Information on vegan lifestyle.
Since entering the wonderful world of babies, I’ve become much more aware of the constant barrage of animal stereotypes. Almost every baby book has the same pictures: happy pigs in their pens, chickens pecking contentedly in the barn, cows munching on green grass while their calves frolic nearby. Other books describe a day in the life of a zookeeper, and we see the sleepy lions, the huge elephants and the…
Hi everybody! This is my first blog at HappyCow and I am inspired to be here. Its much better than talking to a wall in other communities that are not so supportive to a cosmic vegan on a soap box. Bear with me ok? Thank you. If you’re anything like me, you work… and if you work… well, you make sacrifices. Sacrifices like needing to share close quarters with the guy…
Herbivores will soon have no reason to “Panic in Detroit” – http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sv-6VIr8CyY Detroit Evolution Laboratory’s owners Gregg Newsom and Angela Kasmala are opening a new vegan restaurant. Full story here – http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/BIZ/805130350/1010/BIZ01 Excerpt – Detroit Evolution Laboratory on Gratiot across from Eastern Market is a clearinghouse of sorts for various types of health and wellness services. “The Lab,” as they lovingly refer to it, is the duo’s first business venture. So…
Me again, I’ll be posting here every so often with some random thoughts vaguely connected to being a vegan parent and raising vegan children. My daughter is 18 months old, so I don’t have huge swathes of experience yet, but I will offer up what I can! One area I do have a fair bit of experience in is breastfeeding, we are practicing child-led weaning, which usually amounts to a…
When you tell people you’re pregnant, most react with joy. Two seconds later, they all invariably say “so you’ll have to at least start drinking milk then?” There’s something about pregnant vegans that scares people and usually that fear is completely unfounded. Most vegans, having made the conscious decision to stop eating meat, fish, dairy and eggs will have at least a rudimentary knowledge about where else you can get…
Official video for ‘Disco Lies’ by Moby – sung by Shayna Steele. Available to view / download at http://www.moby.com/ Posted here on YouTube’s – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6CHd8VjaqY Wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Lies Extract – “The music video for the song premiered on February 14, 2008. The video follows the story of a baby chick who at a young age escapes from a chicken farm, witnessing the slaughtering of his friends and kin. The video…
What would it mean to have a vegan in the White House? But not just in the White House, but what if that vegan were the head honcho, the President of the United States of America? I’m not talking about Ohio Congressman and the once Democratic Presidential hopeful, Dennis Kucinich, but rather, top runner Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama.This was an April Fool’s joke that didn’t fool very many people.…
The trend used to be that marketers and advertisers would latch onto anything green, natural or organic. Even if they wouldn’t explicitly say it, because it would blatantly be lying, they would use pristine rainforests, crystal clear lakes and cascading waterfalls. They let the images lawfully speak for them. The trend towards ‘greening’ every product on the market has gotten so out of control that the term Greenwashing was coined…
I cannot believe that calling someone a Vegan in the news is relevant to their story when it is regarding a marriage breakdown! “The Vegan Perception”, as Canook phrased it is alive and well in the Media. The article was about Sir Paul McCartney who is ready to offer estranged wife Heather Mills £30 million to “get her off my back” (reported on the 15th of Feb in Melbourne’s…
Veganism has made its NFL debut. Or at least that’s what the headlines are all shouting about. The tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs is a big, big boy. At 6-foot 5-inches and 247lbs, Tony Gonzalez eats several thousand calories a day to maintain his size, his strength and his competitive edge. For the majority of his career he has gorged himself on the standard football diet of steak,…
Say the word vegan to someone and 1960’s, bra-burning hippies creep to mind. Followed by images of radical fanatics who are all looking to convert the masses to a world of hairy legs and political demonstrations. People apologize before they tuck into their steak and roll their eyes as they blunder and offer you a meat and cheese tray. You’re have transformed from a human to a circus sideshow attraction.…
I love animals. That’s why I don’t eat them. I want the companionship from animals, but not to have to feed them the flesh of other animals- and therefore supporting the meat industry and the needless suffering of more beautiful creatures. You too, may feel the same.So let me share with you the story of my dogs. I adopted my first dog, Cooper, about 8 years ago from an animal…
If you live in a large urban area, there will most likely be places where there is ample pedestrian traffic. This is an untapped mine for getting out the word about the benefits of vegetarianism. You can order a stack of Vegetarian Starter Guides from a pro-vegetarian organization, take them to a busy street corner one morning or afternoon (preferably during rush hour), maybe with a friend or two, and…