St. Louis Park Resident Uses Parties To Talk Diet, Climate Change

A St. Louis Park woman is using food to educate people about how their eating habits affect the world's climate. Every night this month, Michelle Courtright is hosting vegetarian dinner parties to discuss climate change-related facts most consumers might not know.

For instance, animals raised for food in Minnesota actually create more greenhouse gas emissions than cars. She is a vegetarian, but Courtright knowns not everyone is. She just wants to build awareness, Minnesota Public Radio reported:

On the first night of the month — "Veguary" she calls it — Courtright's kitchen was buzzing as she whipped up a Mediterranean-inspired meal.

"Roasted eggplant, roasted zucchini and squash, I put some lentils in there ... and then I have a little soup here, which is a lemon broth with a little bit of rice," she explained to a visitor as a dozen people sipped wine and chatted around her.

Friends and family helped Courtright kick off the first night, and she's inviting people to sign up online to attend one of the other meals.

Read much more at Minnesota Public Radio

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