Vegetarian Star

Erykah Badu and Ginnifer Goodwin are two vegan cover girls for the month of June. Erykah’s featured in JET magazine and Ginnifer graces the cover of VegNews. Ginnifer has converted some of her parents to veganism, while Erykah keeps vegan in the family by raising all her children that way.

Between the two June cover girls, who would you rather…

JET Erykah Badu

Ginnifer Goodwin "VegNews"

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For the first time ever, Prince Charles will open the garden located at his official residence to the public as part of his Start Initiative designed to encourage UK residents to adopt more sustainable living habits.

During the 12 days of September 8th through the 19th, the “Garden Party To Make A Difference” will feature exhibitions, interactive displays and live performances with celebrities such as designer Vivienne Westwood taking part in the launch.

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"Food Rules" Michael Pollan

Flexitarian Michael Pollan, author of books such as The Omnivore’s Dilemma, has more than a few vegetarian friendly suggestions in his latest book, Food Rules, among the list of 64 principles to healthier eating that are accompanied with a paragraph explanation.

Like eating things with one leg.

Eating what stands on one leg [mushrooms and plant foods] is better than eating what stands on two legs [fowl], which is better than eating what stands on four legs [cows, pigs and other mammals].

Our notes: “Eating” can also be extended to drinking, so you may also want to include cow’s milk if you’re following that rule.

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Disneyland is giving families the opportunity to pre-order meals when visiting the California park’s World of Color exhibit that premieres on June 11, 2010. The show, at Disney’s California Adventure, part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, features over 1200 fountains, laser lights, fireworks and colorful projections on screen.

By going online, guests can order boxed picnic meal options and two vegetarian meals available include the Mediterranean Vegetarian (marinated grilled vegetables in a whole wheat wrap with roasted garlic hummus) and a children’s meal of The Lunchbox Classic (peanut butter and jelly).

Hopefully, Disney will also use some of its organic produce in the pre-ordered meals.

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Sure, Walmart may suck at a lot of humanitarian issues, like their connection to sweatshops, denying workers fair pay, overtime, health care, maternity leave and violating labor laws in the U.S. and other countries, but when it comes to purchasing sustainable, non-toxic cotton, they’re making great strides.

According to Home Textiles Today, the retailer was one of the top organic cotton using brands and retailing in 2009, along with C&A (Belgium), Nike, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., H&M, Anvil Knitwear, Coop Switzerland, Greensource Organic Clothing Co., Levi Strauss & Co., Target, adidas, and Nordstrom.

“Many people thought the recession would mean an end to all things organic, but the market reacted in quite the opposite way,” said LaRhea Pepper, senior director and co-author of the report done by the non-profit Organic Exchange. The report states sales of organic cotton jumped 35% in the same year to $4.3 billion.

Great job Walmart. This year lets aim to be in the top 10 in those other aforementioned categories.

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Paul McCartney played for the Obamas and a crowd of celebrities and journalists during an event where he was presented with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by president Barack Obama.

Receiving the award from the president was comparable to being honored, according to McCartney.

“Getting this prize would just be good enough, but getting it from THIS president …You have billions of us who are rooting for you, and we know you’re going to come through.”

The Gershwin prize is named after songwriters and brothers George and Ira Gershwin, who’s collections are located at the Library of Congress, which awarded McCartney the honor.

Besides McCartney serenading the First Lady with the lyrics to “Michelle,” other performers at the event included Stevie Wonder singing “We Can Work It Out,” The Jonas Brothers “Baby You Can Drive My Car,” Corinne Bailey Rae on “Blackbird,” and Faith Hill performing “Long and Winding Road.”

If you were unable to get an invite to the White House, you can still watch the concert on July 28 on PBS.

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John Robbins "The New Good Life"

John Robbins has released his latest book, The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever In An Age Of Less, and VegNews has provided an exciting sneak peak as to what you’ll get should you choose to purchase a copy or borrow from your local library.

Robbins, who would have been the heir to the Baskin Robbins ice cream fortune, but chose to follow his ethics instead, writes he once took famous chef Julia Child to a farm that produced veal.

“Julia Child, the famous chef, author, and TV personality, used to dismiss vegetarians as sappy. But when, late in her life, I took her to visit a veal production facility, she was horrified by what she saw. “I had no idea it was so severe,” she told me.”

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Ellen DeGeneres demonstrates who the real stars of the night are during the Postal Service dedication of Animal Rescue: Adopt A Shelter Pet Stamps.

The stamps aren’t the only Animal Rescue items available from the collection that includes postcards, drink coasters and a coffee mug for each of the 10 adopted animals that appear in the stamp collection.

To view the entire collection of USPS Animal Rescue paraphernalia, visit USPS.com.

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