December 2010
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Vegan Cliché: Veganism Isn't Extreme - Eating Meat...
Vegan abolitionists have a reason to wake up today — Gary L. Francione published a new blog entry. It’s called “No, Ethical Veganism is Not Extreme”:
Dear Colleagues:
There is nothing extreme about ethical veganism.
What is extreme is eating decomposing flesh and animal secretions.
What is extreme is that we regard some animals as members of our family while, at the...
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“Exciting news, I’ve been asked to work for the T. Colin Campbell...”
– “B” at 30 Bananas A Day
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Why Aren't Ethical Omnivores Purists Like Vegans?
In an article titled Carnists Against Factory Farming, vegan blogger Jo Tyler spots a curious trend amongst those who are against factory farms but don’t have an ethical objection to meat per se:
I hear from carnists all the time that they are not interested in going vegan because they “only buy” so-called “humanely-raised” animal products....
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LINKS: Foie Gras Scumbags, Cannibalism,...
Foie gras is veganism’s equivalent of partial birth abortion, but Serious Eats finds it to be almost as ethical as it is delicious. (link)
This won’t surprise Anthony Bourdain fans, since he made the same points a couple of years ago on No Reservations. (link)
However, Erik Marcus of Vegan.com calls such foie gras defenders “scumbags.” Maybe it would help if we sent Ryan...
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H is for Hell, As in the Hell of Being Vegan in a... →
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The Shocking Truth About Vitamin D That The Vegan...
In her most recent entry New Vitamin D and Calcium RDAs: What They Mean for Vegans, The Vegan RD Virginia Messina writes:
Vegans get their vitamin D the same way that omnivores do—from fortified foods and sunshine. The evidence suggests that vitamin D2 is as effective as D3 in raising blood levels of 25OHD, so there is no particular issue here regarding vegan nutrition.
This echos what she...
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How to Know if You're an Ex-Vegan That Vegans Can...
* You have something positive to say about Weston A. Price or the foundation that bears his name. The Weston A. Price Foundation promotes the consumption of saturated fat and cholesterol, the two most lethal food substances according to the standard vegan health argument because both of them are closely allied with animal products. Also, Weston A. Price was a dentist, and vegans hate dentists.
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“But what of the many individual failures, it is asked, among those who make...”
– Henry S. Salt, 1899
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Walter Bond: Pretentious Vegans Drove Me to Arson →
If defending the innocent is a crime, Walter Bond is guilty as hell. This is his confession.
I picked the Sheepskin Factory in Denver for two reasons. Primarily because they make a lot of money selling pelts and fur, animals suffer and die so that people can have a fuzzy steering wheel on soft cushion on a motorcycle seat. In my opinion, they are no better than the Nazis that made...
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Interview With a Fake Meat Eater: Tracy King
Tracy is an omnivore who reviews vegan and vegetarian fake meat products on her blog Adventures in Fake Meat. She graduated from culinary school last May and works as a baker in Minneapolis, where she lives with two cats, her partner and a Japanese exchange student. After writing Adventures in Fake Meat for a year and a half, she believes that she has eaten more varieties of fake meat than most...
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Does Going Vegan Increase Dietary Variety?
We all know that veganism saves the animals, the planet and you… but did you know that cutting out all animal products and anything containing even trace amounts of them means you’ll be eating a wider variety of foods too?
A poll on VeganForum.com asked “Do you eat more or less varied food than you did when you were eating meat & dairy?” Of the 276 voters, 251...
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“I just want to give you some hints. One, never eat the main course with family...”
– VeganLu