
Me: Yeah?... (already impatient because I know it's a bad crank call)
Them: Yeah, I wanted to know about it.
Me: It's an ad...
Them: Is this a "vaygun" grocery?
Me: Yeah, well, no, it's "vegan."
Them: Yeah, "vegan."
Me: Uh-huh.
Them: What's the free-range turkey dinner?
Me: It's a joke.
Them: Oh yeah?
(too much silence because they're too dumb to think of something clever)
Me: Man, you guys are funny...
Them: (dumb laughter)

Then I hang up.

Hey you. Give a crap about the SHAC7 folk? Grab this banner ad and post it somewhere. And link it to: http://www.myspace.com/let_live

word up.

Thanks man. This is gonna be one hell of an art show. (see other few posts)

Thanks to Anna Fushihara for donating artwork for Let Live.

And thanks to Charly Lagreca for donating artwork for Let Live.

Thanks to Jared Souney for donating artwork for Let Live.

So, word on the street is that Jeremy from Otsu just had to clean up a pile of pee and poo in front of their store in SF today. How about ordering their new weekly planner to make his day better. Keep the faith Jeremy.

Holy shit. Dave just called and told us to check this out. The music makes me so happy I wish I could figure out how to save it onto our computer. Damn....

I hear that too.

"Murtha, who has a hawkish voting record and supported the Iraq war but criticized Bush's handling of it, urged the administration to 'immediately redeploy U.S. troops consistent with the safety of U.S. forces."

Finally.

"The bird was shot by an exterminator with an air rifle while cowering in a corner."

"Humans are projecting human qualities onto animals, he said, showing a photograph of a dog dressed in human clothes. Parents who've read Babe or Bambi to their children have infected their offspring with the virus of animal rights, he said."

So, in theory, this afternoon some local people are gonna bring by "raised" i.e. real, donuts. Just 2 dozen to try out. Come get some after 6 and see if they're good. Maybe call first to see if they're here.

So, let's try this again. Check out the MySpace page for this SHAC7 benefit thing we (and others) are putting together. Sign up to be "buddies" or whatever. Help pass the word. Looking for art donations or whatever you think might help out. Stuff to raffle off? Sure. Help please. We want this to be big.

I just farted and it sounded like a seal barking.

Ok. Here is your notice. We want our friend Lisa to rack up on holiday dessert orders so she get's all jazzed and excited and open up a bakery with a storefront. So, don't bake anything for Thanksgiving. Make Lisa do it for you.

You can get:
Pumpkin Pie - $12
Shoo-Fly Pie - $12
Pecan Pie - $14
Pumpkin Cheesecake - $28

To order, email Ms. Higgins by Tuesday, Nov 22nd for a pre-Thanksgiving delivery.

So, what do you folks think? Should we switch the water we carry since they advertise with this asshole or do we help out our nice local juice distributor who brings us that water and keep carrying it? Anybody have a politically kosher water we should get instead?

The most important online poll you may ever participate in. Vote for Food Swings. Even if you have never been there. They are our friends and make kick ass vegan chicken parmesan sandwiches and cheese fries.

"Sunday, November13th at 7pm

Rodney Coronado and Dr. Jerry Vlasak will appear on CBS News 60 Minutes program this Sunday, November 13 at 7pm (eastern and pacific time).

In interviews with Ed Bradley, these two activists defend the Animal Liberation Front as well as more militant tactics to stop the exploitation, torture and murder of innocent non-human animals."

Man, we hella pimp the TV.

We hate that people just assume we're more expensive than other stores. We hate that these people assume this and have never come in the store before. We hear this once in a while from friends telling us what they hear other people say, and it's sad. Granted, some stuff we sell, other chain stores can afford to sell it cheaper because they buy bigger quantities and get cheaper prices from the distributors. But in general, we're not more expensive, and some of our stuff gets shipped from far away and we gotta add in shipping costs to the price.

But even if we were more expensive, why wouldn't a vegan want to support a vegan-owned, all-vegan store? Even if it's for a little treat here and there. I guess we sometimes make the mistake of assuming people have the same ethics we do.

Oh yeah, and also, this rumor that we're trust-fund kids. Man, we fucking wish. Do you know how much easier our lives would be if we were? We started the store with credit cards for fuck's sake! And we're not here to get rich. If you didn't know, there is no money in vegan groceries, yo.

Hey, not really sure why, but there is gonna be free sweets Sunday at Liberty Hall. Made by the wonderful Siue Moffat of "Lickin' The Beaters" fame.

Liberty Hall basement
311 N. Ivy St. 11-6 Nov 13th

Menu:
Persimmon Chocolate Chip Cookies (sounds weird - taste good!), Chocolate Dulce de Batata puffs (you'll just have to try them), Chocolates (as in "box of chocolates with different centres"), Marshmallow Chocolate Almond pie

Go check it out. It's free.

