Articles tagged as Veganism
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The End of Meat Is Here
Our hand has been reaching for the doorknob for the last few years. Covid-19 has kicked open the door.
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Harvard Is Going Vegan to Save the Planet
Harvard plans to focus promoting plant-based food as part of a commitment to reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2030.
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Divya's Kitchen Named as One of the 50 Best Restaurants for Vegetarians in America
These scrumptious spots are located across 15 states and Washington, D.C., and offer a range of cuisine from American to Indian to Mediterranean.
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Paramahamster: Vegetarian Struggle - Part Two
Our "Paramahamster" comic strip follows an enthusiastic devotee as he navigates a 9 - 5 work day in the corporate world. Please check back weekly for new episodes!
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Paramahamster - Vegan Sweets
Our "Paramahamster" comic strip follows an enthusiastic devotee as he navigates a 9 - 5 work day in the corporate world. Please check back weekly for new episodes!
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Comedian Russel Brand Buys Vegan Cookies For Entire ‘Re:Birth’ Audience
Brand’s audience at the performing arts center, Swansea’s Grand Theatre (UK) on Tuesday evening this week were treated to vegan Hare Krishna cookies; the massive order was reportedly paid for by the comedian himself.
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Nimai Delgado Speaks at the USC Music Meditation Club
In this short video clip Nimai Delgado, professional vegan bodybuilder, speaks at USC.
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The Rise of Vegan Culture
Distant are the days of Annie Hall, when Woody Allen resigned himself to a plate of alfalfa sprouts and mashed yeast. Over the years, vegan eating has gone from tasteless to trendy to making inroads into the mainstream.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Battles Climate Change With Plant-Based Beyond Meat Investment
“Livestock production is a major contributor to carbon emissions,” DiCaprio said in a statement. “Shifting from animal meat to the plant-based meats developed by Beyond Meat is one of the most powerful measures someone can take to reduce their impact on our climate.”
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Why I Became a Vegan
Was I drinking milk meant for a calf? Would Krishna accept my offering of milk when the cows were raped, killed and slaughtered? Did he, being God need such dairy? If a calf had to be killed so that I may have milk, would I kill it myself? I felt like I was in the ring with Mohammad Ali, knocked out in the first round.
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China's Plan to Cut Meat Consumption by 50% Cheered by Climate Campaigners
The Chinese government has outlined a plan to reduce its citizens’ meat consumption by 50%, in a move that climate campaigners hope will provide major heft in the effort to avoid runaway global warming.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron Filming: "Less Meat, Less Heat"
Chinese health officials are urging the nation’s 1.3 billion citizens to cut their meat consumption in half to prevent heart disease, diabetes and other diet-related illnesses. Director James Cameron and movie star/former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger think that's a great idea, and are starring in a series of PSAs to spread the word in the U.S.
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World’s First Vegan Supermarket Chain to Open in Portland
Vegan products are usually relegated to a tiny section in conventional grocery stores, but Portland, Oregon will soon be home to an entire vegan supermarket.
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‘The Year’s Best Burger’ Is Vegan
New York City’s East Village got a lot tastier when Superiority Burger moved in. Its famous vegan sandwich is so mind-blowing that it challenges the very definition of the word “burger.”
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James Cameron: Wanna Fight Climate Change? Stop Eating Meat.
James Cameron, famed director and well-known climate change activist, has a message for the masses: go vegan to fight climate change.
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400 Million Fewer Animals Were Killed for Food Last Year Because People Are Eating Less Meat
Where there’s less consensus, however, is how to affect change.
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US Celebrity TV Host Ellen Degeneres Talks About Going Vegan
Ellen talks about going vegan. February 2, 2010.
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Here’s Why James Cameron Went Vegan & Started An Organic Food Store
The director of Titanic and Avatar is establishing a new organic food store in New Zealand.
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UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-free Diet
Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says.
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16 Million People in the US are Now Vegan or Vegetarian!
In 2009, a tiny one percent of the US population reported eating vegetarian or vegan. The rates have skyrocketed over the last five years.
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Enjoy All-vegan 'Ice Cream'
Who says you have to use dairy products or eggs to make a delicious "ice cream"? Or sugar? This completely vegan recipe is super easy and fast to make as well as healthy and oh so yummy. -
Increasing Interest in Veganism
An awakening America is recognizing, “What we eat is infinitely more relevant than anyone ever thought.” Two-thirds of Americans are now obese, clearly credited to nutritional illiteracy, greedy corporations, and the failed Standard American Diet. -
Hare Krishna Happy Meals in Cape Town, South Africa
Rasika Rai das is a Hare Krishna monk living in Redhill township at Cape Point, Cape Town.
Every week he cooks up hundreds of 100% healthy Vegan meals for the impoverished township residents and distributes it via his trusty wheelbarrow.
Rasika begs all the ingredients himself and operates under the banner of his Gauranga Peace Meals NGO. -
New Study: Whole Food Vegetarian Diets Reverse Many Serious Illnesses
A new study found that plant based diets are a fundamental solution to our public health crisis. The physicians at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute found that the frequency and the cost of many illnesses, including obesity, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, can be considerably reduced just by switching to a plant-based diet that does not include meat and dairy. -
Vegan Compassion Is in The Bag
Inder Bedi has often told the story of how he built a handbag empire on compassion. The 37-year-old founder of Matt & Nat vegan accessories was asked at age 18 by a Hare Krishna priest to go vegetarian for 30 days: "And it changed my whole life," he says. -
The New Bill Clinton: Fit, Lean And … Vegan?
Thanks to Clinton’s popularity and public presence, he may serve as a powerful rallying point for widespread awareness of the benefits of whole foods. -
Vegetarian Festival Attracts Thousands
With dozens of vendors anxious to share vegetarian food and recipes, facilitate pet adoptions and promote vegetables in lieu of meat, Charlottesville’s Lee Park became a paradise for vegetarians on Saturday. -
Vegetarian Menu in American Hospitals
Hospitals are catching on to the fact that meat is not good for the environment, their budget, their patients’ health, or even the animals! -
Tofurky Thanksgiving
Kalachandji's. The Hare Krishna Temple may not be the first place you'd think of when planning an all-American Harvest celebration, but veg-heads know that Kalachandji's hosts a killer Thanksgiving feast every year! -
Finding Ways to Support Cow Protection
A report by the European Environment Agency reveals that for the first time in human history more people are living in towns and cities than in rural areas. Europe is one of the most urbanised regions, with around 75% of its population living in urban areas. This phenomenon is being mirrored around the world. -
I Love You, but You Love Meat
SOME relationships run aground on the perilous shoals of money, sex or religion. When Shauna James’s new romance hit the rocks, the culprit was wheat. “I went out with one guy who said I seemed really great but he liked bread too much to date me,” said Ms. James, 41, a writer in Seattle who cannot eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. -
SM Seeks SF for Long Walks and Lots of Leafy Greens
It's not easy being green. Just ask Eric Brent. A strict vegetarian, Brent, 40, founder of the vegetarian Web site happycow.net, said he "did a lot of online dating" trying to find the perfect mate. And for him, that perfect mate had to be a vegetarian.
