The 140 character social media platform co-founder turned vegan after visiting an animal sanctuary in New York.
“These creatures are special just like all of us, and since I don’t need to eat them to live, I’m going to leave them alone,” Stone told SF Gate. “And then there’s the cruelty, which is awful. From then on, I have happily been vegan.”
Stone appearing at the country line dancing event to raise money for abandoned and abused farm animals isn’t his first act of activism.
While an employee of Google Inc. in 2003, Stone convinced execs to put more vegan items on the menu, something he said everyone enjoyed.
“I have found that when vegan options are provided in the workplace, many non-vegans will go for them either because they find them tasty or they appreciate the healthier choice.”
According to its website, ARAMARK, one of the nation’s largest providers of food services to businesses, has several hundred recipes for vegetarian and vegan food that could potentially be served at workplaces where employees demand such fare.
Now, according to the Sacramento Business Journal, Chipotle has claimed Roseville, California as its latest location to test the meatless variety, along with stores in Los Angeles and Denver.
Could the vegan filling one day be available in yourtown, USA, or will it be restricted to larger cities and regions known for residents that are more likely to be open to a meat-free variety?
“We’re still playing with the recipe,” said Chris Arnold, director of public relations with Chipotle. “We don’t have any data yet. But we have had a lot of interest from customers for something like this from all across the country.”
Chipotle has over 1,000 restaurants in 35 states in the United States and Canada.
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
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Katie Couric‘s got a thing for a vegetarian sandwich from The Lunch Box on 9th Avenue in New York City.
The sandwich Couric’s co-workers call “The Veggie,” consists of “pepper jack cheese with avocado, lettuce, tomato, sprouts, carrots, cucumber, peppers and honey mustard on toasted multigrain bread.”
This was reported in an article from the New York Post on what NYC’s top dogs chew on in between Blackberry messages–cause you know they don’t have time to take a regular lunch!
Simon Doonan, creative director at Barney’s is into vegetarian and even vegan offerings from Mangia on 57th Street, citing his favorite dishes as hummus, brown rice and the black bean soup bowl, of which he sometimes gets two helpings of.
Who said it’s hard to eat veggie and healthy at work unless you brown bag it?
What’s your favorite dish to grab “to go” when you can’t make it from scratch?
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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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Lea Michele "Asos Magazine"
Lea Michele is on the cover of the May 2010 issue of Asos Magazine.
Inside, starting on page 75 is an interview with the Glee actress, where she reveals that she is currently a macrobiotic vegan. To the disappointment of vegetarians and vegans, she may soon become a pescatarian as she’s reintroducing fish into her diet.
Michele may feel she needs the fish protein for her health, as she’s also been giving herself B12 shots.
The National Institutes of Health lists sources of B12 from foods on its website.
The effects of B12 deficiency may include anemia, fatigue, and neurological symptoms such as numbness and tingling of the hands and feet.
While vegetarians can get B12 from dairy sources like yogurt and milk, it’s been argued that vegans may run into problems and often need supplements.
However, looking at the list of NIH sources reveals fortified cereals as one of the top three, with only beef liver and clams ahead.
Whether you’re a vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian or something in between, try starting your next morning with a bowl of granola or wheat bran flakes cereal drenched in cold, refreshing soy milk.
According to the article, over 120 groups across six continents held bake sales to show people how delicious dairy, poultry and cruelty-free desserts can be.
Pictures of bake sales from New York, Romania, Australia and Ireland can be found in a slideshow on the site.
We think we spy some vegan peanut butter chocolate cups that look inspired by a recipe from Alicia Silverstone‘s cookbook, The Kind Diet.
