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Cruelty To Animals – Exposed – 1860s

Examples of multi-faceted UK & US collaboration. From a time when animal abuse was just starting to receive mass-media coverage. Cruelty to Animals – “Which Are the Brutes?” by Alfred Rudolph Waud An illustration exposing cruelty to animals, published in – Harper’s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, February 23, 1867. An item in our Ernest Bell Library – Striking artwork – produced almost 150 years ago. It would have been seen by…

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Find Out How Being Vegan Makes Travel Better

Being Vegan Makes Travel Better

Do you think travel as a vegan is hard? I know I certainly did before I actually tried it. After learning about the horrors of the meat, egg and dairy industries, I definitely felt compelled to go vegan. I knew deep down that it was the only way of living that was truly aligned with my most deeply-held values – the values of peace, non-violence and compassion. But there was…

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Progress of the Humane Diet Movement

An article by Ernest Bell, writing in Sept. 1914. First some notes – In this article, Ernest Bell is reflecting on his 40 years of being a vegetarian. He started to be an animal rights activist in ~ 1873. He had stopped eating meat in about 1874. He ‘veganized’ books which he published. His consumption of animal products such as milk seems to have been ‘O’. ~ …a little over twenty-five years… ~ – Ernest…

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Satire, Thinking And Literature – ‘Vegans’ From 200 Years Ago

Note – we use ‘vegan’ and ‘vegans’ in inverted commas here, because we are discussing a period long before the word vegan came into existence. Even the word vegetarian was not yet in use. Pythagorean & Vegetable Eater / Eating – these were the commonly used terms. …… Our history is rich indeed. Circa 200 years ago in the UK – There had recently been a ‘vegan’ (or close to vegan) Sheriff…

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Montevideo, Uruguay – Vegan Highlights & Tips

Montevideo, Uruguay - Vegan Highlights & Tips

Join HappyCow’s Ken Spector as he tours Uruguay’s first vegan store in Montevideo with restaurant co-owner Jonathan Gabriel Vilar. He later interviews Maria Noel Silvera from the most influential Uruguayan vegan blog called caramelosdelima.com, and Felipe Llodra, the owner of the Vegan Wraps Y Licuados restaurant. Learn insider tips on the vegan lifestyle of Uruguay. Watch our Montevideo, Uruguay vegan highlight and tips video here:…

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Baked Yucca Fries

Yucca (or yuca), also known as cassava, is a starchy root vegetable. Similar to a potato but slightly sweeter, creamier and sturdier, it makes fantastic fries. If you are new to yucca, this is an excellent way to try this amazing tuber. Yucca is available in many mainstream grocery stores. In fact, you may have seen it before, and not realized what it was (I only know since I am married…

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Ernest Bell: Sharing Some History

 Ernest Bell – from an editorial in the Animals’ Friend Annual Volume for 1907 “With regard to the Humane Diet there is also a great change of opinion and feeling going on. The “vegetarian” used, out of deference to public opinion, to have to speak a little humbly about his special “fad,” but now we find it is the carnivorous man who adopts the apologetic tone. If he poses at all as…

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Vegan Mushroom And Lentil Ragu

Vegan Mushroom And Lentil Ragu

I confess that even though I like cooking, I’m not the best of cooks. Yet, sometimes I can surprise myself. I’m always trying to think of new, easy and quick (yet healthy) recipes. But I often end up with something really tasteless. Yet today was not one of those days. Here’s what I had for dinner: Spaghetti With Mushrooms And Lentils Ingredients: 50 to 60g of spaghetti 50g of chopped…

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Vegan Congee

Congee is a grain-based, medicinal porridge served for centuries in traditional East Indian and Chinese homes. It is an easy and affordable dish to incorporate into any diet. It is used preventively to promote good health and strong digestion. Congee for breakfast is simple and easy to make. You use a small amount of grain with 5-6 times more water, sea vegetables, dried fruit and spices. For a lunch or…

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The Home Project

By Kathryn Hayward, MD, and David L. Thomas, Jr. Exciting things are happening with the 4 COS4S initiative. People love the inclusiveness, creativity and joy of collaborating to encourage restaurants, schools and hospitals to offer whole food, plant-based options. In this blog, we are introducing The Home Project as a fourth 4 COS4S project to complement the other three. You don’t need to wait for a 4 COS4S restaurant near you—you can…

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The Fur Industry – Some History

A grim ‘pro-fur’ item in our Ernest Bell Library. A circa 1870/1880 advertising card. Corde Viridis – thank you so much for the translation – Paul Körner Fur trader Specialty: various skin carpets with or without naturalised heads. Humans are selling the skins of animals, and we are pretty certain that the animals didn’t all die of old age. Lion, Tiger, Panther, Jaguar……. Current Prices – for skins with naturalised heads Lions skins…

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Infant Industries – E. G. Lutz

Infant Industries – E. G. Lutz From – Life Magazine May 14, 1908. An item in our – Ernest Bell Library – please support us / help us to build & preserve our collection. Edwin George (E. G.) Lutz 1868-1946 Not much is known about E. G. Lutz’s life. Was he a plant eater? He certainly helped spread vegetarianism 100+ years ago. See another of his cartoons from 1911 at…

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