Vegetarian Star

Doc Martens. Credit: Tarquin on Wikimedia Commons

Doc Martens celebrates its 50th year in manufacturing the famous 14 and 18 holed shoes this month.

The company started out very eco-friendly, as Dr Klaus Märtens and Dr Herbert Funck constructed the first pair from recycled discarded rubber from former Luftwaffe airfields.

Years later the company began making vegan versions of Docs, but the production of those shoes were halted when it relocated factories to Asia.

Relax.

There are other vegan shoes in the sea.

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Rachelle Carson Begley is talking about a new line of earth friendly skincare products.

Bella Vé Natural Skin Care products contain ingredients found in nature like aloe vera and are described as “chemical and cruelty-free” on its website.

Cruelty-free can have different meanings, from the finished product not being tested on animals to containing no animal ingredients at all, and it’s not clear from the site what definition Bella Vé uses.

A few of the ingredients listed in the cleansers, toners and moisturizers (which can be checked against an animal ingredient database) can be obtain from animals or available in synthetic, such as urea, allantoin and glycerin.

Depending on your level of ethics, more investigation may be needed.

“I was excited to finally find a skin care line that nourishes, hydrates and fights aging, all while fitting into my active and ‘green’ lifestyle. When I first started using Bella Vé products, I immediately noticed a difference in the texture, fine lines, and firmness of my skin. Bella Vé products have truly made a difference in my skin, while also saving me time in my daily routine. I highly recommend them to everyone.”

Bella Vé bottles and jars are also recyclable.

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A NYC Evening For The Oceans

Here’s your chance to meet Captain Paul Watson and benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

NYC Evening for the Oceans will be held on April 30 between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM at Collective Hardware at 169 Bowery between Broome and Kenmare in Manhattan, New York City.

The cost for the evening is $100 and tickets must be purchased in advance. The event poster says, “No ticket sales at door,” so you won’t even be able to offer them tins of nutritional yeast to sweet talk your way in that night.

Besides meeting Watson and the crew, attendees will enjoy food from vegan restaurant Candle Cafe.

Items will be auctioned and donations will be accepted.

For more information and to order tickets, visit the event’s website.

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Lindsey Shaw‘s character Kat Stratford in the ABC Family’s 10 Things I Hate About You played some dirty meatless politics on this week’s episode.

In an effort to get the school to adopt Meatless Mondays, Kat teams up with her rival William Blankenship, to convince the student council to give the vegetarian day a go ahead.

Turns out, William was using Kat as well for his own very unveggie political agenda.

Patrick, the quite loner with an interest in Kat, never liked her getting cozy with William.

Kat would have made more progress hooking up with Patrick, who’s already eating soy dogs.

Everyone in school fears him, and they would have been scared away from the chicken finger line.

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Conservative Ann Coulter used the recent announcement from Justice John Paul Stevens to retire from the Supreme Court to poke fun of progressive schools that include vegetarianism and/or animal rights in the curriculum.

Hey, some do, such as the one Emily Deschanel attended.

Using an instance where Stevens disagreed with giving vouchers to parents to send their children to private schools, Ann wrote:

“He said, because the program did not forbid parents from using the tuition payments at religious schools, the state was using “public funds to pay for the indoctrination of thousands of grammar school children in particular religious faiths.” That money should have been used to indoctrinate children in subjects such as animal rights, Gaia theory, anti-Americanism and fisting etiquette!”

Don’t know how many parents would appreciate the opportunity to transfer their children to another school, private or parochial, but we’re sure they’re are plenty of parents who want more money into the school lunch system so their children aren’t resigned to eat the pre-formed patty of several animals parts and greased up fries.

BTW, have you contacted your local representative to let them know you support H.R. 4870, which could potentially bring regular vegetarian meals in school districts nationwide?

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“I personally am never going to fight for rights per se. All this fighting for human rights and yet we abuse them everyday, all around the world. So while we’re still abusing human rights is it really going to help the animals? It won’t harm them to have rights. I would always say ‘good show’ to the people who fight for them. My approach is different. I’m fighting for human responsibility.”

“So my job is to make people think of animals differently – as they really are. You can have a law – and we’re surrounded by laws – but it’s so often possible to get around them – they are continually being broken. So I want people to understand that animals really do have personalities and feelings – so that they want to obey laws that protect them.”

–Primatologist, conservationist and author Jane Goodall, on her take on how to protect animals from abuse and mistreatment.

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Jennie Garth signed up for Hidden Valley Ranch’s Garden Party campaign in an effort to teach parents how to incorporate the ideas of eating fresh produce and growing your own vegetables to their children.

Being the mother of three, Jennie’s had her moments, good and bad, with cucumbers and kiddies.

Here are a few of the best from ivillage.

Besides Disney Vegetables, what’s the best way to get kids to eat their greens?
I give them veggies when they’re hungry. Put out a plate after school with Hidden Valley ranch and you will be surprised.

Favorite vegetable rich meal to cook with kids:
Spaghetti with fresh tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, and garlic pureed into the sauce. They love it!

Where she buys her veggies:
The supermarket or the farmers market. I prefer locally grown/organic whenever possible.

Jennie and her family are huge fans of broccoli and they eat it several times a week.

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Stephanie Izard

Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard received criticism from PETA for hosting a veal dinner in a series of meals titled “Wandering Goat.”

“We’re writing today because numerous individuals—including fans of yours—contacted us to let us know that they were shocked to see you promoting veal and even displaying a photo of a skinned baby calf—Guillermo, as you named him—on your Twitter. Please know that the veal industry is cruel and inhumane and will remain financially viable as long as influential people like you continue to refer to the meat from sick, malnourished baby cows as a delicacy. It doesn’t matter where you purchase the meat—if you support the veal industry, you are supporting cruelty.”

Izard responded to PETA’s letter on her blog, explaining she sought veal that was raised locally and by what she considers humanely.

“In the past I have rarely used veal due to the inhumane treatment of calves. However, I was contacted by a local farm that raises free range veal in a very respectable way. While many people shun veal, the greater culinary community will continue to have veal be a part of their menus. All I am trying to do is get people to look at these local farms as refuge from larger meat-processing plants.”

Although the Kilgus Farm in Fairbury, Illinois does let goats feed on the pasture in the spring and fall, switching to homegrown hay in the winter, the baby calves, of course, are fed mother’s milk before quickly being taken to slaughter.

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