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I don't, for the record, consider this issue analogous to omnivores dating vegans, as my husband went vegan overnight three years ago this month. I do the shopping, cooking and baking, and I find vegan accessories for him to choose from. And this is where I think about veganism. MORE
Check out this new table by Factual that helps you instantly locate vegan restaurants in the US, and includes mapquest links as well as links to reviews. Would you use it? What do you think about the idea and how it is executed? (I I am not involved in any way other than I was asked to post it for feedback.). MORE
Thanks to Rose for forwarding a link to Vegan Yum Yum , a cool food website for vegans! Tags: vegan recipes food MORE
I was going to change Animal Person to Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting and come back to blogging. Activism Current Affairs Language Television animal rights children's television The Sunny Side Up Show vegan parenting veganism MORE
I don't spend much time at Care2, and I'm never looking forward to going to a site when I know someone has insulted me, like yesterday, but I am curious about one thing that I've never heard before: " veganism is the end stage in terms of personal use of animals"/"veganism is just the end stage (for those who can do it) of a deep concern for animals." Here's what I don't understand: If veganism is the end, then doesn't that make me finished? MORE
President Clinton has been following an essentially vegan diet since May for its health benefits. [A A vegan diet is an entirely plant-based diet centered around whole grains, vegetables, fruit, and beans, and contains absolutely no animal products (i.e., The only thing that prevents his diet from being completely vegan is that once in a while, he eats fish, but not often. President Clinton discusses his decision to go vegan here. MORE
For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand. We, atheists and vegans, ask: What do we know to be true, and what are we going to do about it? And because of that, we know that the just thing to do is to act accordingly: to be vegans. Vegans usually have spent quite a bit of time exploring our relationship with nonhuman animals and making a conscious decision to go against the mainstream. MORE
The title of this post makes it sound like I actually have a clue as to how to plan a vegan wedding. Having my wedding here, as opposed to in my small hometown of 130 people, was partially because of my strong desire to make sure my wedding was vegan. MORE
The Factual table I posted yesterday annoyed me a bit, and here's why: the categories "vegan," "vegetarian," and "vegan-friendly." Vegan: Got it. Vegan-friendly : I remember going to Morton's Steakhouse in Chicago a bunch of years ago with a client of my husband's and ordering a plain baked potato, grilled asparagus with lemon, and a salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It was a fabulous vegan meal. So what does "vegan-friendly" really mean? MORE
First I have to say that my husband and I were in our courtyard last night, with wine, vegan pizza with shiitakes, portobellos and chanterelles (still working through that five-pound bag of Daiya cheese), and Diana Krall playing. But today's post is about World Vegan Day, so onward. MORE
I've written about my ambivalence regarding "pet" ownership/guardianship/insert-whatever-term-you're-comfortable-with, and also about my strong belief in helping individuals, but I don't recall addressing whether the having of pets is not vegan. Someone wrote me and, though the person clearly was trolling to insult someone, s/he accused me of not being a vegan because of greyhounds Violet Rays and Charles Hobson Booger, III (no mention of Emily, which made me feel terribly neglectful). MORE
Though there are plenty of sites by and for vegans, I like this idea because it provides a built-in opportunity to convert people to veganism because you are side-by-side with them, so to speak, on the same site. Vegans seek out vegan sites, but a nonvegan looking for a chocolate cake recipe probably won't seek out a vegan site. What I have tried not to do over the past couple of years, with varying degrees of success, is focus my efforts on vegans. MORE
Well, I think the grenade metaphor also applies to conversion to veganism. There is often lag time between the critical mass event and its accompanying decision to go vegan--and the the actual doing: being a vegan. There's intention, then the becoming, then the vegan. I don't personally know anyone who read a book or a pamphlet one day, became a vegan the next, and is still a vegan. MORE
