All Blog Posts Tagged 'food' (6)

A vegan diet, also referred to as veganism, avoids animal products for ethical, health, or environmental reasons. Veganism has been accepted by society, enough that the number of persons adopting Vegan Food has increased by 350% in the previous decade, according to studies from the.

Veganism can be defined as a style of life in which people avoid all sorts of animal exploitation and cruelty as…

UniDog is a nonprofit org in Thailand whose mission is “to bring about the day when all stray dogs and cats can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction.”

They have made these posters to show that dogs are not food, they are friends and want to live just as much as other animals do. They also quote that “25 million dogs are killed for food each year. Help save them from the dog meat trade.” That is a…

CAN YOU HELP A CAT OR DOG IN CHINA?

The activist who took in cats rescued from slaughter on 6 January needs your help. Can you give one of these cats a home? 35 cats and 152 dogs at his shelter need a home. All animals are available for free adoption from this shelter (but you will need to pay fees to the agent to get the pet home to you).

The dogs on this post are only a handful of the d…

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has some interesting information speaking up against use of animals in research and preferring vegan to vegetarian diets in their FAQ's.

See online at: http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=261

It is great to see members of this profession standing up for animals.  In the meantime, vegans in Australia calling on the government to start renaming food…

Life is good! I am currently residing in the beautiful mid-west, USA and I am no longer homeless. It’s wonderful that I can now cook my own meals again. After posting a photo of my vegan dumplings my good friend, Sandy, asked me for the recipe. I get many requests for recipes, so I am starting a new section whereby I may share my culinary delights.

Please keep in mind that I am vegan for the animals first, the planet second and…

Food is not only a fundamental necessity; it is also a primary symbol in the shared inner life of every human culture, including our own. It is not hard to see that food is a source and metaphor of life,

love, generosity, celebration, pleasure, reassurance, acquisition, and

consumption. And yet it is also, ironically, a source and metaphor of

control, domination,…