Vegetarian Star

Dr. Temple Grandin, scientist who has worked with the animal agricultural industry to bring change to way animals raised for food and handled, spoke with Food Safety News on the Conklin Dairy Farm investigation that uncovered a worker beating and torturing a cow. Grandin feels these incidents are not the norm, as many activist insists.

“Most places are not doing stuff that horrible. To say that every dairy treats their animals that way, no, that’s wrong, they’re not. But on the other hand, the truth is usually somewhere in the middle, between the animal rights advocates that say everything is an atrocity, to the industry who says everything’s just fine. I’ve worked in a lot of places. It’s somewhere in the middle. It’s a constant battle. You can’t under staff and overwork. Tired people are more likely to get angry, and so are overworked people.”

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Leona Lewis is serving up quinoa, but her crew is turning up their noses.

According to Monsters and Critics, a source told The Sun her tour troupe isn’t happy being forced to eat vegetarian on the road.

“Leona has demanded that only veggie food be made available for everyone – and members of the crew are threatening to quit.”

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Self Magazine July 2010

Self Magazine searched for the healthiest packaged foods. Packaged is normally associated with health “no-nos” like partially hydrogenated oils, trans fats, high fructose corn syrup and a load of preservatives. But Self was able to find several items that escaped these horrors, and many on the list are vegetarian.

The Boca Savory Mushroom Mozzarella veggie burger came in first place for best veggie burger and it can easily be paired with the also featured Kettle Baked Slow Cooked Chips.

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Bryant Terry

Food justice champion and eco-chef Bryant Terry doesn’t use any animal products in his recipes, but the author of Vegan Soul Kitchen would prefer to keep the “V” word out of conversation.

He told Oregon Live why:

“One of the things people associate with vegan cuisine are all those processed “meat” products, like textured vegetable proteins, which I avoid entirely. I just like cooking with real food. I want people to really understand that when they’re eating plant-based, real foods it’s flavorful, delicious and healthy. That’s why I originally didn’t want my book labeled “vegan.” It’s a good way to encapsulate what I’m doing, but it’s also limiting because it’s bigger than veganism. It’s about this rich history and tradition of African Americans, and people in the South eating good, local, seasonal food. I think people need to understand that since the perceptions of African American and Southern cooking are so negative.”

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Trey Parker has included a talk on DVD commentary on why he and Matt Stone chose to poke fun of Captain Paul Watson on a South Park episode titled Whale Whores.

If you can remember, the episode portrayed Watson and the Sea Shepherd crew in a less than positive light (is anyone portrayed positively on South Park?) and Parker says that although he and Stone are against whaling, they’re not cheering on Watson’s attempts.

“They come up with some big plan and then somehow they f*ck it up,” Parker says. Listen to how Parker explains, in his opinion, how.

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Oprah Winfrey is holding a contest called Your Own Show: Oprah’s Show For The Next TV Star where viewers upload their ideas for a daytime show, whether it’d be about cooking, fashion or other issues and their clips are voted on.

Convert My Grill is a segment upload by vegetarian Justin Barker that wasn’t received too well by Oprah’s people. According to the San Franciscoist, the submission was banned from the contest twice–once for using alcohol in the clip and another for Barker using his friends instead of going solo.

Picky, picky…

Convert My Grill shows Barker and a friend making over another friend’s grill, making a homemade seitan-like sausage and swapping chicken for both it and asparagus.

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Tony La Russa will appear on the Animal Planet series Housecat Housecall with Dr. Katrina Warren.

Dr. Warren tackles everyday issues involving cat behavior, socialization and health, featuring real life stories of cats and their humans, from the separation issues of owners growing up and going off to college to cats who relieve themselves in all the wrong places.

Dr. Warren worked with La Russa to help him identify and train cats for his animal assisted therapy program ran by an animal welfare organization founded by La Russa, Animal Rescue Foundation.

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Two 80s pop divas are back, starring as rivals in a movie with animal rights and conservation themes.

Debbie Gibson is set to play an activist who releases exotic snakes from pet stores while Tiffany will play a park ranger out to save alligators in Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid.

According to Hollywood Reporter, the two are set to fight at a party and then take it outside–to the swamps!

Executive VP of programming and original movies Thomas Vitale said the idea came about after Tiffany visited the studios and explained she always wanted to work with Debbie, who was often portrayed as her rival during their musical careers.

Lost In Your Eyes or Could’ve Been. Which activist will you be rooting for?

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