veganAccording to this article in the CBC News, they are growing in popularity. MORE
Kelly wondered whether the term "vegan" is " worth fighting for " given the latest trend of seemingly oxymoronish (waiting for that one to hit Webster's) terminology from the mouths of people who want to find a way to use animals, yet make it appear that they're not. A while back I tweeted that Bittman's VB6 (Vegan Before 6) should be called CB6, or Conscience Before 6, but VB6 does describe what he's doing in a sense. Is vegan a diet ? MORE
Here's a site with some Thanksgiving recipes for vegans. And you should try them out even if you're NOT a vegan. Tags: vegan thanksgiving turkey massacre I know it's a little late, but look it over and see if there's something you like. One should give thanks year round! MORE
" On Atheism and Veganism " created what was for the most part a respectful, interesting discussion that brought up a couple of items I'd like to clarify or explore. First off, I began the post with, "For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand." I never stated a belief that atheism and veganism are actually connected in some way that many people are missing. I don't disagree with that, but I also don't advocate for atheism when I advocate for veganism. MORE
Here is a New York Times story about veganism MORE
Did you see that Newsweek editor David Noonan went vegan (see " I Can't Believe I'm Still a Vegan ")? There's already a fairly large number of comments that raise the usual topics against vegans and veganism and I didn't see any Animal Person readers in there, though there's no law that says you have to use the same username everywhere so that might not be evidence of anything. MORE
Here is a New York Times story about veganism MORE
Vegans are now on the mainstream's radar, and unlike some vegans, I do care about what goes on in the mainstream. But of course she asked the right person and we went on a quest (and found nothing vegan) and ended up chatting about veganism. MORE
Encourage others to go vegan by educating them about the issues, and particularly about why we should not accept alternatives to eating animals that include eating animals (i.e., I still hear people say they went vegan after reading Peter Singer). MORE
Here is a long post from Quarrygirl.com about an investigation they did into some LA restaurants to find out if they are actually vegan. Tags: vegan I'd comment on it but I haven't read it yet! But I will tonight. From the looks of it, they did some serious investigative work. MORE
Alternative Outfitters sell vegan cosmetics. Tags: consumers vegan cosmetics MORE
Here's an October interview with Natalie Portman who recently went vegan. Tags: vegan Been meaning to post it for a while. MORE
At any rate, I wanted to discuss veganism in the work place a bit. I wish I were lucky enough to be able to work somewhere where being vegan was the norm. years, during which I made the transition from meat-loving omnivore to vegetarian to vegan. Are you the only vegan? MORE
An Animal Friendly Life has the details about a new documentary on vegans MORE
My dogs eat vegan dog food. To say they are vegans is odd to me, though I have done that as the distinction is lost on most people and for the sake of a swift message it does the job. When I first saw PCRM's " Kickstart Your Health With a Vegan Diet " campaign, I let out a bit of a sigh. At least they didn't say "vegan cleanse." Also, PCRM doesn't advocate for veganism per se , as veganism does in fact involve so much more than diet. MORE
I found this blog today and it's got some cool recipes for vegans. Tags: vegan recipes food I also like reading people's ideas about food. MORE
Every time I would eat them in my pre-vegan days, I’d feel sick afterward. My friends and family are shocked and my boyfriend has started calling me Vegan Betty Crocker. I’ve made 2 cheesecakes, strawberry shortcakes with vegan whipped cream , (those recipes are divine!) MORE
Here is a tragic story about misguided vegans. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) famously said that "There is no difficulty in proving any ethical standard whatever to work ill if we suppose universal idiocy to be conjoined with it." ( Utilitarianism [1861], chap. The same could be said of any diet MORE
No matter what your beliefs are, when you're a parent you educate yourself about parenting style, nutrition (and Ginny Messina 's fabulous Vegan for Life recently arrived and includes nutrition information as well as sample menus for kids!) MORE
