Vegetarian Star

Bode Miller is an Olympic and World Championship Gold Medalist in alpine skiing who grew up a vegetarian on a small family farm of 450 acres of organic produce.

These days he runs his own organic farm Turtle Ridge much the same way–no pesticides and keeping the affairs among those closest to the farm.

Turtle Ridge, which has a variety of produce, including tomatoes and artichokes, does not sell to retailers, only locals.

Not only is buying local great for the farmer, it saves carbon emissions and usually results in a better tasting vegetable.

According to localharvest.org, most produce in the U.S. is picked 4-7 days before put on the grocery store shelves and travels an average of 1500 miles before it’s sold.

Makes straight from the garden and a 4 mile bike ride to pick up corn sound so much more refreshing!

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Race car driver Leilani Munter has recorded a PSA for Athletes Go Green on the effects of food on the planet as a way to raise environmental awareness.

Eco friendly racing is not an oxymoron when you’re Leilani, who encourages fans to get involved by putting recycling bins at the track, selling clothing made from plastic bottles and recruiting sponsors to display their green messages during race time.

Now she’s hoping NASCAR and IndyCar fans will skip the barbeque after the next big race.

“I think a lot of people don’t realize that more greenhouse gas emissions go into our atmosphere from raising animals for food than all of the planes, trains, ships, automobiles, SUVs and all other forms of transporation combined,” Leilani says in the video. “Raising animals produces methane, which is 21x more heat trapping than CO2. So if you want to do something good for the environment that’s easy to do, cut back on your meat intake.”

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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian may have handled her pussy inappropriately, and no, we’re not talking about another sex tape.

Kim posted a photograph of herself holding this gorgeous kitty on Twitter, and as Ecorazzi reports, two different animal rights groups are weighing in on the situation.

PETA is ready to dig its claws in her, according to X17 Online.

“Kim Kardashian isn’t the only person who mistakenly thinks that because a mother cat picks up her kittens by the scruff of the neck that a supportive hand under the rump isn’t needed.”

But unlike Kim, the cat doesn’t appear to be known for its big booty and may not need the support, according to RSPCA.

“But if it’s a larger cat, we’d put the hand under the rump. She’s at least half right.”

Which side do you take?

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Sarah Silverman "The Bedwetter"

Besides being about pee, Sarah Silverman‘s new book, The Bedwetter, is a memoir filled with childhood and adolescence memories, both painful and hilarious.

One of the more undesirable memories Silverman has is when several high school athletes held her down in the school cafeteria and put cold cuts in her mouth because she was a vegetarian.

“Yeah, it was awful. It really felt rape-y,” Silverman told Vanity Fair.

Disgusting.

Were they expecting to make foie gras out of her?

Sure hope those bad boys got more than a few days of detention.

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Aldo Zilli has taken best restaurant in The Independent‘s Best of Green awards.

Signor Zilli was converted into a vegetarian Italian restaurant in London, Zilli Green, a few months ago.

Although the UK Metro came up short with nice things to say about it, The Independent says Zilli Green wins for featuring multi-cultural seasonal dishes and avoiding the stereotypical vegetarian entrees like veggie burgers.

Bonus: The head chef at Zilli Green, Enzo di Marino, has been a vegan for 12 years, so he’s had plenty of experience sampling anything served to you.

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"The Joneses" Movie Poster

The Joneses premiered this weekend, a film starring Demi Moore and David Duchovny about a family that moves into a neighborhood with all the latest accessories and gadgets, secretly serving as marketing puppets to get the neighbors to buy new things.

The movie was filmed in Atlanta and director Derrick Borte spent a lot of time at the Dekalb Farmers Market downtown.

The market restaurant, open seven days a week from 11AM to 8PM, serves fresh meals with a heavy emphasis on vegetables.

Two vegetarian options, the lasagna and the signature samosas, are said to be favorites among customers.

Promoting fresh, local food with plant based options?

Now that’s a trend worth following.

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Jillian Michaels "Master Your Metabolism"

Jillian Michaels, one of the coaches from The Biggest Loser, has a diet and health book, Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!

The three themes for the book are Remove, Restore, and Rebalance, which reference to changing the foods that go into your mouth in order to achieve a healthier system (metabolism) that will enable you to lose weight.

Along with resources like shopping lists, tips for eating out and how to eat on a budget, Master Your Metabolism contains recipes.

This is an entire chapter featuring vegetarian main dishes, which is a plus, but it’s a little disappointing that Jillian didn’t choose to make these the focus of the recipes in her book, as she’s a pescatarian who will only eat sustainable seafood.

Most of the foods on her top 10 recommended list, however, are vegetarian–nuts, seeds, legumes, organic dairy, whole grains, fruits and dark, leafy vegetables.

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Jake Shields‘ life is chronicled in a new Fight Life documentary.

According to SportSunTrapped, the film touches on Jake’s thoughts about being vegetarian all his life and the cool fact that he’s a dad.

Does little Jake indulge in seitan fingers for an afternoon snack?

Sure hope the kid is taking after his Mixed Martial Arts fighting dad, who’s just done a pro-vegetarian ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Jake hasn’t lost a fight since 2004.

The trailer to the film can be seen above, which includes of shot of him mixing a protein shake.

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