WEEKEND: Climate change, plant diet to be addressed at Sunday talk in Port Townsend

Published 12:01 am Friday, January 29, 2016

PORT TOWNSEND — Starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Compassionate Living Events will begin a new speaker series with Howard Lyman presenting “Climate Change and the Plant-Based Diet.”

The series will be at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.

The series’ mission is to present evidence-based nutrition science and how it relates to personal health, the environment, farming and animal welfare.

The series of talks is free, though donations are welcome.

Lyman is a family farmer and vegan from Montana.

After 20 years of operating a feed lot, he sold his ranch and started working for farmers in financial trouble.

He was a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and ran for Congress in 1982.

Lyman is also an author, environmentalist and former cattle rancher, and was co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey on the 1998 Amarillo Texas beef trial.

For more information about upcoming speakers, see the calendar links at www.compassionatelivingevents.wordpress.com.

Sponsors include the Port Townsend Food Co-op and Port Townsend Vegan Meetup Group.