Here’s a round-up of various vegan news, gossip, and more.

Today’s issue has dreaming, Bob Barker, Tofurky, and a survey…

What more could you ask for?

• Why Vegan? “I can point to certain events leading up to that moment that are helpful in explaining how I got here, but at the same time, when I really think about it, it’s almost as if it wasn’t a choice at all. Of course I wasn’t forced to be vegan – that’s not what I mean. What I mean is that it was almost like I had been asleep before and suddenly I woke up and saw the cruelty and suffering around me; being vegan seemed like something I simply had to do.” (link)
• Activism: The California Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture want to know what you think. Let them know here >>
• Food: Easy Split Pea Soup >>
• More Food: Cheap healthy nutritious foods 12 out of 15 are vegan.
• Bob Barker: “A $1 million gift from animal rights advocate and television personality Bob Barker will establish an animal law program at the University of Virginia Law School.” (link)
• Tofurky: “The company has seen sales double between 2003 and 2007 as a growing number of nonvegetarian eaters include meat substitutes in their diet.” (link)
• SHAC 7 Appeal Recap: “This case was never fought on the basis of what actually happened, by and large,” said U.S. attorney Glenn J. Moramarco at the hearing. “This case was fought on the battleground of ’should we be held responsible for what other people are doing.’” (link)
• Vegan Pamphlet: “Respecting animals means going vegan.” (link)
• Survey: If you’re vegan, vegetarian, or even pescatarian, a student wants your input. Go here to take the survey >>
• Celebrity Vegan: “Rapper N.O.R.E. is getting his 2009 off to a healthy start after becoming a vegan and quitting alcohol to shed excess weight.” (link)
• New Vegan: “Vegan fail.  Three times in four days I ate cold leftover Val’s pizza.  Bacon pizza.  It’s like leaving a bag of meth on a table in the recreation room of a rehab clinic.  If it is there, I have to eat it.”
  She needs support from vegans. Let’s give it to her. (link)

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