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		<title>Taking A Bite Out Of The Global Financial Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days, you can't look at your reader, or turn on the news, without seeing stories of financial implosion or economic crises.  Then there's global warming and the costs associated with fighting climate change.  All of this gives us another reason not to eat meat (at least most of the time)...  Turns out that eating [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/taking-a-bite-out-of-the-global-financial-crisis/">Taking A Bite Out Of The Global Financial Crisis</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>Another Reason Not To Eat Meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if there aren't enough reasons not to eat meat... According to New Scientist magazine, consuming red meat and dairy puts humans at risk from a rather nasty strain of e. coli.  This particular strain attaches itself to a sugar molecule that humans can't produce, but is ingested when we consume meat and dairy products. [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/another-reason-not-to-eat-meat-2/">Another Reason Not To Eat Meat</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>PCRM Says Food Contamination Originates In Meat And Poultry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I received email from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (It's not that I'm special, I'm on their mailing list). It's worthy of sharing, so here's the email in it's entirety. Foodborne Infection Originates in Meat and Poultry Ninety-seven percent of human disease from the pathogenic bacterium C. jejuni originates in animals farmed for [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/pcrm-says-food-contamination-originates-in-meat-and-poultry/">PCRM Says Food Contamination Originates In Meat And Poultry</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>Climate Change and Meat Consumption &#8212; Eat Vegan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN's top climate scientist, chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, is suggesting that people should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming. The IPCC collates and evaluates climate data for the world's governments. UN figures suggest that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/climate-change-and-meat-consumption-eat-vegan/">Climate Change and Meat Consumption &#8212; Eat Vegan</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>Omnivore? Herbivore? Frugivore!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us have experienced a bit of antagonism about our food choices. One of our cousins always has something combative to say. He and I went out for a beer last night, and he decided to play the "humans are omnivores" card. I discussed with him some of the things we covered in our [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/omnivore-herbivore-frugivore/">Omnivore? Herbivore? Frugivore!</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>Yet Another Reason Not To Eat Meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I've been reading a lot about the "natural" human diet. Some people argue we've evolved to be meat eaters, others that we're naturally vegetarians. Obviously, we're pro-vegan here, but the question still rages. Are humans natural omnivores? A few weeks ago, I bookmarked an article I saw referenced on Vegan.com. It's taken me awhile [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/yet-another-reason-not-to-eat-meat/">Yet Another Reason Not To Eat Meat</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>Reducing Your Carbon Footprint</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane and I are sitting here watching television. We're both actually glued to the television, and I find myself writing this post during commercial breaks. What has us so captivated? We're watching National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World, it's a program devoted to what might happen as global warming increases the temperature of [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/">Reducing Your Carbon Footprint</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>Mad Cows And Dementia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother was recently visiting with a friend. They got around to talking about their kids and she mentioned that Jane and I have been vegan for awhile, and that we've been blogging about our vegan experiences. My mom, who is not vegan by the way (hi mom!), explained veganism to her friend and discussed [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/mad-cows-and-dementia/">Mad Cows And Dementia</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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		<title>More Reasons Not To Eat Pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>More Reasons Not To Eat Meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, tonight on our local news program, they did a short blurb on eating locally to save the environment. In itself, this really shouldn't bother me. However, I find myself wondering, why, if the local news is so interested in saving the planet (yes, I'm making an assumption here)... why then didn't they suggest eating [...]<p><a href="http://veganbits.com/more-reasons-not-to-eat-meat/">More Reasons Not To Eat Meat</a> is from <a href="http://veganbits.com/">Vegan Bits</a></p>

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