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February 27, 2004

Slate: Carni-Fuhrer - Why one vegetarian activist is obsessed with Hitler's diet.

Rynn Berry wants to set the record straight about Adolf Hitler. "There's absolutely no evidence he was a vegetarian. It simply isn't true."

Slate: Whence the Beef?

Leave it to a sweet-faced Holstein to remind us of the ugly work of bringing beef to the dinner table. When the nation's first confirmed case of mad cow disease cropped up in December, Americans received a crash course on the nastier aspects of the cattle business.

February 25, 2004

WJACTV: New Diet Based On Bible

Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Could this traditional time of fasting...be just what you need to lose weight? A new book - by a local author - outlines a diet as old as the Bible itself.

CNS News: PETA to Use Movie About Christ's Death for Vegetarian Pitch

America's most aggressive animal rights organization plans to use Wednesday's premiere of the Mel Gibson-produced "The Passion of the Christ" to urge movie-goers to stop eating meat.

February 24, 2004

Reuters: Is the low-carb backlash beginning?

U.S. foodmakers are scrambling to satisfy consumer clamorings for low-carbohydrate products but also see a move toward more balanced eating that could spell doom for the strictest low-carb diets, like Atkins.

Herald Tribune: Vegetarians chew the fat over the Atkins diet

Whisper the name "Atkins" in a room full of vegetarians and you are sure to get more opinions that you can shake a carrot at.

United Press International: New evidence hints mad cow not a downer

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Agriculture documents uncovered by United Press International provide new evidence the cow that tested positive for mad cow disease in Washington last December was healthy and not a "downer," as the agency has maintained.

February 20, 2004

Scripps Howard News: Atkins Empire strikes back

The Atkins Empire is spooked. Their annual $100 million-plus revenue from books, low-carb foods and food licenses has been threatened by a medical examiner's report stating that founder Dr. Robert Atkins was an obese 6 feet tall, 258 pounds. Now they're firing back with everything from statistics to smears.

But all they've shot is their own foot.

February 19, 2004

The Age: KFC accused of animal cruelty

Australian internet personality and model Sarah Jane has joined a campaign designed to pressure food company KFC to adopt new animal welfare standards for chickens.

The Times of India: Factory Farming | The Contagion of Free Trade

New diseases in animals are emerging and more virulent forms of old diseases are increasing. Epidemics are an intrinsic part of factory farming and industrial agriculture.

Info Shop News: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

I gotta tell ya, I’m glad I’m a vegetarian.

February 18, 2004

Common Dreams News Center: How Now, Mad Cow?

Common Courage Press has just released the first paperback version of our 1997 book Mad Cow USA, the book that predicted the emergence of the deadly human and animal dementia disease in the United States.

Times Record News: Mad cow threat: How bad is it?

As scientists study mad cow disease, a malady known and studied for only 20 years, some findings are challenging the conventional wisdom that shapes U.S. regulations aimed at combating the fatal illness.

February 13, 2004

PETA Has Beef With Town of Slaughterville

Associated Press: Residents of this central Oklahoma community have a beef over an animal rights group's attempt to raise awareness of animal abuse. Slaughterville administrator Marsha Blair received a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, urging the town to change its name from Slaughterville to Veggieville.

February 11, 2004

Contra Costa Times: Be mine -- vegantine

If Valentine's Day is about the heart, let's be good to it (and to our little animal friends, too). In other words, the holiday can be plenty red without serving up any red meat.

February 10, 2004

Bicycling Magazine: Meatless Power

"Vegetarians tend to have lower body-mass indexes, lower cancer rates and lower cholesterol levels than meat-eaters," says Liz Applegate, Ph.D., consultant to the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team and author of the Encyclopedia of Sports and Fitness Nutrition.

Second Case of Bird Flu in Delaware

Tests confirmed avian flu on a second central Delaware farm, a surprise that creates a "serious situation" for the region's poultry industry, state agriculture officials announced Tuesday.