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Jonathan Safran Foer has an interview with Good.is where he recalls a recent poll he read that discovered most people are willing for fork over extra dough for what goes on their fork.

“I just read a recent poll that 70 percent of Americans are willing to spend more money for more ethically produced food. This isn’t San Francisco or New York; it’s the whole country. That’s an amazing number. People care about this stuff.”

The study, more than likely is from the national survey conducted by Context Marketing, which not only found 7 out of 10 people willing to pay more for ethical food, but 70% believe it’s better for the environment, 60% believe it’s healthier and 58% believe it’s safer to consume.

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If you’ve ever attended a state or county fair, you may have felt left out after discovering all the selection of fried foods contained meat. Now, vegans can go downhill as well with fried cupcakes shown in this video.

Disturbingly delicious looking, this may be used as last resort to entice the otherwise animal product junk food addict to cross over to our side.

Mentioned in the clip is a scheduled appearance by environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill on Saturday, June 12 at 11:30AM at the Schlafly Tap Room in St Louis, Missouri. Hill became famous for living in a 1,500 year old tree in the Redwood Forest and has written the book, “The Legacy of Luna.”

The event includes vegetarian and vegan lunch and cupcakes from Sweet Art.

No word on if they’ll be fried but don’t count on it.

Visit here for more information and tickets.

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“Like oil, meat is subsidized by the federal government. Like oil, meat is subject to accelerating demand as nations become wealthier, and this, in turn, sends prices higher. Finally — like oil — meat is something people are encouraged to consume less of, as the toll exacted by industrial production increases, and becomes increasingly visible.”

—Mark Bittman, author who applies the eat vegan before 6:00PM approach to reduce his meat intake, in an New York Times article titled Rethinking the Meat Guzzler.

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Ani's Raw Food Essentials

Ani Phyo‘s latest raw foods cookbook, Ani’s Raw Food Essentials is listed on the New York Times “20 More Cookbooks” in the Sunday Book Review.

Recently released, the book is divided into two parts: raw food basics–containing a list of raw ingredients, pantry items, tool essentials and recipes–featuring smoothies and elixirs, breakfast, snacks and condiments, soups, salads and dressings, wraps and sandwiches and burgers, pizza and noodles, dumplings and rice, and desserts.

There are even sample meal plans included at the end of the book.

One to try: Coconut Bacon. Completely vegan, of course.

Phyo has catered vegan food events for celebrities like Maroon 5.

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Are holier than thou vegans not practicing what they preach?

Christina Pirello, vegan chef and author, recently discussed how some of the most compassionate people in the world–vegans–are not so compassionate when it comes sharing their lifestyle on others.

Drawing on the most radical example of a Sex and the City scene where an activist throws paint on someone to the seemingly harmless trash talk like that found in the Skinny Bitch books, Pirello thinks it’s time everyone lighten up and work harder to include others, versus applying strict labels and making them feel bad.

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"The Omnivore's Dilemma" Michael Pollan

The National Association of Scholars has compiled a report titled “What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?” that accuses colleges of designing summer reading programs for incoming freshman that include books aimed to “either explicitly promote a liberal political agenda or advance a liberal interpretation of events.”

Michael Pollan‘s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” is on the association’s list and is said to be “promoting environmentalism and animal rights.” Yes, a real waste of reading, that’s for sure.

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"Food Rules" Michael Pollan

Flexitarian Michael Pollan, author of books such as The Omnivore’s Dilemma, has more than a few vegetarian friendly suggestions in his latest book, Food Rules, among the list of 64 principles to healthier eating that are accompanied with a paragraph explanation.

Like eating things with one leg.

Eating what stands on one leg [mushrooms and plant foods] is better than eating what stands on two legs [fowl], which is better than eating what stands on four legs [cows, pigs and other mammals].

Our notes: “Eating” can also be extended to drinking, so you may also want to include cow’s milk if you’re following that rule.

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John Robbins "The New Good Life"

John Robbins has released his latest book, The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever In An Age Of Less, and VegNews has provided an exciting sneak peak as to what you’ll get should you choose to purchase a copy or borrow from your local library.

Robbins, who would have been the heir to the Baskin Robbins ice cream fortune, but chose to follow his ethics instead, writes he once took famous chef Julia Child to a farm that produced veal.

“Julia Child, the famous chef, author, and TV personality, used to dismiss vegetarians as sappy. But when, late in her life, I took her to visit a veal production facility, she was horrified by what she saw. “I had no idea it was so severe,” she told me.”

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