Ep 169 Finding Your Drive in 2025 - Sage Kitchen Closes - Help A Beloved LA Vegan

Hey Pickles!We hope this episode finds you well! Happy MLK Day! This week, we received a message from a follower asking us to get the word out about a beloved member of the Los Angeles vegan community that needs our help. John Hopkins, owner of O Happy Days Vegan Cafe, lost everything in the recent fires. He lost his restaurant, his house, his cars, and all of his belongings, including all of his recipes.Here is a link to a Go Fund Me to assist Mr Hopkins: https://gofund.me/3858d197In our Noteworthy segment, we talk about Sage Regenerative Kitchen closing after adding animals to their menu.Our Main Topic this week is Finding Your Drive in 2025. We offer some resources to help us to maintain our momentum as vegan & animal advocates in the upcoming year and beyond. The world, and the USA are probably going to go a bit crazy now that DT is in office. We want to help you to navigate all of the insanity.We also have a new Vegan Restaurant of the week, a new Listener Shout Out, and a new Vegan Recipe, Butternut Squash & Carrot Soup!Here's the recipe:  https://plantyou.com/wprm_print/19898#Hey! Don't forget to vote for us in the 2025 VegNews Veggie Awards!Vote here: https://vegnews.com/veggie-awards-2025Thank you so much for listening.Love, Sam & ChristineSend us a voicemail or a text! We love to hear from you!Support the showJoin Our Patreon    https://www.patreon.com/CompassionandcucumbersSign Up For Our Newsletterhttps://www.compassionandcucumbers.comOur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@compassioncucumbersveganpod/videos72 Reasons To Be Vegan *paid link https://amzn.to/3W8ZwsUVisit Our Website   https://www.compassionandcucumbers.comSam's Etsy   https://www.etsy.com/shop/CucumberCraftworks