The City Council of the District of Columbia passed a ceremonial resolution encouraging city residents to “abstain from animal products on Mondays.” Not just meat, but all animal products. Nice. This victory for farmed animals was helped along by the fine people at Compassion Over Killing. And because I like this resolution so much, here …
Jun
15
Meat Industry’s Reaction To Meatless Monday
Recently, the front page of The Washington Post’s food section featured an article on the growing Meatless Monday movement and the meat industry’s reaction to it. Here are the highlights: The Growing Movement It’s probably no surprise that Sir Paul McCartney, a longtime vegetarian, banned all meat from staff meals on his current world tour. …
Jun
11
Get Involved!
There are two bills going through Congress right now that can help reduce farm animal suffering and promote compassion. 1) Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (HR 4733) Battery cages, gestation crates, and veal crates are considered the most inhumane confinement systems in the agriculture industry. Hens in battery cages have less than the space …
Jun
09
Carnivore, Omnivore, or Herbivore?
Humans have always eaten meat… right? No, actually we haven’t. The best evidence for what we’re optimized to eat is our digestive system, so let’s examine it. Teeth The teeth of a carnivore are long and pointed, for tearing raw flesh. Herbivores have flat teeth and flat back molars to grind their food. Carnivores do …
May
01
Farm Workers
Please make sure to visit The Local Cook blog today to read my guest post about the effects of our industrial food system on our nation’s farm workers. My research for this post was extremely eye-opening. I rant and rave about the animal abuse in our food system, but I now realize that the human …
Apr
27
Pinching Pennies
In a society with $1 double-cheeseburgers at McDonald’s and $14.99/lb organic almond butter at Whole Foods, its no wonder people think a vegetarian diet is more expensive! But in reality, the staples of a vegetarian diet are much cheaper than meat. (In fact, most of the world’s population eats mostly cheap vegetarian commodities such as rice, corn, …
Apr
14
Food & Faith Challenge
Fellow foodie blogger, Wendy at The Local Cook, is hosting a “Food & Faith Challenge.” From April 3 – June 19 (yes, I’m a little behind on announcing this), she will encourage us to think about our food in a deeper sense than just, “What should I eat for lunch?” Each week throughout the challenge, …
Mar
09
Why Are Vegetarians So Depressing?
by Martha Flumenbaum, from The Huffington Post Animal agriculture is a bigger cause of global warming than cars. You’d be better off driving a Hummer than eating a steak. Eating too much meat can cause heart disease and cancer. Factory farms cause pollution and the people who live near them are getting asthma. Animals on …
Feb
05
Super Bowl
I’m not exactly a football fan, but that certainly doesn’t stop me from attending (or throwing) Super Bowl parties. Since football parties demand “manly” snacks, sometimes vegetarian options are few and far between (like the celery sticks that are between the hot wings, or the biscuits between the pigs in a blanket). So, here are …
Jan
05
Intro To GMOs
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose DNA has been altered by genetic engineering. Foreign genes have been inserted into the genome of these organisms. GMOs have widespread applications, such as biological and medical research, production of pharmaceutical drugs, experimental medicine, and (yep) food. Today the broadest, and most controversial, use of GMOs is …
