Vegetarian Star

Kentucky has brought us all kinds of good veggie things.

Like  Bourbon Barrel Foods‘ veg-friendly, anchovy-free vegetarian worcestershire sauce and soy sauce made from locally grown, non GMO soybeans.

And animal activist Ashley Judd.

And according to Hal Sparks, Lexington’s Alfalfa Restaurant is the next great veg accomplishment the Blue Grass state can be proud of.

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Biz Stone and his business partner and co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, are celebrating five years of saying it in 140 characters.

Stone was recently a guest on Conan O’Brien‘s show when the subject of some of Stone’s past Tweets came up. One of those Tweets was about Stone discovering Amtrak  offered a vegan burger. Stone Tweeted,”Wow, Amtrak serves a vegan burger! Nice.”

“I would not have that burger,” Conan said while laughing.

Well, that’s surely his choice, but we think Conan will miss out on some serious foodie fun!

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Martha Stewart has never shied away from vegetarian and vegan cooking in her kitchen. Because she raised a daughter who became vegetarian as a teen, she never had the choice.

But Alexis is an adult now, and Martha’s still giving veg some genuine attention. She recently requested vegans to sit in the audience for an upcoming show about veganism. And she’s included at least one vegan recipe in her new cookbook, Martha Stewart’s Pies & Tarts.

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Vogue‘s annual Shape issue tackles getting fit in time for bathing suit season.

This year’s Shape features advice from three vegan diet and fitness experts. Latham Thomas is a holistic health coach, healthy-lifestyle expert, and founder of Tender Shoots Wellness in New York City. Kathy Freston is the author of several vegan lifestyle books, including her latest, Veganist. And Marco Borges is an exercise physiologist and founder of 22 Days Nutrition in Miami.

A vegan perspective on diet and exercise? This fitness issue of Vogue may contain the best health advice ever!

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The UN General Assembly has designated March 22 of every year as World Water Day.

The day draws attention to the basic necessity so many people worldwide have trouble accessing or sanitizing. Besides not eating meat and dairy, you can do your part to conserve water by ditching the plastic bottle and picking up a snazzy, reusable bottle like this one by Stella McCartney.

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An ABC Nightline documentary created from an undercover investigation at a dairy farm won a Genesis Award from the Humane Society of the United States.

Footage showed workers at Willet Dairy in East Genoa, New York kicking and hitting animals, digging their fingers into animals’ eye sockets, cows being dragged and animals’ tails and horns being removed without anesthesia.  The undercover investigator with the animal rights organization Mercy For Animals shot the footage while working as a mechanic.

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Those who follow the dirt on Alicia Silverstone knows she’s committed some infidelity in her life.

Like that one time she totally went behind vegan cheese’s back and had a sample of real cheese at party.

While staunch vegans roll their eyes and dismiss her as yet another flaky celebrity who makes a bad name for the lifestyle, her latest cheating revelation may actually be good for pushing people toward more plant-based meals.

During an interview with Women’s Health, Silverstone admitted that every once in awhile she gets the urge to be a pescatarian.

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Despite being “kicked out of school,” Jamie Oliver has successfully completed filming season 2 of his Food Revolution show. After the Los Angeles Unified School District refused to let him into any of their cafeterias, Oliver, being the feather ruffling genius that he is, continued his mission of revamping diets of some of the poorest families in the city with his mobile food truck and other antics.

Will it work? It probably won’t be easy.

As one woman in the preview mentions, “It is easier to get a gun, crack, or a prostitute in a lot of areas in Los Angeles before you can get a tomato.”

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