The request for Obama to stop eating meat in public apparently hasn’t been put on any recent Congress agenda, but activists are hoping the President will consider a ban on factory farmed meat.
Wendy Matthews of Farm Sanctuary has started a petition that urges Obama to promote nutrition education programs that emphasize grains, fruits and vegetables; reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock animals; improve waste disposal methods on farms and eliminating practices used where animals are intensely confined, such as debeaking and tail-docking.
So you’re a vegetarian aiming to cut all but free-range eggs from your diet. As soon as you give up your craving for those scrambled delights served at the greasy diner you know doesn’t raise chickens in the back alley.
Relax, one day you might reach your ethical diet goals, as Castle‘s Molly Quinn admits she has been all kinds of veg growing up.
Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller are trying to raise their children on a plant-based diet, but Taylor admits it’s a little harder once they’ve been introduced to animal products.
“We have friends that are vegan and their kids came out vegan,” Taylor told People. “I’m so jealous that they had the information and they started the kids early because now to go back, it’s a little harder.”
The information on raising healthy, vegan kids is available from dozens of reputable sources, including Lisa Dorfman, board certified sports dietitian, registered dietitian, licensed mental health counselor, director of the Masters in Nutrition for Health & Human Performance Program in the Department of Kinesiology & Sport Sciences at University of Miami, and author of four books on nutrition including the The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide.
“I wouldn’t hurt a cat or a dog or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn’t ask someone else to hurt them for me. That’s why I’m a vegetarian. So next time you’re at the grocery store or at a restaurant, think about where your food comes from. And remember that you have a choice. Won’t you please join me in making the kind one?”
–Peter Dinklage, in his pro-vegetarian testimonial for PETA. View an extended interview with Dinklage on his motivations for going veg, his thoughts on horse-drawn carriages and more below.
A straight man, a gay man and a vegan nurse get together for a CBS television series…You fill in the punchline.
Partners is a new show set to debut in the fall starring Joe (David Krumholtz), an accomplished architect and his gay co-worker, Louis (Michael Urie), who’s “bromance” is tested when Wyatt (Brandon Routh) and Louis get engaged.
Routh is playing another vegan, but instead of using evil powers to destroy Ramona’s boyfriend in Scott Pilgrim, he’s a nurse.
Will he be the one to make no-chicken chicken soup for the gang when they fall ill after one overtime shift too many?
The group talked about vegan cheese, vegan diets and weight maintenance and shared the couple’s favorite recipes, including stuffed mushrooms; red beans and rice; hamburger spring rolls and fajita quesadillas containing vegan cheddar and mozzarella cheese, something Ellen said reminds her of the real thing.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dined with President Barack Obama and several other leaders in Washington, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev).
The Atlanticreports Pelosi ordered a “vegan sub with sprouts” from Taylor Gourmet, an Italian deli and market specializing in Philadelphia-style hoagies that happens to have a separate vegetarian menu with several sandwich options.
Alicia Silverstone spoke with Entertainment Tonight about her new line of organic beauty products, Juicy.
Silverstone said she was motivated to put her name behind the product because she cares so much about health.
Because the skin is so absorbent, with all the chemicals contained in most cosmetics, Silverstone said you “may as well drink them.”
Find out what chemicals you may be drinking at the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetics Database, where you can search for more than 69,000 products, view ingredients and data on safety and long-term use.
