LAST YEAR'S SPONSORS

Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) is a national nonprofit organization working to end the use of animals for food through public education and grassroots activism. FARM believes in the inherent self-worth of animals, enhanced environmental protection, and public health. Located just oustide the U.S. capital, FARM coordinates with grassroots volunteers in all 50 states and two dozen other countries.

A Well-Fed World (AWFW) is based in Washington, DC and works across the partisan, issue, and religious divides to empower individuals, grassroots groups, and national leaders. AWFW is a health, hunger and environmental organization that explicitly promotes the benefits of wholesome, plant-rich eating and other green food choices. AWFW goes beyond quick-fixes, and instead works for long-term, structural change at all levels. AWFW connects with a broad range of social justice organizations around eating green in general and reversing the "Livestock Revolution."

In Defense of Animals (IDA) is a non-profit organization working to end animal exploitation, cruelty, and abuse by protecting for the rights, welfare, and habitats of animals, as well as to raise their status beyond mere property, commodities, or things. IDA’s campaigns cover animals around the world through investigation, rescue & rehabilitation, public education, political & consumer advocacy and litigation.

ACT Radio (Animal Concerns of Texas) is an outreach project of the Vegetarian Society of El Paso; a National Public Radio program that focuses on animal rights and vegan issues.  With co-hosts Greg Lawson and Elizabeth Walsh, ACT brings you the latest news about animals, from local concerns to global issues, from vegetarianism to animal rights activism.

Alley Cat Allies is dedicated to transforming and developing communities to protect and improve the lives of cats. By reforming public policies and institutions to serve the best interests of cats, expanding and promoting cat care, and increasing understanding of cats, Alley Cat Allies is making the world a safer and better place for cats.

Mercy For Animals (MFA) is a non-profit animal advocacy organization that believes non-human animals are irreplaceable individuals who have morally significant interests and hence rights, including the right to live free of unnecessary suffering. MFA is dedicated to promoting nonviolence towards all sentient beings through public education campaigns and demonstrations, undercover investigations, and open rescues.

Motive Company is a vegan straightedge clothing company that has been around since 2001. Their main goal, more than just selling t-shirts, is to facilitate discussions about veganism and animal rights in general.

United Poultry Concerns (UPC) is a national non-profit organization that addresses the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment, and human companionship situations and promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. United Poultry Concerns seeks to make the public aware of the ways poultry are treated by our society and elsewhere in the world.

VegNews began publication in 2000, and has since become the most talked about vegetarian magazine. The premier magazine to focus on a vegetarian lifestyle, VegNews offers its more than 210,000 readers up-to-date information on living a compassionate and healthy lifestyle.