We will meet at the Quaker meetinghouse in West Hartford to discuss *The Pig Who Sang to the Moon:* *The Emotional World of Farm Animals* by vegan author Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, and a selection from this year’s project book, *Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind* by Pinky Cole.

☕️ Doors open at 2:45 for socializing and refreshments. 🧁
Discussion starts at 3 PM.

You are welcome to bring a vegan snack (optional).
Coffee and tea will be provided.

**About the book:**
From field and barn, to pen and coop, Masson bears witness to the emotions and intelligence of these remarkable farm animals, each unique with distinct qualities. Curious, intelligent, self-reliant–many will find it hard to believe that these attributes describe a pig. In fact, there is much that humans share with pigs. They dream, know their names, and can see colors. Mother cows mourn the loss of their calves when their babies are taken away to slaughter. Given a choice between food that is nutritious or lacking in minerals, sheep will select the former, balancing their diet and correcting the deficiency. Goats display quite a sense of humor, dignity, and fearlessness (Indian goats have been known to kill leopards). Chickens are naturally sociable–they will gather around a human companion and stand there serenely preening themselves or sit quietly on the ground beside someone they trust.

For far too long farm animals have been denigrated and treated merely as creatures of instinct rather than as sentient beings. Shattering the abhorrent myth of the “dumb animal without feelings,” Jeffrey Masson has written a revolutionary book that is sure to stir human emotions far and wide.