Written by Vegetarian Star on February 7th, 2011 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Film & TV, Food & Drink.
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian celebrities are backing the new film that takes a look at factory farmed pork, Pig Business.
Sienna Miller, Stella McCartney and several other stars are all calling for a ban on factory farmed pork in Europe. Activists who created the film claim pigs are often kept in conditions against European Union law, such as slatted floors with no bedding.
“This is such an important subject,” McCartney said of the film. “To be aware is to have individual power. This film gives us the information we need to have to make a change as a consumer, to show government and food manufacturers we deserve better. And so do the pigs giving their lives in such a barbaric way. If we stop the demand they have to stop the cruelty and deceit.”
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 7th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Fashion, Female Singers.
Vegetarian Joss Stone has bared all in an ad for PETA urging the Ministry of Defense to stop using bearskin in the hats worn by the Queen’s guards and instead switch to synthetic fur.
“Bears suffer and die for the Queen’s Guards’ caps,” the ad reads. “Support the campaign to end this cruelty.”
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 7th, 2011 in Actors, Food & Drink, Meatless Monday Recipe, Recipes.
Think chickpeas only appear in hummus?
Think again!
Last week we brought you Dave Moss’ recipe for vegan vegetable soup, a recipe he created based on what Ted Danson might eat. Moss has also created a dish worthy of a million Facebook “Likes” as this one was meant to represent the culinary tastes of Social Network’s Jesse Einsenberg.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 4th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Authors, Fashion, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Kathy Freston “Vanity Fair” Vegan Monologues Reveal Progress Not Perfection
Kathy Freston‘s interview with Vanity Fair for its February 2011 issue is posted online in an article aptly titled, “The Vegan Monologues.”
Freston’s honesty is refreshing, as she discusses growing up in a world of meat and fur, and admits she’s not a perfect vegan.
Some may be shocked to learn that while she sports Stella McCartney non-leather shoes, she still wears wool.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 4th, 2011 in Books, Children, Farming, Food & Drink, Male Singers.
Comments Off on Weird Al Yankovic Knows Where Hamburgers Come From
Today in the world of shocking news, a reporter from Celebrity Baby Scoop learns that hamburgers are made from beef, which comes from dead cows.
The blog interviewed Weird Al Yankovic, who’s just published the children’s book we told you he was working on, When I Grow Up.
When asked why he became a vegetarian, Weird Al said, “Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows. I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.”
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 4th, 2011 in Food & Drink, Recipes, Research + Science.
Comments Off on Brian Greene Uses Vegan Cheese To Explain His Theories
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene has been making the rounds in the pop culture world promoting his latest book, The Hidden Reality, which discusses the possibility of alternate universes and parallel dimensions.
Stephen Colbert recently took a jab at Greene and Taco Bell when he hosted Greene on “The Colbert Report” and asked him if there was a universe where Taco Bell actually served real beef.
Greene, a vegan, who’s also served as science consultant for Hollywood, used his vegan lifestyle to sarcastically respond to Colbert and now, he’s using non-dairy cheese to explain his theory of multiple universes.
Greene’s work is sometimes called string theory. Is this string cheese theory?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 4th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Female Singers, Fur.
Animal rights activists in the Philippines staged a protest outside a Janet Jackson concert recently and also met with the singer’s representatives because she promotes fur through a series of advertisements for the label Blackglama.
The activists wore grim reaper costumes and carried placards reading phrases such as, “Janet: Animals suffer and die on fur farms,” “Janet: Fur is Dead,” and “Fur Shame.”
And yes, if you remember reading previous posts on Janet, she is a vegetarian who sometimes eats vegan and has also publicly gushed over how great vegan cookies, soy milk and faux chicken nuggets taste.
The irony.
The activists say the demand for fur contributes to loss of biodiversity and that the industry uses endangered species.
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Comments Off on Gisele Bundchen Launches Sejaa Eco-Friendly Skin Care Line
Gisele Bundchen has launched a line of organic skin products that are also animal friendly.
According to the Sejaa website, “Sejaa Pure Skincare never tests its ingredients or formulas on animals, and never uses ingredients derived from animals.”
The Sejaa line contains Day Cream, Night Cream and Mud Mask. The items may be purchased separately or as a limited edition set together.
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