There are at least three kinds of people I just have no tolerance for: child abusers/molesters, spouse abusers, and people who abuse or are cruel to animals. On a seemingly unrelated note, I also love documentary films. So, when I read the Washington Post review of HBO’s documentary Dealing Dogs, about an undercover investigation […]
After that chicken post, this one might cause you to start thinking I’m just out to ruin everyone’s dinner. Not the case, but I coudn’t read this Guardian Unlimited article about the real costs of cheap beef. The cost is higher than you might think.
Until 1990 Brazil produced only enough beef to feed itself. Since […]
My favorite animal rights group, Compassion Over Killing, has a posted their 12 minute documentary on the chicken industry, 45 Days: the Life and Death of a Broiler Chicken, posted at CurrentTV website. I went over there and gave it a “greenlight.” I’m posting it here in cast others want to take a look […]
Earlier this week, while surfing around on Linkfilter, I came across a site claiming to to reveal “The Myths of Vegetarianism,” I filed it away to read later. I though it might be worth posting, if i could find a context for it.
As we shall see, many of the vegetarian claims cannot be substantiated and […]
I’m still on the mend, particularly where my stomach is concerned. The weird part is that I seem to get hungry about 20 minutes after eating something, like my body is still craving the calories it didn’t get over the last two days. Weirder still, I’m having cravings for things that I wouldn’t normally crave—like […]
Well, maybe not the littlest one, but certainly a budding vegetarian. Trey, over at Daddy, Papa and Me has posted the most adorable story about their daughter’s seeming innate vegetarian leanings.
Emma and I went over to the buffet and I got some of her and my favorites, rice, salad, mashed potatoes, and then I […]
Two items from the “You Gonna Eat That?” category have been sitting in my mental inbox all day.
The first comes by way of Karmalized. I already knew a bit, from reading Fast Food Nation (which I highly recommend, accompanied by a side order of Super Size Me) that the meat packing industry is rife with […]
Via Eat Your Vegetables.
I couldn’t turn in for the evening without passing this on, after seeing it for myself. This is what I was talking about yesterday when I posted about the ethics of eating meat. I don’t agree with everything PETA does. In fact, I think some of their campaigns and tactics actually achieve […]
I was going through my regular blog reading this morning, when got to a post from Unlearned Hand about his decision to go meatless. I guess I find it heartening to hear that another person has decided to give up eating meat. (Hey the more vegetarians there are, the more vegetarian options there will be […]
Via Calpundit.
Imagine my surprise to find Calpundit blogginging about Quorn. For those not in the know, the Quorn website says
Quorn™ foods are made with mycoprotein, from the fungi family - and a relative of mushrooms, truffles, and morel, that offers a strong nutritional profile and an authentic meat-like texture. Quorn™ foods’ wholesome and great-tasting meals […]
Todays e-newsletter from Compassion Over Killing contains links to two editorials on Mad Cow Disease that are particularly informative in terms of how the disease is spread through factory farming and in slaughterhouses, as well as what our government is not doing about it.
This comes via Cyberactivist, former slaughterhouse worker turned vegetarian, veggie activist, and blogger. The article is entitled Sex, Meat And Mad Cow. The author begins with this startling set up,
If you really want to understand mad cow disease, just think of sex and AIDS, the eternity of nuclear waste and playing the lottery.
Now add a […]
I have to admit it. I have a pet peeve.
OK, OK. I have LOTS of pet peeves, but there’s a particular one I’m confessing today. One of my pet peeves is people wearing fur; fur coats, fur-trimmed coats, etc. From my POV, it’s simply unecessary, and I can’t think of a compassionate way to raise […]
Even if you’re not a vegetarian this site - and what it has to say about factory farming - is worth checking out, if only for the movie take-off at the beginning.
A couple of interesting happenings related to vegetarianism and/or animal welfare arrived in my inbox today.
The EU issued a total ban on animal testing for cosmetics, putting the kabosh on the sale and manufacture of such materials.
In other news, soybean farmers and animal rights activists are lobbying Congress to reimburse schools for offering kids […]