We've been hearing about the potential dangers of methane gasses for awhile now. Discover magazine published an article last week stating that "Methane is a paradox. It increases global warming at the same time that it promises abundant alternative energy." Regardless of the potential as an alternative energy source, most of us regard methane gas as a problem. But I think we'd be better served recommending a reduction in beef/milk consumption than trying to figure out how to reduce the methane emissions given off by cattle. Bossie (generic cow's name) would probably agree.
Vegan on FX Television Oops... forgot to mention. The FX Channel will be airing 30 Days tomorrow night at 10 pm EST. Tomorrow night's episode features George Snedeker, a person who hunts, living with a vegan family in Los Angeles for 30 days. That should be...
Trader Joe's Vegetable Biryani Jane was planning on making this recipe for dinner tonight. It's an Indian dish that looks rather intriguing. We have all the ingredients on hand and so I was looking forward to a new and (hopefully) delicious meal. Alas, it was not to be. It...
Score One For The Home Team - Oprah Tries A Vegan Diet Though we'd love to say we had some influence in Oprah's decision to go vegetarian for three weeks, we really can't. We sent email to the Oprah show alerting them to our petition requesting that she do a program segment on factory farming. We...
Arguing for Vegetarianism Over the weekend I read an interesting post by Eric Marcus at Vegan.com. He writes that it is very important for the vegan community to be accurate when talking to meat eaters about why they should go veggie. He is specifically talking about the...
Reducing Meat Consumption a la Mark Bittman I'm becoming a huge fan of Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. Although he's not vegan/vegetarian himself, he's doing his part for the cause. The cause being, reducing the number of animals processed for food. Actually, I...
Have I heard correctly? “….a tube leading to one of it’s four stomachs” – WHAT? Did they mean it’s inserted through the cow’s body surgically? Or the anus? Huh? ….. I’m totally bewildered on this one – sounds like outlandish desperation….. Much easier to just go veg.
Soy Milk Maker Review We've gotten a few queries lately from our readers about which soy milk maker we recommend. As many of you know, we own the Tribest Soyabella...
Thanksgiving Reminder Reminder... We're going to be publishing some Vegan Thanksgiving recipes early next week. (We're shooting for Monday, Nov. 17, but you know how...
Is Splenda Vegan? Two weeks ago we received an email from one of you, our readers, asking if we knew if Splenda was made with vegan sugar. We don't, so we emailed...
Shojin and the Japanese Tsunami Relief Effort Hi everyone. If you've been a regular reader of this blog, then you'll already know that our favorite vegan restaurant in Los Angeles is Shojin.
Lines In The Sand -- Revisited A few weeks ago I wrote about drawing a line in the sand, and how we define what we're willing to eat. It's easy for us to say that we'll eschew...
Have I heard correctly? “….a tube leading to one of it’s four stomachs” – WHAT? Did they mean it’s inserted through the cow’s body surgically? Or the anus? Huh? ….. I’m totally bewildered on this one – sounds like outlandish desperation….. Much easier to just go veg.
Hi Bea,
That’s what I heard too. However they insert it, it seems a bit absurd… much better to cut down on the beef and dairy consumed.