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Flashback Friday: April 9, 2010

Eccentric Vegan — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:14:38 +0000

For Soapbox readers who don’t read everyday, this is your “digest.”

Here are the posts from the last two weeks.
The posts are loosely organized by category…

FOOD AND NUTRITION:

Going Veg In Three Easy Steps

Unreal, Fake, Or Pretend Foods – meat alternatives

“Some People Cannot Survive On A Vegan Diet” – debunking this myth

Addictions – fatty foods are addictive

ACTIVISM:

Leafleting – one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing animal suffering and death

We Are All Advocates – whether we want to represent veganism or not, we do

What Do You Do To Avoid Burnout? – take care of yourself

Resolutions, Better Late Than Never – looking out for other animal advocates

HR 4733 & HR 4870 – healthy school lunches and more

NEWS AND INFORMATION:

Dairy Industry Timeline – from the USDA

Vegan Bites: April 6, 2010

Veggie Fenway Franks – vegan and vegetarian baseball fans no longer have to sneak their own food into stadiums, concession stands are now serving veggie options

Another City Passes Green Foods Resolution

THE REST:

The Easter Bunnies – adopt, don’t shop

Granny Gomez And Jigsaw – a children’s book

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Flashback Friday: March 26, 2010

Eccentric Vegan — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:57:31 +0000

For those of you who don’t read Vegan Soapbox everyday, here’s your chance to catch up.

Here are the posts we’ve added to the Soapbox since the last Flashback…

They’re loosely divided into categories below, but there’s a lot of overlap, so you might want to take a look at everything!

FOOD:

WHY VEGAN:

FILM & VIDEO:

YOUR CALL TO ACTION

THEORY & ACTIVISM (and more):

Q&A:

BITES (news and other links):

NEWS:

ET CETERA:

Flashback Friday: Nov. 13, 2009

Eccentric Vegan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:55:46 +0000

Here’s everything from the last week here at Vegan Soapbox. Articles about vegan food, vegan theory, vegan news, vegan activism and more…

For the record, only another couple weeks worth of work and the Soapbox will be home to 1500 posts!!! This website is a wealth of information about veganism, animal rights, and everything related.

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Food:

Cold Weather, Hot Soup, a recipe for mushroom soup

Veg for Thanksgiving – a short NY Times piece on why and how

News:

Roundup of news and more in Vegan Bites

Animal Experiments: University Of Utah Animal Abuse Video and the university response was basically that Cruel Treatment In Animal Labs Is “Ordinary”

Veg Kids dispel myths about veg nutrition

Theory:

Implied anti-speciesist argument in the book, Eating Animals

Another book, An Introduction To Carnism, put out a video promo examining the species barrier.

There Is No Market Solution – we have to do more to help save animals, the planet, and human health

Female Exploitation – the capacity to reproduce often dooms females to especially horrific lives.

Activism:

Sponsor A Turkey for Thanksgiving and help one individual

Micro-activism: Help Name Angela’s Piglet, and show that people like rescued pigs

Send a letter: Dear President, Please Pardon All The Turkeys – sign the petition.

Where Jonathan Safran Foer Gets It Wrong

New Websites:

The Sustainable Meat Industry that wasn’t

Safe Food Inc Website Is Not All Lies

Filthy Feed is working to get safer livestock feed.

Videos:

Turkeys

Fur Expose – it’s old, but still valid

Compassionate Cooks video about Female Exploitation

Undercover at the University Of Utah

Jonathan Safran Foer Interview On Ellen Show – he talks about Thanksgiving, eggs, and more

Et Cetera:

Non-veggie Vegetarians – the point is that millions of people seeking new vegan options at restaurants and other locations. Restaurateurs can’t afford to ignore them by clinging to tradition.

Meat Is Inherently Inefficient – feeding food to animals and then turning animals into food is wasteful