She knows going vegan is the right thing to do. She has said she wants to go vegan and knows it's the right thing to do, but she doesn't want to replace the problems she already has with new ones (she sort of has a handle on them now). Help Cristy go vegan. She's so close. She eats eggs for their protein. And sometimes cheese. She doesn't tolerate beans and already takes probiotics and digestive enzymes. She might be gluten intolerant. MORE
I could be reading into this, but it does appear that there's some discomfort on the part of non-vegans when they look through the calendar and I tell them the story. Films are seeds (and Eric of I'm Vegan took a bit of a spill and when he's healed a bit more he'll get back to finishing up), blogs are seeds, vlogs are seeds, my recycled inner-tire rubber handbag is a seed. MORE
As for food, I was glad I did my research on where to find vegan food on Oahu. I am SO glad we did, because this Cajun BBQ tempeh served with roasted root vegetables, rice & gravy, and vegan macaroni salad & coleslaw was seriously a major highlight of my trip. MORE
Books are obvious opportunities for advocacy and vegan education. How successful they are at creating new vegans or animal rights advocates depends on many factors. . Is your market vegans? If what you're writing is about vegan education, the bulk of your market isn't vegans, and presenting statistics about the number of vegans in the US isn't all that helpful (but not useless, as some might buy it to give to others, but that happens with every book). MORE
We have a request, and it's an issue I've written about a handful of times but never had this particular question answered by readers: How do you talk with your vet--who is against feeding your dog vegan food--about your choice to do so? I'm fortunate to have a regular (non-specialist) vet who has no problem at all with a vegan diet for dogs. I've never discussed that Emily the kitty eats one meal of Ami vegan kibble on most days (and one of canned, animal-based food). MORE
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AUGUST 18, 2011
I was going to change Animal Person to Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting and come back to blogging. Activism Current Affairs Language Television animal rights children's television The Sunny Side Up Show vegan parenting veganism
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Animal Ethics
JULY 9, 2012
A professional football player has gone vegan. It's not clear whether he's doing it for moral reasons, for health reasons, or both
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
First I have to say that my husband and I were in our courtyard last night, with wine, vegan pizza with shiitakes, portobellos and chanterelles (still working through that five-pound bag of Daiya cheese), and Diana Krall playing. But today's post is about World Vegan Day, so onward.
Critter News
JANUARY 16, 2009
Alternative Outfitters sell vegan cosmetics. Tags: consumers vegan cosmetics
Critter News
JUNE 6, 2011
veganAccording to this article in the CBC News, they are growing in popularity.
Critter News
DECEMBER 27, 2009
Here's an October interview with Natalie Portman who recently went vegan. Tags: vegan Been meaning to post it for a while.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
A great dessert from Vegan Nutritionista! Tags: vegan vegetarian food
Animal Person
DECEMBER 22, 2009
For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand. We, atheists and vegans, ask: What do we know to be true, and what are we going to do about it? And because of that, we know that the just thing to do is to act accordingly: to be vegans. Vegans usually have spent quite a bit of time exploring our relationship with nonhuman animals and making a conscious decision to go against the mainstream.
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Thanks to Rose for forwarding a link to Vegan Yum Yum , a cool food website for vegans! Tags: vegan recipes food
Creature Talk
JANUARY 19, 2011
The title of this post makes it sound like I actually have a clue as to how to plan a vegan wedding. Having my wedding here, as opposed to in my small hometown of 130 people, was partially because of my strong desire to make sure my wedding was vegan.
Animal Person
OCTOBER 13, 2010
I don't, for the record, consider this issue analogous to omnivores dating vegans, as my husband went vegan overnight three years ago this month. I do the shopping, cooking and baking, and I find vegan accessories for him to choose from. And this is where I think about veganism.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 26, 2008
Here's a site with some Thanksgiving recipes for vegans. And you should try them out even if you're NOT a vegan. Tags: vegan thanksgiving turkey massacre I know it's a little late, but look it over and see if there's something you like. One should give thanks year round!
