Have you ever been able to tour inside a beef packing plant? Quite the opportunity if you get the chance. Of course there are undercover videos all over the web about the inside of the packing plants and show the mistreatment of animals – and they are horrible or setup. But that is a rarity […]
Veganism
NYC “meating-up” Mondays
“Meatless Mondays” are just too mundane for Chef Christian Ragano of New York Central restaurant in the Grand Hyatt New York. According to Meatingplace.com, the culinarian has turned the idea on its head and introduced “Meat-filled Mondays” at his popular Midtown eatery. As reported by the NY1 all-news channel in New York, the Monday menu […]
Quotes from Oprah tell the story
Well the slam on modern agriculture wasn’t as bad as I expected from Oprah’s show today featuring Michael Pollan, Kathy Freston and Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Manager of Cargill’s Fort Morgan Plant. First, I think it is great that Cargill opened their slaughterhouse doors to allow viewers to see how the beef animals are processed. They showed the […]
There is no escape from cows
A friend posted this link on facebook, and I thought it too good not to share. I bet there are several vegans out there that have no clue about this: From rubber to adhesives to anti-aging creams to medicines to shampoo to instrument strings to plastic to charcoal to wallpaper to air filters: You can’t […]
Is There Such a Thing as an Easter-Tofu Hunt?
“Eggs are universal symbols of rebirth and renewal. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), however, would like to turn them into emblems of cruelty and death,” writes Dean Kleckner, an Iowa farmer who chairs Truth About Trade & Technology. Although I believe Easter is all about Jesus Christ’s Resurrection, Kleckner makes some excellent […]
All roads lead to HSUS: The case of the Michigan Meatout Day
All roads of destroying animal agriculture lead to…you guessed it: the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Even in the most recent case of the Michigan Meatout Day that so many people are hearing about during National Agriculture Week, this week. A fellow constituent called an individual in the Department of Agriculture in Michigan […]
Michael Pollan to air on Oprah tomorrow…
Michael Pollan is planning to be on Oprah tomorrow. Reading through the comments already written on Oprah’s web site, there are way too many uninformed here that give comments on what they think is “healthy” and what they learned from Michael Pollan. Please take a moment and make a comment, even if it’s just a […]
Conversing with a vegan/atheist on animal welfare
When I got to work this morning and opened up my TweetDeck (aka where I view and send tweets on Twitter), I read this quote put out by another tweep (aka person on Twitter): “If U eat meat, please answer this question: why do U have ANY concern about the welfare of what U are […]
