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Slice Of Celebrity Vegan Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 28th, 2011 in Actresses, Birthdays.

A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

Photo: PR Photos

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Dr. Oz Nutrition Plan To Save Your Life

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

The Doctor Oz Show recently added an article on veganism to its website, just shortly before airing an episode devoted entirely to the diet.

In “The Nutrition Plan That Will Save Your Life,” three changes are advocated for preventing and reversing heart disease and reducing the risk of cancer.

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“Whale Wars” Season 4 Premiers On Animal Planet June 3 (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Film & TV, Videos.

Whale Wars will begin its 4th season in the Southern Ocean on Friday, June 3rd at 9:00 p.m. on Animal Planet.

The series, which has been nominated and received several prestigious film awards, will show Captain Paul Watson and his crew fighting to protect whales in the waters by thwarting Japanese whalers. Season 4 will feature several new additions to the crew’s equipment, including a new vessel named Gojira, a helicopter, secret GPS devices and more.

It’s a risky job, but it’s one that has continuously caused a decline in the number of whales killed every year and caused whalers to completely abandon the hunt prematurely last year.

“In order to save the whales, people have to be willing to risk their lives,” Watson said. “We can’t stop whaling? That’s what they once said about slavery, but it was stopped. So yes, we can stop whaling.”

Below is a sneak peek from season 4.

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Actor Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Scott Pilgram vs. The World, Bored To Death) has narrated a short film on the effects of the meat industry and the environment.

This isn’t a dry lecture that spits out facts, but an entertaining flick which features a day in the life of a man (Schwartzman) who wakes up one morning with the same question everybody does, “What am I going to eat today?” and starts it off with bacon and eggs.

Suddenly, Schwartzman’s entire day–from driving to work to sitting in the office to shopping for dinner–is filled with messages about the destructive effects of meat and the environment. From reading the morning newspaper to stumbling on a website at work, each encounter Schwartzman has brings him closer to the realization that factory farmed meat is destroying the Earth and causing health issues for humans who don’t even eat it.

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Aimee Teegarden Removes Dairy For A Vegan “Prom”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

About a year ago, Friday Night Lights star Aimee Teegarden was making the transition to vegan.

Now that she’s trading her role as Julie Taylor on Friday Night Lights for a type A, perfectionist head of the prom committee gal on the new Disney series Prom, Teegarden is about to graduate to another level.

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Mark Bittman

“The problem is the system that enables cruelty and a lack not just of law enforcement but actual laws. Because the only federal laws governing animal cruelty apply to slaughterhouses, where animals may spend only minutes before being dispatched. None apply to farms, where animals are protected only by state laws.”

Mark Bittman, in his New York Times food politics column about the animal cruelty discovered at E6 Cattle, a company that provides calves for the dairy industry. A video of the cruelty, which shows–among many acts–workers bludgeoning cows with pick axes, can be viewed here.

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The White House Easter Egg Roll of 2011 was about much more than chocolate bunnies.

Several celebrity chefs including Jacques Pepin, Spike Mendelsohn and Carla Hall set up stations as part of the “Play With Your Food” program of the roll, where healthy recipes were made using local, organic and sustainable ingredients.

More video below.

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It was a very special Earth Day on The Price Is Right recently. Host Drew Carey featured items designed by Elizabeth Olsen, founder of vegan shoe company Olsen Haus Pure Vegan.

Contestants had to guess the price of a collection of Olens’ items: six shoes, two wallets and one handbag.

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