Added a handful of new items to the site. You should look and see. And maybe order somethin'. Thanks.

Might be a good time of year to pass this link around to all your "animal lover" friends who only buy free-range meats at Whole Foods.

Old news, but just wanted to post this in case there are those vegans out there who are still in the dark about certain beers not being vegan.

Here are some sites for info on vegan/non-vegan beers:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/veganbeer/
http://www.btinternet.com/~p.g.h/vegan_beer_list.htm

Is this really the worst thing the United States has to worry about?

Our friend Hollie's mom and family is gonna be on the next Wife Swap, Nov 14th. She's vegan, raw even, and cooks for her vegan cats. Gets swapped with some "backwoods, hunting mom". I've met Hollie's mom, and she doesn't seem like a nut, so... Could this be the first non-embarassing vegan on TV?

I wish we could go to a sports bar or something and watch it. Damn.

Check out the Thanksgiving Party thing going on at Lighthouse. I'm betting it will be very very nice.

"'I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city,'"

Maybe that's why we've had such shitty luck the last couple of years. Totally spaced out and forgot about rejecting God. Wow, embarassing. Hey God... sorry man, sorry.

New assorment boxes from Sjaak's. Organic too. And good. And Truffles.

A raffle! A raffle!

Did anyone watch Trading Spouses last night? Man, that lady scares me.

"Young read a statement to the court, calling his mink farm raids an 'act of conscience.' He told fur farmers in the audience 'it was an absolute pleasure to raid your farms' and urged everyone in the courtroom to go out and attack more farms."

Check out supportpeter.com to find out how to write letters and other ways to give Mr Young a high-five.

Hey. My name is Chad and I'm super famous now. Look at me! Look at me! So very important!

Forgot about this site. Nice to rediscover it and see it going strong.

Our friend's friend, Sailor was recently in a car accident on I-5 going to Seattle. She was hit by a drunk driver, and is in a coma. Her friends are putting a benefit for her tonight at 8:30pm at Porky's Pub at N. Albina and Lombard. It's a $3 to $5 sliding scale to get in. Bands are playing, and the money is going to help her partner and family with expenses and medical bills.

A nice interview with the Isa Chandra Moskowitz, the gal from Post Punk Kitchen and Vegan With a Vengeance. She says "tits" somewhere in the interview. That rules.

If you're one of the lucky peeps that ordered Mighty-O donuts from us, they are here and ready to be eaten. But please don't show up to buy any if you didn't order any, sorry.

Now it's time to make it official.

I think this rain is just adding to the crappiness of our lives lately. How about you?

Tuesday Nov 08, 2005 at 12:00 PM

Where:
Schumacher Fur Store
811 SW Morrison (corner of 9th & Morrison)
Portland, OR 97202

"As bad as it could get, it will never be as bad as it was for those mink, I would do it all over again."
- Peter Young

Animal Liberation Prisoner Peter Young will have his last court date on November 8th and will appear for sentencing in Madison Wisconsin. Altogether, Peter's involvement led to the release of approximately 10,000 mink who would have otherwise been brutally murdered for their fur. Several fur farmers will be present at this court date to tell the judge how Peter ruined their livelyhood by liberating the mink on their farms. Show your support for Peter and the countless number of animals being brutally slaughtered for their fur.

Get in on the growing feud. But don't hurt our feelings. We are fragile.

Ok, here's the deal Portland buddies. Mighty-O Donuts, the best vegan donut shop on the planet, is gonna be coming to town on Monday. And they're taking orders to be dropped off here.

So, here's the details: $11 for a dozen. It's a mixed dozen.
2 each of:
Cinnamon Sugar
Good ol' Glazed
Lots o' Chocolate
Chocolate Raspberry
Lemon Poppyseed
French Toast

Drop an email by Sunday morning and tell how many dozen you'd like. Then come pick them up after 5 on Monday. And, please pay in cash if you can.

yay.

Holy crap.

Come out to Reading Frenzy tonight for first Thursday. Our buddy Justin Williams is having a show opening there tonight. Good kid.

Thanks to Mr. Piraro in advance for help with Let Live. You rule.

'They just let me rot.'

We got some Kombucha in stock, so come and get it you f'in junkies.

Somebody just sent us this link. I suppose it is our duty to pass it on. Appropriate for Portlanders, particularly those who have given birth.

Hey everybody. We're working on (along with Merrimac and Herbivore) a benefit art auction for the SHAC7 folks. It's gonna be January 20th. Sign up and be our MySpace friend. And keep posted. And help.

Another fine friend of HLS. Give 'em a friendly email, or call, or something.

So, it seems like this place uses the same fake meats for their bagel sandwiches that Milky Way does. And that means they're vegan. Be careful of the bubble tea though, not sure about the ingredients in the mixes, somebody's gotta check into those...