Vegetarian Star

You’ve heard the arguments from the naysayers.

Organic food is an unrealistic utopia for the elite for live at Whole Foods and is unsustainable and impossible to feed a nation.

Anna Lappe, author and public speaker on sustainability and food politics, discusses this question, using a multi-year study by professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, Dr. Catherine Badgley, that showed organic crops can feed a substantial portion of the population while maintaining healthy soil.

It was the perfect counteraction to Robert Paarlberg’s defense of industrial agriculture in the  Attention Whole Foods Shoppers article in a recent issue of Foreign Policy.

“Unfortunately, you don’t hear about this study, or others with similar findings, in “Attention Whole Foods Shoppers,” Robert Paarlberg’s defense of industrial agriculture in the new issue of Foreign Policy,” writes Lappe. “Instead, organic agriculture, according to Paarlberg, is an “elite preoccupation,” a “trendy cause” for “purist circles.”

Read about Anna’s discussion of organic food being sustainable at Foreign Policy.

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Rip Esselstyn

Rip Esselstyn recently gave an interview to Tonic and shared his favorite “must have” items from the grocery store.

Tonic’s question asked for 5, but just like you can’t stop taking those vegan cookies out the box and putting them in your mouth, Rip had to give a few extra.

“I’m a really big fan of broccoli,” says Rip of his number 2 choice. “Whole Foods Market has a frozen 365-brand of broccoli florets. I can freeze them and eat them again and again. I’ve become a big fan of frozen fruits and vegetables.”

Almond milk also makes the cut.

The author of The Engine 2 Diet that convinced his firefighter co-workers to eat vegetarian to lower cholesterol, lose weight and gain better health has just finished reading, “Born To Run,” a story about a tribe who ran 100 mile runs, fueling themselves on squash, beans and berries.

Is that what convinced Rip to add a “whole bunch of beans,” as number 5 on his list?

To read the entire interiew and learn what his other must have grocery items are, visit Tonic.

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Dr. Andrew Weil, author and integrative medicine pioneer, discusses the dangers of pesticides in food, especially fruits and vegetables in this clip that also shows the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen,” list of produce you should always buy organic.

Organic fruits and veggies won’t be found in the $1 aisle, so when the budget is tight, it’s a good idea to keep this list handy to know what you can away with.

We should probably be following Dr. Weil’s advice on the dirty dozen, which is if he can’t get organic versions of them, he doesn’t eat them.

“A lot of these chemicals are toxic to the nervous system. Other may disrupt endocrine function in the body. They may increase risk of cancer and other chronic diseases,” Dr. Weil explains in the video.

Dr. Weil says data exists that shows people who eat organic have lower measurable pesticide levels in their tissues.

Like other data, the “Dirty Dozen” list is updated, and the Environmental Working Group has unveiled the 2010 list.

Dirty Dozen–Always Buy Organic
1. Celery
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Bell Peppers
8. Spinach
9. Kale
10. Cherries
11. Potatoes
12. Grapes

Cleanest–Lowest in Pesticides, Buy Conventional When You Have To
1. Onions
2. Avocado
3. Sweet Corn
4. Pineapple
5. Mangos
6. Sweet Peas
7. Asparagus
8. Kiwi
9. Cabbage
10. Eggplant
11. Cantalouope
12. Watermelon
13. Grapefruit
14. Sweet Potato
15. Honeydew Melon

You can download the wallet guide and there’s an iphone application coming soon.

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Rip Esselstyn is scheduled to speak tonight at the Dolan Center for Science and Technology at John Carroll University, 20700 N. Park Blvd. in University Heights, Ohio.

The free event includes an hour long presentation, followed by a question and answer session, book signing and a reception featuring vegan food and beverage samples.

Esselstyn is the author of The Engine 2 Diet and a  firefighter from Austin, Texas’ engine company #2 that got his team mates to eat vegetarian at the firehouse to combat health problems they were having.

The clip above features an interview and more about the Esselstyn.

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"Meat is for Pussies" John Joseph

If a man had been given the opportunity to write Skinny Bastard, the male component to the best selling vegan diet book by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, Skinny Bitch,  John Joseph would have been the ideal candidate.

His latest book due out May 15, Meat Is For Pussies, appropriately titled as the guide for how to “get fit, kick ass and take names” is meant to shatter the myth that going meatless takes away the manly in anyone with a Y chromosome.

The Dish is Vegetarian has an exclusive excerpt from the book that tells men they can either “continue living like a pussy” or take charge of their health.

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Brendan Brazier, a vegan athlete and author who created his own line of vegan energy bars and drinks, recently interviewed with Media Bistro’s Morning Media Menu show, where he discussed his idea to write a book, being vegan and his contributions to Moby‘s collection of essays, Gristle.

“In 2004, I wrote and self published a short book about my nutrition plan. I had been racing Iron Man triathlons professionally for seven years–eating a completely vegan diet. I was getting asked all the time where I got my protein, my calcium, my iron, and all these things. It came out in 2004, and did better than I expected. I expanded it and it was published by Penguin Canada.”

Listen below to hear the entire interview.

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Carol J. Adams "The Sexual Politics of Meat"

Carol J. Adams, author of the book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, spoke on the campus of Harvard University, urging students to go vegetarian, comparing eating meat to misogyny.

The event was sponsored by the Harvard College Vegetarian Society.

Adams said that meat eating is often equated with masculinity and places that celebrate meals of meat also tend to objectify women, such as Hooter’s.

Some criticized Adams for not bringing enough statistics into her speech, such as the effects of meat on human health and the environment.

Adams responded by saying both meat eating and debasing women should be looked at as “experiences” rather than numbers.

“I don’t give a damn about statistics,” Adams said. “I feel that using statistics participates in a rationalized way of thinking about the problem that undercuts my perspective.”

The Harvard Crimson reports most of her aggressive questioners were male.

They probably had just come from their dinner of burgers from the student union.

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Rory Freedman, co-author of the Skinny Bitch book series, spent her Earth Day hiking with her dog and friends and enjoying a vegan meal from the Veggie Grill restaurant in West Hollywood.

“True environmentalists are vegans,” she told MNN.

Freedman has been a vegetarian for 16 years and a vegan for the past five.

When a manure Lagoon burst at the Marks Dairy farm located in upstate New York several years ago, the result of 3 million gallons of liquid manure being forced into the waters killed several hundred thousand bass, pickerel, pike, trout and walleye fish as it depleted the water of Oxygen while depositing toxic ammonia.

The event also forced nearby towns to redirect the source of their water supply.

Meat’s not green and neither is dairy.

Try swapping the 2% for an almond milk instead and put soy cheese on that pizza next time!

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