Vegetarian Star

Peter Gabriel is throwing his support behind a petition to stop agricultural development in a spot near Bath, Somerset, the Woolley Valley area that inspired his first solo song after leaving Genesis.

The famous “Solsbury Hill” Gabriel wrote about in the 70s overlooks the valley that is comprised of steep winding lanes, small farms and stone villages.

A developer, Golden Valley Paddocks, wants to build mobile chicken units and an alpaca farm on the land that was once an organic farm.

Residents say the area is being ruined by development, which includes a built access road and an agricultural shed, and have formed the Save Woolley Valley Action Group.

“To see this willful violation of planning laws and destruction of a beautiful part of the valley is very upsetting,” Gabriel said, according to the BBC.

Gabriel raised his family in the area for several years and describes it as tight community where neighbors would “share their milk during heavy snowfall.”

The Save Woolley Valley Petition site has some before and after photos of the changes made to the area since development began.

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A writer in the Chicago Tribune has made some suggestions for president Barack Obama the next time he goes on an eating outing.

Stay away from the burgers and order some beans!

Obama should hit the veggie restaurants, writes the Food Critic, and partake in a salad bar photo op.

“I realize that, as a man of the people, you have to dig into what the locals eat. When in Buffalo, N.Y., as you were this month, delivering a speech on the troublesome economy to a particularly hard-hit city, you’re not going to be grabbing a steaming mound of quinoa at the local veggie restaurant. But wouldn’t it be cool if you did? But this effort needs a slogan. How do you feel about “Yes We Kale”?”

Make that an order of organic kale.

Obama’s own Cancer Panel recommends it.

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"The Black Cat" Martha Grimes

Detective fiction author Martha Grimes has released a new book in the Richard Jury series, “The Black Cat.”

Grimes went vegetarian in 1975 after watching the CBS documentary “The Guns of Autumn,” and has been known to incorporate animal rights themes into her works, according to a 10 Things To Know About Martha Grimes article.

Both her books “Biting the Moon” and “Dakota,” featured animal activists stories, and two thirds of royalties from “Biting the Moon” were donated to animal rights groups and she frequently does appearances for such organizations.

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Mario Batali, the latest celebrity figure to announce he’s embraced Meatless Mondays, has a tip for those who enjoy pasta with pine nuts, seitan “wheatballs,” or just plain tomato sprinkled with nutritional yeast as a substitute for Parmesan Cheese.

Dried pasta is best if you don’t cook it long.

“The trick is cooking two minutes less than the package recommends, (strain before) adding your sauce, then cooking another minute and a half in the sauce,” Batali told the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.

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Christian Serratos is one of several vegetarian women who’ve made Maxim’s Hot 100 for 2010.

The Maxim editors are already trying to faux butter up to the Twilight babe by welcoming vegetarian food.

“One of the bevy of beauties produced by the Twilight series, Serratos recently posed nude for PETA. Hey, Christian, did we ever tell you we love seitan?”

Last year’s number one Olivia Wilde, slid a few notches to #20, but Olivia Munn is also representing the veggie gals by placing in the top 10.

Other notables in the veg/animal community are Hayden Panettiere and Zooey Deschanel.

The entire gallery of Maxim’s hottest can be found here, and are also in the June 2010 edition of the magazine available on the stands.

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Whole Foods "Health Starts Here"

Whole Foods has partnered with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat To Live, and Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet, to create their “Health Starts Here,” program designed to show customers what foods are nutrient dense.

The Health Starts Here logo will appear throughout the store near items that are plant based and nutrient dense, with Dr. Fuhrman’s Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) system, which assigns high numbers to foods like fruits and vegetables and low numbers to meat products and processed/prepared foods that are low in nutrients compared to their caloric content.

The Health Starts here program consists of three basic principles:

* Simply put, eat mostly plants
* No matter what type of diet you follow — including those that incorporate dairy, meat and/or seafood — eat more plants, like raw and cooked vegetables, fruits, legumes and beans, nuts, seeds and whole grains
* Eat a colorful variety of plants to ensure you’re getting the best nutrients for your body, which leads to feeling satiated

For more information, visit Whole Foods Market.

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Octomom Nadya Suleman‘s attorney Jeff Czech said he was offended by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals comparing his client to a cat when they offered her money in exchange to hang a banner on her home promoting spaying and neutering.

Truth is, Suleman’s reproductive activities are a fraction of what real cats and dogs can do without in vitro fertilization.

As soon as cat reaches sexual maturity, it can breed and have up to five litters per year.

The average size litter is anywhere from 3-6 kittens, so that puts alley cat Fluffy with the ability to add 30 children to her family tree a year and give The Duggars some stiff competition.

Plus, cats don’t go through menopause and they can have these litters every year well into old age.

Eww. Old mammals having sex.

And now it’s evident why 4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year in shelters because homes can’t be found for them.

Do what the PETA sign says: Don’t let your pet become an Octomom!

Get active in their sex lives and spay and neuter, taking advantage of several low cost Spay/Neuter programs in your state if you’re short on cash like Nadya.

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Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Gabe Watson was told by his strengthening and conditioning coach he should lose weight so he took the easiest step by eliminated fat filled meat products from his diet, according to an article at AZ Central.

It worked, as Watson’s lost about 30 pounds and hopes to be 5 pounds thinner than what the coach recommended when he reports to summer training camp.

Watson said the vegetarian diet helped to clean his system out, adding it was really “toxic.”

His typical breakfast now might consist of oatmeal with peanut butter and two bananas.

During the majority of his diet, most of his proteins came from beans and shakes, including a blend of wheat grass, spinach, strawberries, apples and blueberries he still consumes and calls “the nastiest thing in the world, but it helps me.”

Although most of the hard work is over, Watson is still sticking to his regime, only eating meat occasionally.

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