Critter News
JULY 1, 2009
Here is a long post from Quarrygirl.com about an investigation they did into some LA restaurants to find out if they are actually vegan. Tags: vegan I'd comment on it but I haven't read it yet! But I will tonight. From the looks of it, they did some serious investigative work.
Creature Talk
APRIL 16, 2010
At any rate, I wanted to discuss veganism in the work place a bit. I wish I were lucky enough to be able to work somewhere where being vegan was the norm. years, during which I made the transition from meat-loving omnivore to vegetarian to vegan. Are you the only vegan?
Creature Talk
MARCH 12, 2009
Every time I would eat them in my pre-vegan days, I’d feel sick afterward. My friends and family are shocked and my boyfriend has started calling me Vegan Betty Crocker. I’ve made 2 cheesecakes, strawberry shortcakes with vegan whipped cream , (those recipes are divine!)
Critter News
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
An Animal Friendly Life has the details about a new documentary on vegans
Animal Person
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
The Factual table I posted yesterday annoyed me a bit, and here's why: the categories "vegan," "vegetarian," and "vegan-friendly." Vegan: Got it. Vegan-friendly : I remember going to Morton's Steakhouse in Chicago a bunch of years ago with a client of my husband's and ordering a plain baked potato, grilled asparagus with lemon, and a salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It was a fabulous vegan meal. So what does "vegan-friendly" really mean?
Animal Person
MAY 16, 2009
Vegans are now on the mainstream's radar, and unlike some vegans, I do care about what goes on in the mainstream. But of course she asked the right person and we went on a quest (and found nothing vegan) and ended up chatting about veganism.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
I found this blog today and it's got some cool recipes for vegans. Tags: vegan recipes food I also like reading people's ideas about food.
Animal Person
JUNE 29, 2009
Encourage others to go vegan by educating them about the issues, and particularly about why we should not accept alternatives to eating animals that include eating animals (i.e., I still hear people say they went vegan after reading Peter Singer).
Animal Ethics
MAY 10, 2007
Here is a tragic story about misguided vegans. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) famously said that "There is no difficulty in proving any ethical standard whatever to work ill if we suppose universal idiocy to be conjoined with it." ( Utilitarianism [1861], chap. The same could be said of any diet
Animal Person
AUGUST 12, 2009
My dogs eat vegan dog food. To say they are vegans is odd to me, though I have done that as the distinction is lost on most people and for the sake of a swift message it does the job. When I first saw PCRM's " Kickstart Your Health With a Vegan Diet " campaign, I let out a bit of a sigh. At least they didn't say "vegan cleanse." Also, PCRM doesn't advocate for veganism per se , as veganism does in fact involve so much more than diet.
Creature Talk
JUNE 1, 2009
As for food, I was glad I did my research on where to find vegan food on Oahu. I am SO glad we did, because this Cajun BBQ tempeh served with roasted root vegetables, rice & gravy, and vegan macaroni salad & coleslaw was seriously a major highlight of my trip.
Animal Person
JULY 22, 2009
Kelly wondered whether the term "vegan" is " worth fighting for " given the latest trend of seemingly oxymoronish (waiting for that one to hit Webster's) terminology from the mouths of people who want to find a way to use animals, yet make it appear that they're not. A while back I tweeted that Bittman's VB6 (Vegan Before 6) should be called CB6, or Conscience Before 6, but VB6 does describe what he's doing in a sense. Is vegan a diet ?
Animal Person
MARCH 19, 2009
Did you see that Newsweek editor David Noonan went vegan (see " I Can't Believe I'm Still a Vegan ")? There's already a fairly large number of comments that raise the usual topics against vegans and veganism and I didn't see any Animal Person readers in there, though there's no law that says you have to use the same username everywhere so that might not be evidence of anything.
Animal Person
JULY 9, 2009
Well, I think the grenade metaphor also applies to conversion to veganism. There is often lag time between the critical mass event and its accompanying decision to go vegan--and the the actual doing: being a vegan. There's intention, then the becoming, then the vegan. I don't personally know anyone who read a book or a pamphlet one day, became a vegan the next, and is still a vegan.
