Archive for December, 2009
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Goodbye 2009, Goodbye Conrad
In this final post of 2009, I want to thank all of you for making this my most effective year yet in writing about vegetarian and farmed animal issues. I feel immense gratitude to each of my readers for making my work here possible.
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How Welfare Reforms Shrink Animal Agribusiness
If anyone has any doubts that welfare reforms, such as banning battery cages and gestation crates:
raise the cost of meat, milk, and eggs
reduce the total production of these foods
weaken the economic clout of animal agribusiness
two articles from this past month demonstrate these points clearly.
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A Look Back At 2009
2009 marked some phenomenal growth for Vegan Soapbox. I’m proud of this website. Thanks for being a part of Vegan Soapbox.
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New York Times on Ammonia-Processed Beef
Just this morning, USA Today published an outstanding piece on the beef safety status of the National School Lunch Program. And now the New York Times has an equally important article on one company’s efforts to render lower-quality beef trimmings free of dangerous bacteria.
The company in question, Beef Products, Inc. devised a chemically-based way [...] -
New York Times on Ammonia-Processed Beef
Just this morning, USA Today published an outstanding piece on the beef safety status of the National School Lunch Program. And now the New York Times has an equally important article on one company’s efforts to render lower-quality beef trimmings free of dangerous bacteria.
The company in question, Beef Products, Inc. devised a chemically-based way [...] -
McDonald’s Number 2 Executive Quits
Ralph Alvarez, the number two guy at McDonald’s, has just stepped down—throwing the company’s carefully scripted succession plan into turmoil. The article’s worth reading just for the numerous infidelity references; apparently, to cope with the karmic pain of their soul-deadening careers, McDonald’s workers have sex like rabbits.
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Vegan Outreach’s 2009 Year-End Slideshow
Vegan Outreach just put up its 2009 year-end slideshow. Their Adopt-A-College program might be the most important thing happening for farmed animals today, and the slideshow does a great job of illustrating its amazing effectiveness.
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Gary Yourofsky’s Speech At Georgia Tech
Gary Yourofsky’s speech on animal rights and veganism recorded from Georgia Tech from Fall 2009.
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Alicia Silverstone’s Coffee Fudge Brownies
The Associated Press just reprinted the recipe, along with a great photo, from Alicia Silverstone’s new book The Kind Diet. You know tons of omnivores will be trying this recipe out just because it looks so appealing. Link.
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Veggie Meats Go Mainstream
“The resemblance would fool even the most blood-hungry of carnivores.”
