Vegetarian Star

When vegans breakup, they can still enjoy a meal together peacefully.

Singer Missy Higgins once dated fellow Australian Johnny MacKay, member of the band Children Collide. They broke up, moved on, and went their separate ways.

Both vegan food lovin’ individuals, they happened to run into each other in the vegan food mecca of L.A. Amazingly, there was no fighting, bickering, dirty looks, and both parties got along just dandy.

They also enjoyed a nice dinner and saw a concert afterwards. MacKay told News.com:

“She’s cool. We’re cool… it was a long time ago now.”

via News.com.au

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We were horrified by the Holocaust, but for some reason it hasn’t dawned on the general public that the animals are suffering in our hands in an almost Holocaustic way…I feel rather than people saying to me, “Are you a vegetarian?” my answer should be, “You mean you’re not?” Being vegetarian makes me feel more responsible.

—From the book, Annie Lennox: The Biography by Bryony Sutherland, Lucy Ellis, and Chris Charlesworth.
Photo: Nemahziz on Wikimedia Commons

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Going To Whole Foods to shop for groceries this weekend? Then ya better call Tyrone for some serious money!

Erykah Badu, soulful singer, vegan, and ex romantic partner of cheapskate Andre 3000 Benjamin spoke with VegNews Magazine about the notion that being a vegan is only for upper middle class, white, individuals.

She admitted that people who are poor may have a harder time being as ethical when it comes to choosing food-they’re just looking to fill up the plate in the cheapest way possible. And worrying about rent or mortgage and buying uniforms for the kids can make shopping healthy a challenge.

“I mean, you almost have to have a record deal to shop at Whole Foods!” said Badu, referring the high costs of food.

Sadly, this may be the case with many living in poverty in the U.S. and other parts of the world. This was why Heather Mills wanted to bring the privilege of healthy vegan food to disadvantaged children.

But not every food bank has Heather’s donations and many are still eating sodium laden Ramen noodles and other meaty “junk.”

As one of the richest countries in the nation, how can we do more to give everybody access to Amy’s? Some co-opts offer discounts when customers pay with Food Stamps because they realize these people are struggling more to get by.

Do you guys know of other ways people are helping the less fortunate eat well (and vegetarian or vegan)? Any Nobel winning ideas for making vegan chow universal, regardless of how fat the wallet is?

via Veg News
Photo: dnevill on Flickr

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R & B soul diva, India.Arie will admit to liking a wide variety of foods, but still is careful about what she puts in her mouth.

“I really like most curry dishes, Thai food, and tofu. Although I like a lot of different things, I don’t take a lot of risks with food because I’m very particular about what I put in my body.”

Luckily, for the Grammy award winning singer, a vegetarian diet is full of variety to spice up her palate and finding a restaurant that suits her needs isn’t hard to do-even in other continents.

While traveling in South Africa, she found the equivalent of a vegetarian “hole-in-the-wall,”-a small vegetarian restaurant ran by a single woman.

“She used a meat substitute she got from Durban in southeast Africa. I went every day for a week to eat there.”

When back in the U.S., she’s a fan of Annie’s Natural Goddess Dressing, raw almond butter, and frozen bananas in smoothies.

Read more about the “things that feed” her at Today’s Diet Nutrition.com

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“Do the things you can do. Stop paying the slaughterman. Stop paying the factory farmers. Stop supporting the corporations that are destroying everything. And everyone can do that.”

—-Chrissie Hynde, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, on how anyone can take actions that preserve the planet, including reducing the consumption of meat.

via SMH

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Joss Stone requested meat-free canapés at the launch of the “Imagine There’s No Hunger” campaign yesterday at Hard Rock Cafe.

“Imagine There’s No Hunger” is sponsored by Hard Rock International, which is the big daddy of Hard Rock Cafes and their casinos and hotels. The campaign benefits WHY (World Hunger Year), a non-profit organization that works to fight hunger and poverty both in the United States and around the world.

Starting November 4th, you can stop by a Hard Rock Cafe and buy items whose proceeds go toward the campaign such as ornaments, bracelets, pins, and ONE LIMITED EDITION ROCKING CD! which features several artists, including Stone. The track list for the CD, Serve3, is as follows:

Bruce Springsteen “Remember When The Music”
Joss Stone “Love Has Made You Beautiful”
My Morning Jacket “Look At You”
Avril Lavigne “When You’re Gone”
Robert Randolph & The Family Band“Diane” (Live from Bonnaroo 2006)
The Charlatans “Complete Control”
Ryan Shaw “People Get Ready”
Marc Broussard “Keep Coming Back”
Starsailor “Military Madness”
Micki Free“Mother Earth”
DMC “I Be Rockin’ It”
The Chapin Sisters “I Know It’s Over”
John Lennon “Give Peace A Chance”

The CD will also be available on iTunes.com. Or, you can go online completely for your Hard Rock Charitable shopping and purchase any of the other items as well.

via Times Online

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Carrie: No Kellie, you don’t want to eat it if it’s cooked in chicken broth. LOL!

Carrie Underwood may have found a man that’s just as good as animals this time.  She was spotted having dinner with Travis Stork, a former TV “Bachelor.”

Insiders gave lots of juicy details such as the dinner couple holding hands and showing affect and taking a break from lovin’ to sing Happy Birthday to a nearby party.

We have a strange suspicion that insiders failed to notice that Carrie got interrupted 10 times that night by newly vegetarian Kellie Pickler texting questions about rennet, soymilk, and natural flavorings.

Underwood had said before in an interview that if she had to choose between animals and men, she’d choose animals because she hasn’t found a good man yet, but lots of good animals.

Poor Stork. Doesn’t know the cats, dogs, and farm animals he may be up against.

Carrie ate a very veggie ravioli and beet salad, then finished off with an omelet. No news on what Stork ate.

Kellie: Thanx babe. Luv u so much:)

via Life and Style Mag

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Kiss that meat goodbye, girlfriend!

We always like it when someone crosses over to our side. Country music star and American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler is the latest celebrity to become vegetarian. Even better, she’s talking about it.

In People Magazine, she credits both Pamela Anderson and Carrie Underwood for helping her convert. We call it the power of blonds.

Pickler first switched to being a veg for health reasons. Then she saw a video by Pamela Anderson on animal rights, which, much like the experience of Anthony Kiedis, convinced her there was no turning back.

“A lot of it has to do with knowing what happens to the animals and it really bothered me and so I will not eat meat,” she said.

So Pamela Anderson is the first blond. Then comes fellow Idol alumnus Carrie Underwood. When she made the decision, she began texting back and forth, asking Carrie all sorts of newbie questions, such as “Is fish considered a meat?” Underwood, being the ever supportive teacher didn’t know if Pickler could pull it off at first and was amazed that she stuck through it.

Being a small fish in a large pond, Pickler is careful not to get too preachy. There aren’t many vegetarians in country music, with Shania Twain being one of the few.

“Most country girls do like their meat!” she said.

Now one less country girl eats her meat.

via People

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