Animals Used for Food

Don’t Buy the ‘Free-Range’ Lie

There’s a local market near my house where I like to buy fruits and vegetables every Saturday morning. A small market, it has just the right amount of glorious …

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Maggie Q: Fight Climate Change With Diet Change

Actor Maggie Q shares with us the best and most efficient way to fight climate change: going vegan!

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Crazy Little Things for Love: A Guide to Vegan Wedding Planning

Cruelty-free living is important every day, especially on our big day. Whether you’re getting married on the beaches of Bali or organizing a high-society gala in Seoul, we’ve got …

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Book Review: ‘Slaughterhouse’ by Gail A. Eisnitz

In her book Slaughterhouse, author Gail A. Eisnitz exposes the shocking cruelty that goes on behind the scenes in the U.S. meat industry. The author goes undercover in various …

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Vegan Dinner at Manila’s Fo Guang Shan Temple

Fo Guang Shan is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a dinner at one of the Fo Guang Shan temples in …

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Food Fridays: Couscous Salad

Whenever I participate in a potluck dinner or am asked to contribute a dish to a meal shared with friends, I bring along my all-time favorite: couscous salad. It …

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Factory Farming in 60 Seconds Flat

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, it would be easy for us all to see the horrors of the meat, dairy, and egg industries. If we could see inside animal …

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Foodie Fridays: Tofu Turkey With Herbed Rice Stuffing

The saddest time of the year for turkeys and many other farmed animals in the Western world, the holiday season has always revolved around food in my family. Since …

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The Ethics of a New World

In my many years as a vegan, a vegetarian, and an animal rights activist, I have met countless compassionate, caring people dedicated to helping animals. The world has changed …

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Broken Silence 269: Branding in Israel

“Fear is fear. Blood is blood. Suffering is suffering.” These are the words that hung in the background as three activists in Tel Aviv had their bodies branded with …

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