Archive for October, 2009
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World Vegan Day – Celebrating 65 Years of Veganism
Tomorrow is World Vegan Day, for some of you around the globe, it is today already. So what? Why should you care? Well, it’s certainly not as well-known or celebrated as Halloween is. But it is a chance to get out and meet with other vegans, to sample vegan fare, to stand up for animal [...]
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If You Still Eat Meat From Factories
99 percent of meat eaten in the U.S. is raised and/or processed in factory operations.
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If You Still Eat Meat From Factories
99 percent of meat eaten in the U.S. is raised and/or processed in factory operations.
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Affordable Meat = Human Health Threat?
The same economy-of-scale efficiencies that allow CAFOs to produce affordable meat also facilitate the mutation of viral pathogens that can be passed on to people.
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Meat Market’s Final Days
I’ve got some sad news: on January 1st, 2010, I’m going to be forced to take Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, & Money out of print. It’s not that the book has failed commercially — more than 80 percent of the 6000 retail paperbacks I printed have already sold, and given another couple of years [...]
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HSUS Releases Veal Slaughterhouse Cruelty Video
HSUS today released yet another cruelty video, this time documenting horrendous conditions and unconscionable cruelties at a Vermont veal slaughterhouse. The USDA responded to the video by immediately shutting down the plant.
Not a bad time to revisit a quote from the Animal Agriculture Alliance that I blogged this past month:
The Alliance strongly encourages, and [...] -
Sunday Morning Breakfast Sandwich
Dear Lord…QuarryGirl’s back with another knife through the ribs for everyone who doesn’t live in Los Angeles. Do you realize you can buy one of these here sandwiches for $5 at the Hollywood farmers’ market?
My life would be so much better if I could eat one of these every week. Link. -
Flashback Friday: Environment, Triage, The Cove And More
Here’s what happened this week at Vegan Soapbox.
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Why Be A Vegetarian? By Yashoda
This is a powerful speech by yashoda17 on YouTube.
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2009 Meat Industry Hall of Fame Coverage
Here’s an article full of overblown prose celebrating the “21 industry legends” who’ve been inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame. It’s a useful reminder that the people running the meat industry manage to completely disregard what they do to the animals, their workers, and the environment.
Industry legends? Give me a fucking [...]
