Comments Off on “Outsourced” Pippa Black For PETA On Factory Farms (Video)
Pippa Black, actress on NBC’s Outsourced, is voicing her concern for factory farms in her PSA for vegetarianism done for PETA.
“Factory farming is a breeding ground for disease,” Black says. “These animals are living in their own wastes.”
And that’s just the beginning.
Like many PETA videos, Black’s testimony is mixed with images from real farms, demonstrating the horrors that animals endure, such as chickens being de-beaked and cows being branded.
Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, October 25th, 2010 in Books, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on “Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian” Cookbook
The editors of one of the most authoritative magazines on healthy cooking, Cooking Light, have recognized the growing need for instruction on preparing plant-based meals.
Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian is the first vegetarian cookbook from the group and is filled with over 400 pages of glossy photos (700+), recipes with simple to follow instructions and nutritional content that are by no means lacking in vegan dishes. Plus, Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian contains tips for making your own bread, yogurt and pasta from scratch and an entire chapter dedicated to tofu and tempeh–recipes, cooking techniques and tips.
Editor of Cooking Light Magazine, Scott Mowbray, begins the cookbook exploring the reasons so many are choosing to incorporate vegetarian and vegan meals into their diets, such as for ethics or health.
If Terence Gerchberg is keeping up with this season’s Amazing Race, he may have experienced some post traumatic stress after watching one of the contestants eat sheep in a challenge.
Gerchberg, a vegetarian, couldn’t stomach it, but Kat, a vegetarian for over two decades, said the sheep’s head tasted “like money” and she and teammate Nat received the Fast Forward Pass for gulping it down.
Whether or not Kat’s conscience will be throwing up later is still in question. But have you ever wondered what happens to a vegetarian or vegan’s stomach after eating meat it hasn’t touched in years? You may have unwillingly participated in such an experiment and have come to your own conclusions (what do you mean there’s beef broth in the Very Veggy Soup?), but a Cornell University nutrition professor and Dr. Michael Greger, clinical nutritionist and director of public health and animal agriculture for the Humane Society of the United States, have two explanations.
Comments Off on Katy Perry Russell Brand Wedding Vegan, Too Noisy For Animals
Russell Brand and Katy Perry finally tied the knot recently in a ceremony that was vegan, according to several sources around the web.
The animals are thankful they weren’t eaten, but according to Ecorazzi, they may have wanted a little peace in the early morning hours, as Russell and Katy’s after party may have violated noise ordinances.
After the traditional Hindu wedding, guests stayed in the nearby Ranthambore National Park. Some of the guests reportedly played loud music until 2:30 AM, which violates state mandated noise pollution laws as it disturbs the wild animals in the area.
Comments Off on Mark Bittman’s Concern With Bagged Vegetable Safety (Audio) (Video)
In an interview on The Leonard Lopate Show (the audio of which can be heard below), food author and flexitarian Mark Bittman shares a concern about getting sick from prepared, bagged produce that most of the public would naturally have after hearing of the outbreaks of illnesses over the years. Although he recommends a salad a day, he’s not so sure that salad should come from a bag.
“My only concern with the bagged stuff is whether or not it’s going to poison you or not. The convenience of cut up vegetables…what could be more convenient than that, as long as you’re not going to get salmonella from that. And I can’t answer that. I’d like to see our food safety system in a place where if people want to buy more conveniently prepared vegetables, they could do so without worrying about it.”
The convenience of bagged fruits and veggies have not come without consequence. There’s the occasional found frog leg in the frozen vegetables. The inedible glass pieces found in frozen peas. However, it’s usually contamination with e. coli or salmonella that leads to widespread sickness and fear of eating things good for you. Just when you thought it was okay to eat bagged spinach again, Consumer Reports recently conducted tests of 16 brands commonly found in stores and found, in the sanitation and contamination levels, there’s room for improvement.
Comments Off on Apple Laptop Bags Go Vegan With Matt & Nat Designers
Matt & Nat Apple
Apple Computers, ran by the vegan Steve Jobs and Matt & Nat handbags, a vegan company with faux leather bags and other accessories are together in a partnership that could not be any sweeter if it had taken place in Silicon Valley over vegan ice cream.
Comments Off on Lisa Edelstein “House” Away From Home Isn’t Vegetarian Friendly
As a vegetarian for 28 years, Lisa Edelstein has been through times when it was difficult to get something meatless while away from home. But who would have thought that in 2010, it would be hard to find something vegetarian on the set of House?
As Edelstein explained to Popeater, the producers of the show don’t have a large budget for food, and she often ends up bringing her own food to the set because “food is sort of crappy.”
