Vegetarian Star

Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has recorded an advertisement that’s being broadcast in Washington, D.C., urging viewers to tell Congress to support H.R. 4870, The Healthy School Meals Act, which could potentially give schools the ability to offer vegetarian meals for lunch everyday.

Dr. Barnard uses a laboratory graduated cylinder to show the amount of saturated fat in a hamburger versus a veggie burger.

That’s some bad chemistry, man!

Watch the clip, and if you haven’t already told your representative how you feel, it’s time to do so now!

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Holly Madison "Adopt Don't Shop PSA for Last Chance For Animals

Holly Madison is one of several celebrities to star in a series of PSAs about animal welfare issues for the group Last Chance For Animals.

Holly’s “Adopt Don’t Shop” ad is one of several featured by LCA, joined by similar PSAs from celebrities like Pamela Anderson, Jillian Michaels, “Mini Me” Verne Troyer and others on fur, adoption, horses and dog fighting, to name a few.

All PSAs are available to download from the group’s website and new PSAs will be created each month and may be seen in various advertising mediums, such as billboards.

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Brendan Brazier, a vegan athlete and author who created his own line of vegan energy bars and drinks, recently interviewed with Media Bistro’s Morning Media Menu show, where he discussed his idea to write a book, being vegan and his contributions to Moby‘s collection of essays, Gristle.

“In 2004, I wrote and self published a short book about my nutrition plan. I had been racing Iron Man triathlons professionally for seven years–eating a completely vegan diet. I was getting asked all the time where I got my protein, my calcium, my iron, and all these things. It came out in 2004, and did better than I expected. I expanded it and it was published by Penguin Canada.”

Listen below to hear the entire interview.

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How much are you willing to pay for those organic chocolate chips?

This was the conversation The Lazy Environmentalist, a show about a man looking to reduce his carbon footprint, star Josh Dorfman had with Tonic.

When the topic turned to how living green can get difficult due to high prices of items or lack of availability, Dorfman used his sweet tooth as an example.

“I look at it like, ‘I love to eat organic food, and sometimes it’s too expensive for me.’ I’m not going to spend $8 per pound on organic dark chocolate chips for making cookies. This was a conversation with my girlfriend last week [after he bought some]. She was like, ‘You are insane!’ But I don’t beat myself up over it, because we as humans — the onus is on business and entrepreneurs to make green choices better for us. If the choices are better we will embrace them. If they’re too expensive or the quality isn’t good enough or they’re hard to find, it’s not realistic for most Americans.”

Actually, the $8 a bag might be a little exaggerated.

The Veg Star found some organic chocolate chips online for roughly $6.

These varieties are usually slightly cheaper, priced at $5 or so in the store.

And heck, it’s almost summer.

Skip the baking altogether and buy a bag of already made cookies made with organic chocolate chips, which are normally $2 cheaper on shelves too.

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Loretta Swit will guest star on the AM/FM/XM Satellite Radio broadcast of Animal Radio on May 8 at Noon EST and then rebroadcast on May 9 at 5PM EST.

The vegetarian actress best known for her role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on M*A*S*H, is speaking out about the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a law that would have made it illegal to market animal crush videos, films depicting animals being…well, crushed.

“These videos are usually sexual in nature and some pervert will buy them to get his gillie out of,” said Swit.

“It’s horrendous the imagination that would conjure up such an evil thing.”

Swit’s own pets live a life far from the animals in the videos, as she has animals with wheelchairs because they’re so old.

And she will talk to fans wearing fur coats about their decisions.

“It’s all about education. If someone comes up to me for an autograph and they’re wearing a fur-coat, before I sign, I will educate. Because sometimes, they simply don’t know 80 animals died for that coat.”

For a list of stations broadcasting Animal Radio, visit here.

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The recent ad in the Chicago Tribune featuring Bea Arthur urging McDonald’s to adopt more humane slaughter practices is just one of the ways the famous Golden Girls stood up for animal rights.

Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan had all recorded a commercial for an anti-fur ad in the past and White is an outspoken proponent of animals in shelters.

You may not have known about McClanahan’s involvement with a stray cat charity, Alley Cat Allies, as the actress partnered with the group to raise awareness for feral cats and Trap-Neuter-Return programs, according to the LA Times.

“Cats have always been a part of my life, ever since I was a little girl in Oklahoma,” McClanahan said of her work on behalf of Alley Cat Allies. “In fact, my most recent cat, Kate, was a stray that just showed up at my back door in Manhattan, walked right in and has been in charge ever since.”

To learn more about the work of Alley Cat Allies, visit the group’s website.

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PETA is rewarding Steve Jobs for Apple’s decision to reject an app that let players club seals, the iSealclub application.

The Apple CEO should be receiving his vegan chocolate seals any day now.

Senior vice president of PETA, Dan Matthews, included a letter to Jobs, along with his chocolate goodies, thanking him, reminding him he shares company with several political leaders around the world that think the annual seal hunt is inappropriate.

From Techcrunch:

“On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters worldwide, thank you for rejecting the proposed iSealClub iPhone application, which has drawn a great deal of attention to Canada’s annual baby-seal slaughter. You are in good company. Global leaders as diverse as Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and the Dalai Lama have taken a stand against the slaughter, and the European Union recently voted to ban seal fur.”

“As a token of our appreciation, we will be sending you some vegan-chocolate seals.”

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Carol J. Adams "The Sexual Politics of Meat"

Carol J. Adams, author of the book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, spoke on the campus of Harvard University, urging students to go vegetarian, comparing eating meat to misogyny.

The event was sponsored by the Harvard College Vegetarian Society.

Adams said that meat eating is often equated with masculinity and places that celebrate meals of meat also tend to objectify women, such as Hooter’s.

Some criticized Adams for not bringing enough statistics into her speech, such as the effects of meat on human health and the environment.

Adams responded by saying both meat eating and debasing women should be looked at as “experiences” rather than numbers.

“I don’t give a damn about statistics,” Adams said. “I feel that using statistics participates in a rationalized way of thinking about the problem that undercuts my perspective.”

The Harvard Crimson reports most of her aggressive questioners were male.

They probably had just come from their dinner of burgers from the student union.

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