Don Merrick

Former Vice President · Northwest VEG · company speakers →

Don retired in 1995 after a career as a chemical engineer. Following years as an off and on again vegetarian, he read John Robbins' book, Diet For A New America, in 1992 and quickly transitioned to a vegan diet. For 10 years, 1998-2008, Don was an officer in the EarthSave Portland Vancouver Chapter and later in Northwest VEG. His responsibilities included choosing speakers for local vegetarian potlucks. Related to this responsibility was a need for self studies on health and nutrition, environmental impacts from animal food production, and conditions for farmed animals. He was on the original team that helped design the Master Vegetarian Program in 2006 and became a speaker for the Program focusing on food corporations, genetically modified foods, the US farm bill, and fair trade. He continues to study these ever changing four issues, upgrading his talk for each MVP series.

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