Vegetarian Star

Journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell has written an article on the effects of factory farming and meat consumption on the planet.

A very active vegan and animal rights supporter, Mitchell has received awards from the Humane Society of the United States and has used her HLN show to regularly discuss current topics emerging in animal welfare.

Whether you want to reduce or eliminate meat for the animals, your health or the environment, there are plenty of reasons to do so.

Mitchell outlines just a few in her piece.

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Jane Velez-Mitchell has a new interview and PSA about the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Throughout history, rights, whether they’d be human, civil or any other type, have usually been awarded through hard work and perseverance.

Animal rights are no different and organizations like the ADLF work to both create new and preserve existing laws that protect animals on farms, in entertainment and as pets.

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Jane Velez-Mitchell took a moment to discuss a very important issue in the animal welfare community on her HLN show.

An amendment to the Farm Bill, also known by the name of the Iowa representative who introduced it, the King amendment, could potentially undo several advancements made in protecting the welfare of animals on farms.

Essentially, it could override laws individual states have created to protect animals from abuse.

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Jane Velez-Mitchell is an animal lover who’s taken her passion to her HLN show, discussing serious issues such as factory farming, gestation crates and cruelty on farms.

She’s now offering a much lighter animal theme to her viewers with a “Pet of the Day” segment.

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Jane Velez-Mitchell may be one of the healthiest journalists around.

But that doesn’t mean she’s free from any vices.

The vegan and animal rights’ activists has an excerpt in her book, Addict Nation, that discusses her occasional indulgence in food that’s not always the healthiest even though it’s animal-free.

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New York Rangers coach John Tortorella was a guest on HLN with Jane Velez-Mitchell discussing the very first John Tortorella NYC Dog Walk sponsored by him.

Tortorella’s foundation, the John & Christine Tortorella Family Foundation, partnered with Best Friends Animal Society to sponsor the event on September 9th. Proceeds donated benefited the Westchester Humane Society and other shelters in the area.

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When Jane Velez-Mitchell heard McDonald’s is phasing out gestation crates, she couldn’t have been more excited. The vegan journalist wrote an op-ed piece for CNN’s Eatocracy that both celebrates this advancement in animal welfare and begs to continue the improvement.

“I was thrilled and filled with hope when I heard that headline that the company synonymous with fast food was committing to only buy pork from farmers that do not use gestation crates,” writes Jane.

“But, then, I heard “by 2022.”

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Kathy Freston, author of vegan diet and health book The Lean, appeared on HLN’s Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell to discuss how adopting a vegan lifestyle can help combat obesity, a disease one researcher has predicted will affect 32 more million people within two decades.

Although there’s no one cure for the disease, Freston suggests something as simple as an apple a day may keep the pounds away.

Of course, it helps if you eat it versus only balancing it on your head as Velez-Mitchell does in the segment.

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