Vegetarian Star

Author Alice Walker was honored at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, an advocacy group for black farmers. The Color of Purple author grew up on a farm with both her parents being harvesters, but told AI.com farming has over a 200 year history in her family.

A vegetarian, Walker said she considers her time with the Cooperative a merge between her passion for both animal rights and land preservation and hopes younger people will become educated about farming and choose to get involve.

Vegetarian Star has already briefly touched on initiatives to recognize and support eco-friendly black farmers, such as San Francisco’s Farmer Brown restaurant, which sources organic, sustainably grown and raised ingredients from local black farmers.

In addition, there is another organization that provides support to black farmers growing sustainable crops.

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Otarian, a chain of casual, fast food vegetarian restaurants which offers a menu displaying the carbon count of each item, has opened in Soho.

Created by Radhika Oswal, wife of billionaire Pankaj Oswal, Otarian keeps green by doing more than serving the Indian Chutney Burger and Vegetable Lasagna. Otarian doesn’t transport ingredients by air and will exclude them from a dish if no reliable from of ground transportation is available.

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When most of us hear the word “additive,” not good images come to mind. Associated with artificial dyes and preservatives implicated in health problems and even animal derivatives not suitable for vegetarians, additives are usually not on the plan for wholesome eating and living.

But in a recent article in Time, Dr. Oz reminds us that additives have revolutionized nutrition, allowing people to get essentials vitamins and other nutrients that are sometimes hard to obtain through food.

“Consider three food additives that changed the natural history of certain ailments that have plagued humankind: folic-acid supplements help prevent neural-tube defects and certain childhood cancers, increased omega-3 fatty acids boost brain development and may increase intelligence, and vitamin D and calcium in dairy products reduce the incidence of rickets. We shouldn’t be indiscriminate, but a few well-selected additives can do a lot of good.”

For the vegetarian or vegan, non-animal sources of B vitamins is probably one of the best advancements in food science.

Dr. Oz also shares the secrets to buying low cost organics at Time.

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Tomorrow on Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Sean Lennon will perform at a benefit concert for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary in Willow, New York.

The Ghost of Saber Tooth Tiger is a musical project featuring Lennon and his girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Their first album, Acoustic Sessions, is due out October 26 on Chimera Music.

Proceeds from the concert go directly toward Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary to care for the 200 farm animals that have been rescued from abused, neglectful or abandoned situations.

Gates open at 5:00 PM and tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door. For more information, visit Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.

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Chrissie Hynde has revealed to Vogue more details on her ethical clothing line she’s launching with fellow musician and band member JP Jones.

Fairground Luck will contain no animal skins, and was inspired by her friend, singer/musician and vegetarian Emmylou Harris.

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Used to be, the only egg shaped items Jason Mraz was crazy about were his avocados. Now, the former vegan is actually eating real eggs. From the chickens in his neighbor’s yard. Presumably, he’s not stealing them in the middle of the night.

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Jillian Michaels has whittled down her animal intake to sustainable fish, citing her reasons to the Houston Chronicle as being for animal welfare.

“Personally I’m not eating chicken or beef right now. It’s not about health; it’s about the slaughterhouse practices. I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, fish, organic yogurt and eggs and a lot of beans and nuts. But I also eat things like dark chocolate.”

Those who avoid red meat but still eat chicken may want to know that, according to the Humane Society of the United States, about 95% of land animals in the United States slaughtered for food are chickens, which undergo painful deaths to get to the plates of Americans.

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There’s no shortage of vegetarian cookbooks out there, but if you happen to find a book designed for omnivores that looks interesting, a fun task to attempt might be to see how you can vegetize or veganize the recipes with substitutions.

Kate Nash loves Jamie Oliver‘s Ministry of Food and finds no problem in swapping Quorn faux meat for mince in the lasagna recipe.

“I chose Jamie’s lasagne as my favourite recipe because I love Italian food and this is a really easy recipe to adapt,” Nash told The Guardian. “In this recipe I swap mince for Quorn mince, use lactose-free cheese and spelt pasta and it still works.”

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