An Earthworm Podcast – Scott Poynton talks with Swiss biodynamic winemaker Pierre Fonjallaz about his vineyard and winemaking practice on the hills beside Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Pierre talks about the motivations to change his approach, his new 5000 year timeline for sustainability, and his discovery how – as he started implementing biodynamic processes – that he began to learn from the land and the plants about other aspects of life.…
Allvega & Allvegan To Vegan The 1944 creation of the word Vegan is usually credited to Dorothy and Donald Watson. Dorothy & Donald Watson getting married. However, in the Vegan News, February 1945 edition, Donald Watson says that two of the Vegan Society’s original members (founding members), Fay Keeling Henderson and G. Allan Henderson, were the source of the idea for the word Vegan. ~ Before the appearance of the first…
Unripe Cocoa Pods Growing in Madagascar In this blog post we reflect on: – how cocoa has helped the animal rights movement historically. cocoa’s role in today’s 2016 vegan businesses. the merits and shortfalls of Fair Trade certification, & of the other certification options available to cocoa growers & cocoa processors. alternatives to the current certification options. …… Red Lights Certified ‘Vegan’ chocolate products may contain dairy and egg – especially if they were made on…
Sharing some more old items from our Ernest Bell Library – items connected to – Végétalisme historique / Historical Veganism. The French were 20+ years ahead of the British in creating the names – végétalisme – végétaliste – végétalien – végétalienne – ……for what Dorothy & Donald Watson – plus other friends termed – veganism – vegan – in 1944. Most of the links in this blog post go to French sources. A Famous Dish The Basconnaise…
Popeye The Sailor — Be Kind to “Aminals” # 19 February 22, 1935 Popeye and Olive can’t ignore it when Bluto is passing by with his terribly overloaded cart. Bluto is whipping his horse and denying it water. Bluto fights them off for a while, but Popeye and Olive ultimately prevail. Floyd Buckley … Popeye Mae Questel … Olive Oyl Gus Wickie … Bluto More – here. …… Eat More Veggies Popeye…
1970 Head Waiter: (Michael Palin) Fine. I’m the head waiter. This is a vegetarian restaurant only, we serve no animal flesh of any kind. We’re not only proud of that, we’re smug about it. So if you were to come in here asking me to rip open a small defenseless chicken, so you could chew its skin and eat its intestines, then I’m afraid I’d have to ask you to…
……their cookery is exquisite, so diversified and nutritious that one does not miss animal food; and their own physical forms suffice to show that with them, at least, meat is not required for superior production of muscular fibre. They have no grapes — the drinks extracted from their fruits are innocent and refreshing. Their staple beverage, however, is water, in the choice of which they are very fastidious, distinguishing at…
Advertising Card – Undated – Circa 1900 Ernest Bell Library item – — Dis, père, qu’est-ce que ces gens-là qu’on appelle des végétariens? — Ce sont ceux qui vivent de carottes. — Hey, dad, what are these people called vegetarians?— It is those who live on carrots. Size – 7.5 cm by 11.2 cm. Lithograph by – J. Minot & Cie Editeurs. 5 Rue Béranger, Paris. ……………………………………………………………… Louit Frères et Compagnie…
This blog post remembers the work of two of our favorite animal rights activists. Almost 90 years ago, they were structuring a ‘special society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cats’, ……and the work continues today – http://www.cats.org.uk/ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Cats’ Protection League – a group of likeminded people led by Jessey Wade who were devoted to promoting the interests of domestic cats. Jessey Wade – the first Chairman Ernest Bell –…
Han Kang – an interview – subtitled Han Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian’ wins Man Booker fiction prize – Monday 16 May 2016 South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction this week with “The Vegetarian,” an unsettling novel in which a woman’s decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences. “The Vegetarian” is the first of her books to be translated into English. It tells the story of…
BREAKING NEWS – More Than 542,000 Vegans In Britain …… The Vegan Society – click here. …… THE TELEGRAPH – click here. Some 542,000 people aged 15 or over – more than one per cent of the population – have adopted a plant-based diet, up from 150,000 in 2006. According to the Vegan Society, the survey proves that veganism is now one of Britain’s “fastest growing lifestyle movements”. …… FEMALEFIRST.CO.UK…
A conscientious worker strikes neither a child nor an animal, no defenseless being; he would not be a coward. A worker who strikes his horse has lost working-class solidarity; he mistreats a worker like himself; he abuses the beast he has the duty to care and protect, and thus shows his own boss an example of abusive exploitation of the weak by the strong, from which he will suffer in…
We love Tasty’s recipe for vegan honeycomb toffee because it’s just as fun to make as it is to eat! Here’s what we mean:…