You’ve already been given the worst. Now it’s time to take a look at some of the best in vegetarian news and gossip of 2013.
#5 Monopoly Replaces Iron With Cat
After years of conquering Boardwalk and Park Place, players of the popular Hasbro game now have an animal-friendly token option. A cat based on a real life rescue story replaced the longtime Iron. Do not pass go…without stopping by the shelter for your pet.
#4 Vegetarian Cory Booker Elected to U.S. Senate
New Jersey mayor Cory Booker was elected to the U.S. Senate. Booker has been a vegetarian for about two decades. Like all great politicians, he’s already gotten his sex scandal out of the way. After Tweets between him and a stripper, a vegan “gentlemen’s club” named a veggie burger after him.
Comments Off on Meatless Mouthful–Peter Siddle On Vegan Conflicts In Sporting Goods
“I like to say I’m more a plant-based diet rather than vegan; I do play a sport that uses leather and that type of thing.”
“The hardcore vegans would probably still hate me.”
–Test cricket athlete Peter Siddle during an interview. While we’re all hoping for universal pleather balls and rackets, if every vegan athlete were judged by his or her attire or equipment, the veg community would have no sports heroes. Irrational vegans hate him. Hardcore vegans are proud to have him in the movement.
Comments Off on Russell Simmons Shares Vegan Virtues With Snoop Dogg (Video)
Snoop Dogg (who last time we checked was officially Snoop Lion), sat down with Russell Simmons for a discussion about lots of things, including going vegan.
There are several reasons why Simmons says he doesn’t “f*ck with no animal products.”