Vegan

Was Jesus a Vegetarian?

Kamran Pasha | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Kamran Pasha

After lengthy research, I have become convinced that Jesus Christ himself was in all likelihood a vegetarian, and that vegetarianism was probably a central tenet of the early Christian community.

A Julia Child for the 21st Century: Meet Lorna Sass

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Kerry Trueman

Meet Lorna Sass, one of America's foremost experts on pressure cookers and whole grains. Think of her as the Ed Begley Jr. of the cookbook world -- a pioneer in the art of low-carbon cooking.

Raw Vegan Woodstock Breakfast Menu

Angie Cordeiro | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living


Angie Cordeiro

Ok, so I'm not a card-carying, raw vegan hippy, yet sometimes I wonder what life would have been like if for the last forty years I had been.

White House Objects to Poster That Invokes Obama Children

Eugene Volokh | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Eugene Volokh

It's hard to evaluate the White House Counsel's office statements based on such a paraphrase, but if they did suggest that the reference to the President's daughters was legally actionable, they were wrong.

What Would Julia Child Cook If She Were A Vegan Locavore?

The Daily Camera | Posted 09.09.2009 | Green


At Culinary School of the Rockies, appreciation for Julia Child's role in modern American cooking is a given. Office staffers are trying out Child's r...

Detox for Fun and Profit

Val Brown | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Val Brown

There was no way I was going to do two detoxes in a row, so I decided that in a very unscientific way I would do them simultaneously. This is not as unsound as it sounds.

The Consummate Animal Rights Reference

Donna Albergotti | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living


Donna Albergotti

This book serves as inspiration and it's the consummate reference manual for making the world a more compassionate place for all living beings.

Eating Healthy Food In Style And Comfort

Kathy Freston | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Kathy Freston

I have high criteria for eating out. I want food that will keep me healthy and nourished. But I also want to enjoy a sexy ambiance, seriously good taste and a well-chosen glass of wine.

Meatless Mondays

Kathy Freston | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living


Kathy Freston

Meatless Mondays is focused on convincing the world not to eat chickens, pigs, and other animals--just one day per week (on Mondays, as you may have guessed).

Semitarians: Like Flexitarians, But More Dedicated

The Atlantic Food Channel | Max Fisher | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living


I'm embarrassed to admit it, but my first thought after reading Aglaia Kremezi's vivid account of slaughtering a pig was, Gross. Dedicated vegetarian ...

Will You Be Less Muscular As A Vegetarian?

Ideal Bite | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green


Afraid your biceps'll shrink away if you start eating less meat? Press those thoughts out of your mind. There are plenty of high-protein foods that do...

Every Week There is More Reason to Feel Empathy for Animals

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green


Ingrid Newkirk

This week, Sir Paul McCartney and his daughter Stella introduced the concept of "Meat-Free Mondays." It's a message that I wish I'd heard far earlier.

STUDY: Eating More Fruits And Veggies Can Increase Mens' Sperm Counts

Rodale News | Emily Main | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living


Real men eat lettuce, or at least they should. Lettuce and other types of high-antioxidant fruits and vegetables have been found to improve sperm qual...

Shattering The Meat Myth: Humans Are Natural Vegetarians

Kathy Freston | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living


Kathy Freston

Going through the comments of some of my recent posts, I noticed the frequently stated notion that eating meat was an essential step in human evolutio...

Greed in the Seed: The "Inconvenient Truth" of How Food Gets to Your Table Revealed in Food, Inc.

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living


Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

Food, Inc. is a film whose time has come. With the economic meltdown and the change at the White House, people are demanding more transparency and accountability from those in charge.

The Coming Vegetarian Revolution

Foreign Policy: The Argument | Jim Motavalli | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living


I have a prediction: Sooner than you might think, this will be a vegetarian world. Future generations will find the idea of eating meat both morally a...

Abraham Lincoln's Vegetarian Address

Dave Astor | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

"Four score and seven meals ago my conscience brought forth to the anti-rebel north a new diet conceived in kindness and dedicated to the proposition that all animals are created equal.

Future Shock

Kathy Freston | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living


Kathy Freston

Dateline: June of the year 2109, in a high school social sciences class in Boise, Idaho.

Ani Phyo launches Raw Vegan Ready Mixes!

Ani Phyo | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


Ani Phyo

Move over Betty Crocker and Aunt Jamaima! Here comes Ani's Ready Mixes!

Vegan Living: Vegan Brunch

Katie Molinaro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green


Katie Molinaro

Breakfast hasn't been as interesting since I went vegan and gave up bacon, scrambled eggs and Entenmann's Raspberry Danish Twist.

Foie Gras Wars Author Mark Caro on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago


Mark Bazer

Watch Mark Caro, author of The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight discuss the all things ducky.

Avoiding an Environmental Apocalypse

Kathy Freston | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green


Kathy Freston

It seems to me that Al Gore may have been too soft in choosing his movie title: "inconvenient" might better be replaced with "staggering" or "alarming' or perhaps even something stronger.

The Swine Flu And Worldwide Economic Recession: Humanity's Salvation?

Kathy Freston | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living


Kathy Freston

No one is glad for the swine flu or the economic meltdown, but maybe these great calamities are the push we needed to re-boot and start afresh.

Black Hebrew Polygamists Begin To Gain Acceptance In Israel

GlobalPost | Stephanie Rice | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


By Stephanie Rice DIMONA, Israel -- As a young African-American man in late 1970s Chicago, Atur Yirmeyahu was contemplating the fairly standard dile...

Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media


Vamsee Juluri

Under the dizzying spell of modernity's promises and consumerism's illusions, we see animals as mere objects, either as commodities for our consumption or as blank slates for us to write our fantasies and fears upon.