Vegetarian Star

McDonald’s is living up to its McCruelty nickname by rejecting another offer to switch to cage-free eggs.

According to Organic Authority, at a shareholders’ meeting last week, the board urged a vote in the “nay” direction, arguing such a policy, “would not enhance our existing policies and practices regarding the welfare of egg-laying hens and is not in the best interests of shareholders.”

McDonald’s competitors, such as Burger King and Wendy’s, have either already gone cage-free or are in the process of phasing these eggs in. McDonald’s UK restaurants have already taken the plunge toward better animal welfare and the European Ronald McDonald is set to do the same soon.

And some unscientific polls indicate customers are willing to pay if the costs for cage-free translates into a more expensive Egg McMuffin.
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Author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan has written an article for the June 2010 edition of the New York Review of Books chronicling various food movements in history.

“Among the many threads of advocacy that can be lumped together under that rubric we can include school lunch reform; the campaign for animal rights and welfare; the campaign against genetically modified crops; the rise of organic and locally produced food; efforts to combat obesity and type 2 diabetes; “food sovereignty” (the principle that nations should be allowed to decide their agricultural policies rather than submit to free trade regimes); farm bill reform; food safety regulation; farmland preservation; student organizing around food issues on campus; efforts to promote urban agriculture and ensure that communities have access to healthy food; initiatives to create gardens and cooking classes in schools; farm worker rights; nutrition labeling; feedlot pollution; and the various efforts to regulate food ingredients and marketing, especially to kids.”

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Gabriella Cilmi is thinking of eating meat on the down low while she’s touring with vegetarian Leona Lewis who’s banned such items for her crew on the road.

“The catering is vegan. I’m from an Italian family, we love meat so I’ll have to smuggle in some salami or something,” she said, according to The Mirror.

Um, no honey, you should see the experience as a learning opportunity and respect your boss’ wishes.

Maybe she could ask the catering crew to whip up a faux salami recipe in the kitchen.

If this chick were touring with Morrissey, she’d get canned faster than the pack of sardines she hid in her bosom.

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So you’ve already burned through the online vegetarian dating websites and still no luck in finding Mr./Mrs. Meatless Right. You pick Pretty Pork Lover forever and forever for holy meatramony and think it’s one of the worse ethical decisions to make.

Maybe you’re wrong, as your spouse could pick up some of your eating habits after waking up to your soy sausage breakfast every morning.

Jaime Pressly recently told Health that she’s no longer making country fried steak as much after a day on the My Name Is Earl set.

Q: Your husband is a vegetarian and you’re not. Have your eating habits changed as a result?

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

• Eric Nies (39)

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Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have become the latest celebrities to show support for representative Jared Polis‘ bill that would enable schools to provide more vegetarian meals and non-dairy beverage options in cafeterias.

The ladies have sent a written letter to Congress, urging them to back the Healthy School Meals Act.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

• Ginnifer Goodwin (32)

• Maggie Q (31)

• Morrissey (51)

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Treehugger posted a video from a talk given by Moby and Miyun Park, the two co-editors of the book about factory farming, Gristle, during one of their book promotion appearances.

Moby reiterated what he’s said before in interviews about how subsidies to big farms not only make it harder for people to buy healthier, organic, plant based food, but contribute to more destruction of the environment and more animals killed, as these subsidies are also used to start new farms.

Moby has previously estimated that beef would cost around $30 a pound if subsidies to the meat industry were removed.

Definitely no longer a value meal at McDonald’s, that’s for sure.

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