Forged Mettle Farm | Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

When I lived in the Pacific Northwest, I had the opportunity to visit a special sanctuary in the small central Washington town of Cle Elum. Cle Elum is a quaint town that is probably best known for being in close proximity to Roslyn…the actual town where “Northern Exposure” was filmed in the 1990s. One day, while at a brewpub, I noticed a small flyer on the wall that advertised an event to benefit Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. I went home and looked up the organization. I was amazed that I had not heard of it prior, and incredibly impressed by the facility and the the expertise and caring of those involved. Read about how Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest was founded in this Seattle Times article.

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*A stuffed roast? It is – a Celebration Roast!*

You may have seen an earlier post in which we discussed that we’re not vegetarians (No, We’re Not Vegetarians…), but still often choose to eat vegetarian or vegan meals – and how people seem to have difficulty wrapping their heads around the idea that we don’t eat just any meat: we’ve elected to only eat meat sourced from farms that value humane animal husbandry and processing of their animals’ meat. We often encounter people – in work settings, for example – who either look completely confounded or even annoyed by our explanation for why we won’t eat an item from a fast food place.

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Meatless Eats: A Vegan Roast Worth Celebrating