Comments Off on Mark Bittman On How Common Farming Exemptions Make Some Animals More Equal Than Others
When a 19-year old woman slammed her sister’s pet hamster onto the floor, ASPCA animal police arrested her, charges were filed and she spent a night at Riker’s Island prison.
Yet this type of behavior occurs in farms around the country routinely. One group’s random undercover cruelty investigation found abuse in all 10 of the chosen farms or slaughterhouses it chose to visit.
Mark Bittman discussed this irony in one of his recent New York Times column, “Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.”
Comments Off on “Real Housewives Of Miami” Eat Whole Pig. Vegetarian Lea Is Disgusted. (Video)
Nothing turns a meat eater vegetarian faster than having to prepare their own dead animal for dinner, right?
At least that’s how it would be for Alexia Echevarria of Real Housewives of Miami.
For the Cuban dinner party the couple threw, Alexia and her husband personally went to the farm to hand-pick the meal. When it comes to actually cooking the animal–a full sized pig–Alexia cannot stand to look at it or offer any assistance as her husband breaks the hips and puts butters in the slits.
Not even covering up the pig’s face can make her detach and think of the animal as food.
Whoever thinks vegetarian is another name for bad hunter better not say that to Abbie Cornish when she’s got her M4 in hand.
Not to worry, Cornish, a vegetarian, isn’t interested in shooting anything with a face, animal or human. But she was surprised to learn how much fun she had going for the range to prepare for her latest role in Sucker Punch, the tale of five women who bust out of a psych ward.
Comments Off on Tal Ronnen’s Vegan Menu For Humane Society’s Genesis Awards
"The Conscious Cook" Tal Ronnen
The 25th annual Genesis Awards is the Humane Society’s way of rewarding celebrities or other well-known people for their contributions to animal welfare.
Besides trophies, a great way to reward these stars is with great vegan food!
Tal Ronnen, vegan chef and author of The Conscious Cook, is in charge of preparing the menu for the event that takes place on March 19 in Los Angeles and Ok! Magazine received the word on what the stars will be munching on, including the vegan desserts.
Comments Off on Meatless Mouthful–Kathy Freston Defines Veganist
“A veganist is someone who looks closely at all of the implications of their food choices — to his or her own body, to the animals, and to the environment — and then chooses to lean in to a plant-based diet. The suffix “ist” means “one who does” or “one who studies,” so a veganist takes what he or she learns and puts it into action by eating things that grow on trees or in the ground. All of this said, the word is intended as a soft word, a forgiving word. It’s all about progress, not perfection.”
—Kathy Freston, author of Veganist, on her gradual transition to plant-based eating. Is Freston trying to redefine the word “vegan” so it occasionally includes animal products or advocates “cheating?” Probably not. She’s simply trying to show people that vegan means adding different things before you subtract. And this might be a better way to ensure success with the diet. And if you slip in areas like diet or fashion, it doesn’t mean you’re a vegan failure. After all, it’s a word for foods, not people.
Comments Off on “Pretty Little Liars” Hanna Drinks Non GMO Soymilk (Video)
Out of all the things wrong with a teenage drama show on a family oriented channel (murder of the Queen Bee, dating your high school English teacher), at least Pretty Little Liars gets diet and nutrition right.
A recent episode of the show starring Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin shows Hanna opening the fridge in her kitchen that is stocked full of soymilk!
Silk Plain, Vanilla and Chocolate are what Hanna sips on when she’s not wondering what happened to her deceased friend and taking creepy, annoying text messages from the mysterious “A” character that keeps reminding the girls he/she knows everything that’s happened. Whatever may have happened.
Hanna, her mother and teen girls around the world can relax now that Silk has revealed it’s staying true to its organic roots. Sorta. The company took some heat from Whole Foods when it was discovered it started using the “natural” label on most of its products while pushing a small line of organics. Whole Foods then decided to limit the distribution of Silk.
But Silk still wasn’t using GMO soybeans then and it doesn’t now. Plus, there are still dedicated organic varieties.
Comments Off on SeaWorld Releases 1,000th Rescued And Rehabilitated Sea Turtle (Video)
SeaWorld hasn’t made too many friends in the animal welfare world. After a series of events involving the deaths of whales and a trainer, some want the marine park to call it quits.
On a positive note, SeaWorld doesn’t hold all of its animals captive forever.
The organization recently released its 1,000th sea turtle into the waters at Canaveral National Seashore. SeaWorld has had a turtle rescue and rehabilitation program in place since 1980.
Looks tough and you definitely don’t want to steal her lover, insult her hair or wear the same outfit as she does to the ball.
But you may want to have dinner with her. We hope fantastically ripped Jag girl goes down in vegan athlete history as this MMA (yes, girls deliver knockout punchces too) fighter has recently embraced veganism.