Animal Person
MAY 26, 2009
Though there are plenty of sites by and for vegans, I like this idea because it provides a built-in opportunity to convert people to veganism because you are side-by-side with them, so to speak, on the same site. Vegans seek out vegan sites, but a nonvegan looking for a chocolate cake recipe probably won't seek out a vegan site. What I have tried not to do over the past couple of years, with varying degrees of success, is focus my efforts on vegans.
Animal Person
APRIL 9, 2009
She knows going vegan is the right thing to do. She has said she wants to go vegan and knows it's the right thing to do, but she doesn't want to replace the problems she already has with new ones (she sort of has a handle on them now). Help Cristy go vegan. She's so close. She eats eggs for their protein. And sometimes cheese. She doesn't tolerate beans and already takes probiotics and digestive enzymes. She might be gluten intolerant.
Animal Person
JANUARY 1, 2010
I've written about my ambivalence regarding "pet" ownership/guardianship/insert-whatever-term-you're-comfortable-with, and also about my strong belief in helping individuals, but I don't recall addressing whether the having of pets is not vegan. Someone wrote me and, though the person clearly was trolling to insult someone, s/he accused me of not being a vegan because of greyhounds Violet Rays and Charles Hobson Booger, III (no mention of Emily, which made me feel terribly neglectful).
Animal Person
JULY 28, 2009
I don't spend much time at Care2, and I'm never looking forward to going to a site when I know someone has insulted me, like yesterday, but I am curious about one thing that I've never heard before: " veganism is the end stage in terms of personal use of animals"/"veganism is just the end stage (for those who can do it) of a deep concern for animals." Here's what I don't understand: If veganism is the end, then doesn't that make me finished?
Animal Person
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
Check out this new table by Factual that helps you instantly locate vegan restaurants in the US, and includes mapquest links as well as links to reviews. Would you use it? What do you think about the idea and how it is executed? (I I am not involved in any way other than I was asked to post it for feedback.).
Animal Person
JANUARY 11, 2010
" On Atheism and Veganism " created what was for the most part a respectful, interesting discussion that brought up a couple of items I'd like to clarify or explore. First off, I began the post with, "For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand." I never stated a belief that atheism and veganism are actually connected in some way that many people are missing. I don't disagree with that, but I also don't advocate for atheism when I advocate for veganism.
Animal Person
JULY 23, 2009
Books are obvious opportunities for advocacy and vegan education. How successful they are at creating new vegans or animal rights advocates depends on many factors. . Is your market vegans? If what you're writing is about vegan education, the bulk of your market isn't vegans, and presenting statistics about the number of vegans in the US isn't all that helpful (but not useless, as some might buy it to give to others, but that happens with every book).
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
President Clinton has been following an essentially vegan diet since May for its health benefits. [A A vegan diet is an entirely plant-based diet centered around whole grains, vegetables, fruit, and beans, and contains absolutely no animal products (i.e., The only thing that prevents his diet from being completely vegan is that once in a while, he eats fish, but not often. President Clinton discusses his decision to go vegan here.
Animal Person
JULY 10, 2009
I could be reading into this, but it does appear that there's some discomfort on the part of non-vegans when they look through the calendar and I tell them the story. Films are seeds (and Eric of I'm Vegan took a bit of a spill and when he's healed a bit more he'll get back to finishing up), blogs are seeds, vlogs are seeds, my recycled inner-tire rubber handbag is a seed.
Animal Person
JANUARY 20, 2010
We have a request, and it's an issue I've written about a handful of times but never had this particular question answered by readers: How do you talk with your vet--who is against feeding your dog vegan food--about your choice to do so? I'm fortunate to have a regular (non-specialist) vet who has no problem at all with a vegan diet for dogs. I've never discussed that Emily the kitty eats one meal of Ami vegan kibble on most days (and one of canned, animal-based food).
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