Vegan Bites: Dinner, Dairy, H1N1, And A Free Cookbook
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a) So you think you can’t be vegan?: “Here are 7 dinners for newbie vegans that help to take some of the challenge out of meal-planning.” read em…
b) Beef recall: “An Illinois meat producer recalled nearly 96,000 pounds of potentially contaminated beef, the federal government announced Thursday.” link here >>
c) The Fallacy of ‘Fates Worse Than Death’: “While cruelty and suffering are abhorrent, while cruelty and suffering are painful, while cruelty and suffering should be condemned and rooted out, there is nothing worse than death, because death is final. An animal subjected to pain and suffering can be rescued. An animal subjected to savage cruelty can even become a therapy dog, as the dog fighting case against former football player Michael Vick showed. There is still hope. Death is hope’s total antithesis. It is the eclipse of hope. Because they never wake up, ever. It is the worst of the worst—a fact each and every one of us would recognize if it was us facing death. And it is arrogant and an abuse of our power over defenseless animals to think it is our right to make such a determination for them.” read more…
d) Do yourself a favor, skip the meat:
e) My Monkey: “At first he looked dead. Then he slowly opened his tiny eyes and looked at me. I may have been the first person he ever saw. (And what a sight I must have been, in the lab smock, mask, shower cap and clear plastic face shield all visitors must wear!) In the five years since, I’ve often thought about r04040. What kinds of studies and experiments was he being used for? Was he even still alive? Would knowing what his life was like support the arguments made by the center’s proponents, that it does vital research under the most humane conditions possible? Or would it bolster critics, who say these animals are pointlessly abused? ” read more…
f) Animals Are Mothers and Have Mothers Too: “remember the bellowing and grief of mothers that accompanies not only flesh consumption, but also and especially consumption of dairy–all dairy, conventional, organic, whatever. Remember the frightened, slaughtered babies.” read more …
g) Activism through advertising:
h) Metro Swine Flu Ad Urges Government to Shut Down ‘Flu Farms’: “Hog producers have tried to distance themselves from culpability for the recent outbreak of the H1N1 virus. But overcrowded pig farms offer a breeding ground for new forms of influenza, according to a report last year from the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production. One-third to one-half of pigs on modern farms have antibody evidence of influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” read more …
i) Don’t forget to enter the cookbook contest! Go here to enter >>
j) And here’s another face of veganism:
hat tips:
I like this young man… He’s very soft sell & genuine. I think he will represent well!
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