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Whole Foods is sponsoring the Do Something Reel Film Festival, a collection of films featuring green and environmental themes that will show in commercial theatres across 70 cities from April 1 to mid-May.

The six films examine issues of sustainability the world faces today, with a heavy emphasis on food.

We suggest everyone watch Planeat, a film that looks at Western culture’s obsession with meat and dairy and gives evidence showing a more veggie-based diet could benefit both the environment and human health.

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Congress, listen up!

There’s no reason Democrats and Republicans can’t come together for the good of the country. Vegan Steve-O proves that a Jackass has no problem siding with an elephant.

The comedian and actor from the infamous series involving horrendous stunts on camera, Jackass, has expressed his thoughts on an elephant housed in the Edmonton Zoo in Canada, Lucy.

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Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, has written his first book, The Bond: Our Kindship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them, set for release next month by William Morrow.

Pacelle breaks The Bond into three parts: the relationship between people and animals, the destruction of the human-animal relationship and arguments against some of those most opposed to strenghthening animal welfare standards.

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Kareena Kapoor is one of those hot Bollywood actresses that won’t eat anything on screen she wouldn’t off.

Kapoor plays a hairstylist in the film Short Term Shaadi, and she was all set to shoot a breakfast scene in a cafe in the United States when she discovered the producers wanted her to eat pancakes with eggs.

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America’s Next Great Restaurant has narrowed things down to 10 finalists and already eliminated one of them.

What’s positive about someone going home? It wasn’t the chef with the vegetarian restaurant idea!

Sudhir Kandula had pushed for a vegetarian Indian menu early in the competition.

Of course, he wasn’t welcomed with open arms.

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Gwyneth  Paltrow shared with Food & Wine magazine her favorite restaurants across the United States. Each restaurant has a personal story or experience to go along with it and Paltrow chose an Italian restaurant in Manhattan’s upper east side that she ate at frequently as a child, Elios.

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Moby Vegan Barbecue SXSW

Update: The correct time for the event has been posted. It is from noon until 7 pm.

Everything’s bigger in Texas,  especially the tofu.

Moby is going to vegify the pants off the cowgirls and cowboys as part of the SXSW Festival activities when he hosts his vegan barbecue at Cheer Up Charlie’s, located at 1104 E. 6th St. in Austin, Texas. The event takes place on Thursday March 17, from noon until 7 p.m.

What’s better than great vegan food? Great vegan food that benefits a non-profit animal advocacy group.

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Tofu

Bloomberg Businessweek has an article on how big food companies would like to dip their toes into the soy market waters after learning the USDA is now advocating Americans to eat soy.

Kraft Foods, Kellogg, and Hain Celestial Group are three big food players the article discusses that are ready to answer the question of, “Can the feds get Americans to trade in a sizzling rib-eye for a soggy block of tofu?”

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