Vegan Soapbox » windsor castle http://www.vegansoapbox.com vegan theory, vegan activism, vegan video, vegan food and vegan resources for vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal liberationists, and abolitionists Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Vegan Bites: Food & News http://www.vegansoapbox.com/vegan-bites-food-news/ http://www.vegansoapbox.com/vegan-bites-food-news/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:45 +0000 Eccentric Vegan http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=5882 The Food:

  • “Jones Soda won’t talk turkey this Thanksgiving. The Seattle-based pop brand known for wacky seasonal flavors — Turkey and Gravy among them — is selling a Tofurky and Gravy drink for the holidays.” link
  • “While many vegetarian and vegan meat substitutes contain animal products and come pre-formed, pre-seasoned or pre-cooked, Match® revolutionizes vegan meats. Match® products contain zero animal products and function identical to raw animal meat making them perfect for the casual home-cook to gourmet restaurant chefs.” more >>
  • “Windsor Castle goes vegan for the day, with a banquet for 200 bigwigs, including UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and Archbishop Valentine Mokiwa, President of the All Africa Conference of Churches.” more >>
  • Tips for Cooking Healthy Meals on a Budget >>

    • The News:

  • “Farmers feed 1 million to 2 million tons of so-called poultry litter to their cattle annually, according to FDA estimates. The litter includes feces, spilled chicken feed, feathers and poultry farm detritus.” read the rest >>
  • “The UN special envoy on food called it a ‘crime against humanity‘ to funnel 100 million tons of grain and corn to ethanol when almost a billion people are starving. So what kind of crime is animal agriculture, which uses 756 million tons of grain and corn per year, much more than enough to adequately feed the 1.4 billion human who are living in dire poverty?” more >>
  • “Berkley animal control officer [...] took a pit bull mix dog into custody after it bit off a man’s fingertip in Royal Oak and had the dog euthanized a day later” read more >>
  • “the lab is poisoning 74,000 mice per year specifically for what grand purpose? Botox testing.” read more here >>
  • “An animal rights lobby has decided to urge the Nepali Constituent Assembly (CA) committees concerned to help control the animal carnage. The lobby has gained momentum in the country due to the upcoming Gadhimai festival in Bara district where some 500,000 animals are expected to be sacrificed.” more >>
  • “A majority of San Francisco supervisors agreed Tuesday to ban the declawing of cats, calling the procedure a barbaric practice that opens the city’s feline residents to stress, chronic pain and behavioral problems.” more >>

    • The Rest:

  • The New York Lottery’s Secret Vegan Agenda
  • Five senior-pet Happy Tails to warm your heart
  • Vegan MoFo Mash-up
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