Vegetarian Star

Mayim Bialik has shared a few vegan substitutions for traditional Passover dishes in the New York Times “Well” blog.

In a post titled, “A Vegan Passover,” the blog discusses how certain foods restricted at Passover, grains, beans and corn, may present a problem for vegans who subsists on the items.

The traditional Seder plate, consisting of six foods that symbolize the story of Exodus, contains both lamb and egg, two items that are definitely not vegan.

Bialik has created substitutions for both.

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Mark Bittman, founder of the “vegan before six,” has written a guide to his flexitarian eating plan.

VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 will hit the shelves next month, but the New York Times food writer has never been a stranger to plant-based foods.

Many of his columns are devoted to more sustainable eating–which includes leaning away from meat.

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Miley Cyrus has used the power of Twitter to gain support for an end to horse-drawn carriages.

The pop singing star sent a message out to her 11 million followers to sign a petition that would allow horses working in carriages in New York City to retire.

“NYC is just 761 signatures shy of 100,000 petition goal to #FreeTheHorsesNYC! Sign @NYCLASS petition at http://StopHorseAbuse.com,” she wrote.

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Leanne Hilgart made history when she became the first designer to debut an eco-friendly, all-vegan collection at New York’s Fashion Week.

Ecouterre chatted with Hilgart about the line, her motivation behind creating it and how it has helped her promote her concern for animals used in clothing.

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“The vocation of being a ‘protector,’ however, is not just something involving us Christians alone; it also has a prior dimension which is simply human, involving everyone. It means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Saint Francis of Assisi showed us. It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live.”

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ABC’s Nightline recently featured a segment on the numerous ag-gag laws making their way through Congress.

“Would you like to see where your dinner came from?” asked Bill Weir during the episode.

Executive Director for the animal welfare group Mercy for Animals Nathan Runkle made an appearance to discuss the laws that seek to make hidden camera investigations on factory farms illegal. It is a move that many activists feel would hamper whistle blowers who out acts of animal cruelty.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has spoken against a recent tragedy that occurred during Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

A five year old dog named Dorado was dropped from the race due to lack of performance. He was buried alive in drifting snow, the cause of death cited as asphyxiation.

“It’s a horrifying death, and we feel it was totally preventable,” PETA cruelty caseworker Kristin Simon said.

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Alicia Silverstone has shared her ideas for an animal friendly Passover and Easter.

Alicia writes on The Kind Life:

“Last year I got thinking about the similarities between the Passover and Easter traditions. Jewish people search their homes for leaven before Passover starts to get it out of the house (since chametz or “leavening” isn’t allowed in the house during Passover). Christians celebrate Easter by searching for eggs (the egg is seen as a sign of renewed life or resurrected life by breaking out of it, relating to Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday). So both holidays have this tradition of searching…”

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