Vegetarian Star

With Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Monday campaign getting so much press, some flexitarians and meat eaters may wonder if they will relentlessly be harassed into total vegetarianism.

Granted, many vegetarians would like this to take place, but Paul’s daughter, Stella McCartney, is reassuring people that the family’s less meat approach is about trying to reduce some of the impact consuming meat has on the planet.

“It’s ok to just give up meat for one day, it doesn’t make you a vegetarian if you hate vegetarians, it doesn’t make you a cranky, hemp wearing pot smoker,” Stella said, in the UK Telegraph. “It’s alright, it’s allowed – it doesn’t make you a kind of the person you don’t want to be. It just means you are doing something positive.”

Of course Stella and the family still adhere to their strict vegetarian values.  But they’re not trying to point fingers at everyone. They just feel everyone should, ahem, “give it up,” at least once a week.

“If everyone gave it up on a Monday it would be more effective than everyone stopping driving their car on a Monday. We are not perfect. It’s so important to get that across because it’s like oh, those bloody Maccas, talking again about not killing cows! It is boring. But the reality is, I like to think I am trying to do my little bit. I will turn off a light when I leave a room; I will turn off a socket if I don’t want to be using the socket. And those are tiny little things.”

via treehugger.com

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Actress Farrah Fawcett succumbed to cancer on the same day Michael Jackson passed.

One restaurant owner who’s place Farrah frequented claims she always ordered the vegetarian dish.

Antonietta Terrigno, owner of Osteria de Medici in Kensington, Alberta in Canada was reflecting on the actress and said, “She was a vegetarian so she had the Pasta Primavera. She was with a friend and they were very friendly.”

This was back in 2006. Was Farrah a vegetarian who kept quiet about her diet and lifestyle? Or did she embrace the diet later in life?

Our thoughts go out to her family, friends, and fans.

via calgarysun.com

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Mike White (39)

• Kellie Pickler (23)

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The year was 1983 and newly vegetarian Michael Jackson had wandered into The Golden Temple restaurant, where he was a regular.

Although Michael had no children of his own yet, he was extremely interested in learning how the mother’s vegetarian diet would affect pregnancy and the outcome of the baby.

He met David Wallechinsky, now editor-in-chief at Allgov.com, who’s wife was pregnant and the two engaged in conversation and kept in touch so Michael could see the beautiful and healthy child born to a vegetarian mother and learn what it was like to be father.

Although some otherwise vegetarian woman say they experienced strange meat cravings during pregnancy, the truth is, nutritionists and doctors say vegetarian and vegan pregnancies can be completely healthy.

For some great examples of how to get all your nutrition on a veg diet when you’re expecting, visit Physician’s Committee For Responsible Medicine’s page on Vegetarian Diets For Pregnancy.

via Huffingtonpost.com

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Several vegetarian and vegan hip hop stars will be making guest appearances in the film, In Pursuit Of A Green Planet, a documentary on food choice, health, and the planet.

In the film, Keith Tucker travels the country on a Greyhound bus powered by recycled vegetable oil while he makes the transition from eating the average American diet to a totally organic, vegan one.

Tucker brings along some adolescents who are already experiencing diet related health problems and are at a crucial point to change their lives forever. Not only do the kids get lessons in making themselves and the planet healthier, they get the privilege of meeting some awesome veggie hip hop stars along the way, like Saul Williams, Persia White, Justin Bua, Stic Man, and KRS One.

According to hiphoppress.com:

“The goal of the “Pursuit of a Green Planet” documentary is to take an inside look at how the food we eat affects our health and tie healthy living back to the origins of Hip Hop. As Hip Hop was a pioneering art form for the urban community looking for a better life in the late 70s, “Pursuit of a Green Planet” brings those ideals full circle by incorporating Hip Hop into the Green Movement.”

For more information on Pursuit of a Green Planet, visit greendinner.ning.com.

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Bif Naked was the perfect picture of health.

A raw food vegan who worked out regularly and unlike some in the entertainment industry, shunned drugs and alcohol.

Her clean lifestyle didn’t stop cancer from creeping into her life. But that doesn’t mean she wasn’t doing something right or that she should let her health go to hell because of it.

“You know, I lived a pretty clean lifestyle — no booze and no meat and all that — and I still got breast cancer,” she said in an interview. “After that, I had girlfriends come up to me and say, ‘Wow, I’m having a f—ing drink.’ And I went, ‘Great, knock yourself out.’… I still eat exactly the way I did, and don’t drink. Something like this is not a reason to mistreat your body.”

via canada.com

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But if ” Mrs.” Swirly is already married…uh-oh.

Heather Mills will be serving a vegan soft serve ice cream at her V Bites restaurant, which opens July 4.

The vegan treat, called Mrs. Swirly, is meant to imitate the famous Mister Whippy variety. Heather came up with the idea after her daughter, Beatrice, had to miss out on ice cream while surrounded by other kids.

“When we were out I’d notice other kids got an ice cream and my daughter Beatrice would just get a fruit lolly and I thought I’ve got to do something.”

If you’re like most vegans who crave sweets, you love to get your ice cream on as often as possible.

But if you don’t live in the UK near Heather’s restaurant, there are plenty of store bought varieties to satisfy your dairyless craving from Chicago Soy Dairy’s Temptation brands to Turtle Mountain’s So Delicious to Rice Dream.

via theargus.co.uk

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Tobey Maguire (34)

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