Vegetarian Star

Dan Piraro and his wife, Ashely Lou, attended the 2008 Farm Sanctuary Gala in May, along with several celebrities, including Russell Simmons, Emily Deschanel, Lisa Edelstein, and Hal Sparks.

Farm Sanctuary’s mission is to protect the well being of farm animals, through education, rescue, and other directives. The gala serves to raise money for the organization via both a dinner party and an auction.

Dan Piraro, creator of the Comic Strip, Bizarro donated 2 pieces of his artwork, one which poked fun at some people’s repulsion by women breast feeding in public. The scene featured a hippie-looking mother in a restaurant asking another mother, “Do you have to do that in public?” as she feeds her child chicken breast meat.

It was a visit to a farm animal sanctuary that swayed Piraro in the veg direction, but he hasn’t always thought fondly of those involved with animal rights, as he told Metroactive 2 years ago:

“If somebody had told me five years ago that I was going to be an animal-rights activist and a vegan, I would have laughed in their face,” Piraro said.

“Back then I thought, like most people, that animal-rights activists were hippies with too much spare time…”

“I met these farm animals–cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, sheep–in a non-stressed environment where they were allowed to be the kinds of animals that they are supposed to be.”

“And I realized that they are not stupid eating machines that didn’t care whether they lived or died. I saw first-hand that these guys are every bit as sentient and emotional and affectionate and diverse as cats and dogs–and people, for that matter.”

via Living Without Meat and Metroactive

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Pamela Anderson is preaching the vegetarian news Jehovah Witness style. She sent Jessica Simpson, who she called a “b#$ch” and a “wh#$e” for wearing a “Real Girls Eat Meat” t-shirt, a vegetarian starter kit, complete with printed material from PETA.

“I sent her some information and I sent her a letter from PETA saying how the meat industry is horrible for the environment, horrible for your health and sent her some information about it,” said former Baywatch babe. “I don’t know what her intentions were but she definitely wanted to be photographed in that T-shirt and I thought, you know, put a smarter T-shirt on.”

Could Pamela Anderson be showing up at your doorstep with pamphlets and magazines preaching the veggie news? If so, we are curious as to how many men she can convert with her door to door methods.

via Hollywood.com

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On any given Sunday, there’s a good chance you’ll find Bones star Emily Deschanel at the local farmer’s market in Hollywood. For some reason, “farmer’s market” and “Hollywood” almost sound like the two could never be combined, but thankfully, Deschanel proves this to be wrong.

A vegan for about 15 years, she let USA Today’s William Keck follow her around (is that approved stalking?) while she picked avocado and other goodies.

One of her favorite spots is the veggie soul food stand, where she ordered vegetarian pot roast, greens, cornbread and black-eyed peas. Although her current day job is an actress, she also considers herself a good chef: 

“I make a good guacamole, if I do say so myself.”

via USA Today

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Forest Whitaker will be taking part in the Stand Up To Cancer telethon this September 5th, 2008, along with other stars, including fellow veggie actor Casey Affleck, America Ferrera, David Cook, Meryl Streep, Scarlett Johansson, and Kirsten Dunst. We’ve heard being vegetarian might help prevent some kinds of cancer. Here’s an older video of him and his very young daughter discussing their vegness.

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