Vegetarian Star

The Cove director Louis Psihoyos and former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry were on Oprah recently to discuss the Oscar winning documentary and distributing the movie in Japan, where it is scheduled to be released in July.

“What does dolphins being slaughtered in Taiji have to do with our lives?” Oprah asked to give her audience a better understanding of the consequences of killing the species.

Watch to hear Psihoyos’ answer.

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South Beach Diet

Every vegan has one dairy free, coconut oil icing cupcake too many every now and then.

When it’s time to watch calories to lose a pound or two, you need to know what diet plans are veggie friendly.

PETA has graded several popular diets and the South Beach Diet comes out a winner receiving a “B” grade.

If South Beach prepared foods that didn’t contain dairy, it would have received and “A.”

Recipes like edamame salad and vegetarian chili are easy to veganize, and the South Beach plan is based on cooking at home.

Looks like Slimfast is going to have to repeat a grade or two, considering it was the only plan that received an “F.” Shakes and bars are BORING, plus there’s that whole 10 million shake recall from 2009 due to a bacteria issue.

Visit PETA’s blog to learn what other diet plans might be right for a pleasantly plump veg.

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On his blog, president and CEO of the Humane Society,Wayne Pacelle, is declaring victory over foie gras supplier Hudson Valley Foie Gras.

A federal judge in New York ruled in favor of the HSUS in a water pollution lawsuit against Hudson Valley.

The judged ruled Hudson Valley violated the Clean Water Act numerous times and in several ways and HVFG will have to pay $25,000 per day per each future violation.

In addition, HVFG must pay $50,000 towards an environmental project to the Middle Mongaup River–where all of its toxic mess ended up!

“Factory farming interests like to claim that they represent rural people and rural values, but that’s a canard,” writes Pacelle. “Rural people increasingly are in the forefront of the movement against factory farms, since they often experience the problems most acutely, especially the downstream environmental effects.”

HVFG has violated animals, humans and the earth.

Thanks goodness they’re finally paying up!

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Oh, to be a dog of a celebrity!

Jessica Alba and Kristen Bell lavish their dogs with eco and animal friendly furniture.

Both ladies are clients of Greener Pup LLC., a company created by Kari Whitman, a dog rescuer and environmentalist.

Greener Pup features dog beds made from recycled fabrics and stuffing crafted from recycled plastic bottles.

Whitman gave tips for making your own doggie bedding in Modern Dog, and she recommends using animal friendly fabrics as well, such as pleather and artificial suede, Ultra Suede.

Whitman says she was “practically born recycling” and adopted a cow when you she very  young.

A barn made from recycled materials probably took some time to build!

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Troll 2

Vegetarian goblins from the low budget film, Troll 2, are coming to eat you.

The movie dubbed the worst of all time is strangely making a comeback with screenings in theatres nationwide.

The movie centers around a kid named Joshua Waits, who is terrorized by goblins that want to eat him and his family.

But the goblins aren’t about to blow their vegetarian diets–that’s why they need to turn them into plants before eating them.

That’s one strange molecular gastronomic experience.

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Michael Pollan has been named of the most influential people of 2010 on Time Magazine‘s annual list.

Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, who’s criticized the unfit conditions for humans and animals in factory farms, can still be considered a vegetarian’s ally, despite his reluctance to go any further than advocating less meat.

Alice Waters has written his bio:

“Unwilling to accept the food industry’s account of where beef comes from, Michael bought a steer in Kansas to follow the life cycle of a kernel of corn from the laboratory to the feed bin to the restaurant where the beef is served. It’s a harrowing tale, and since the moment I heard him tell it, I have not served corn-fed beef of any kind. I was Pollanized — and I am not alone.”

“In the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. and in his books Food Rules and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael, 55, tells complex stories in an engaging voice. When he speaks live, I’ve seen thousands grip their seats as they realize what our food system has become and how badly we need to fix it.”

The full list of Time’s Most Influential People can be viewed here.

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Prince Charles has been an outspoken proponent of organic farming for some time, and he recently gave the Times Online a glimpse into the Highgrove farm and garden.

He denies the notion that organic farming isn’t a sustainable way to feed people, citing that although organic food costs more, people were paying three times as much for their food 30 years ago.

“Organic production costs more because of the effort and the management and the time that has gone into it,” he said. “Yet 30 years ago people were spending 30 per cent of their income on food, now it’s 10 per cent, so it’s all relative.”

Perhaps their health care costs were cheaper three decades ago too, as now mass produced and processed foods have contributed to obesity and other lifestyle related diseases, the effects of such wreaking havoc on both human and animal health.

“I’ve always felt that if you rely on endless inputs, artificial, chemical, goodness knows what, and if you treat animals like machines, it is not durable in the long term because nature will rebel. If you imagine that dairy cattle will produce quantities of milk that Nature never intended, and feed them on food that Nature never intended them to eat, like these huge feed lots in the United States and elsewhere which I think are an abomination and immoral, you will have a problem with type 2 diabetes. You’re producing cheap food but you’re actually creating more expense elsewhere in the chain.”

Visit the Times Online for more.

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Peruvian operatic tenor Juan Diego Flórez is certain that maintaining vocal health starts with good physical health.

Beef and chicken don’t make for good physical health, so he stays clear of it to keep the pipes working.

“Sleeping well is the main thing. And eating well; I’m vegetarian, which works for me,” Flórez said to The Independent.

Wonder if he also goes easy on the dairy before a big performance, as some vocalists believe it creates phlegm and interferes with vocal quality.

Flórez is best known for his roles in bel canto operas.

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