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April 15, 2025 52 mins

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Hey Pickles!

We have a brand new episode for you!

This week, in our Noteworthy segment, we're discussing the cost of vegan groceries around the US. Have your groceries been costing you more?

Our Main Topic this week takes a hard look at how Avian Influenza and the spread in if it in confined animal farming are on the way to becoming a recipe for the next global pandemic. Why aren't our governments admitting the correlation? How will the decimation of US health agencies affect our ability to control the spread of avian flu? This is definitely a topic that we will unfortunately be revisiting over the coming years.

Here are some interesting articles on the subject:

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/antibiotic-use-livestock-rise-30-globally-2040-according-new-estimates

https://www.loudounnow.com/news/fox-found-with-bird-flu-in-loudoun/article_32496494-ba9e-499c-8575-c41d53bb74f8.html

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/mexico-reports-its-first-human-h5n1-avian-flu-case

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bird-flu-heading-north-spring-fewer-federal-health-officials-working-s-rcna199607

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/british-columbia/with-8-7m-birds-dead-b-c-farmers-assess-avian-flu-toll-and-worry-about/article_b13d6dbb-19fb-505e-973b-47aa96434a78.html

https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2025/04/08/first-case-of-bird-flu-for-2025-confirmed-in-poultry-flock-in-sheboygan-co/82986228007/

We have a recipe this week in our Vegan Cookbook Challenge! This week we made a delicious eggplant recipe out of Big Vegan Flavor by Nisha Vora!

You can get a copy of the book for yourself here: https://amzn.to/4j8pozU

We have a new restaurant in our Vegan Restaurant SOS series, and we send some love to an Ontario Canada vegan spot.

Of course, we have a new Listener Shout Out, and plenty of our usual shenanigans!

We hope you enjoy the show. 

Thanks so much for listening!

Love, Sam & Christine

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