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Recent News
March 31, 2004
Miami Herald: A map of healthy eateries for those on road again
David and Nikki Goldbeck have been in the vanguard of the natural foods movement for 30 years. Their 1973 Supermarket Handbook was a groundbreaking guide to healthful grocery shopping. Their 1983 American Wholefoods Cuisine has been called the "Joy of Cooking for the health food generation."
March 26, 2004
Kansas City Star: Factory farm foes fed up with conditions at huge swine operations
John Ryan's announcement that he planned to buy his aunt's farm and build a grain storage bin was welcome news in this tiny burg that contains little more than a grain elevator, a church and the Walton Tap.
Centre Daily: At some swine farms, it's `hog hell'
The odor knocks visitors off balance the moment they walk in the battered front door of HKY Farm. It's not so much a barnyard smell as a noxious combination of manure, ammonia and death that intensifies as one moves toward the barns.
March 25, 2004
Daily Pennsylvanian: KC/EH to offer vegan menu today
As more and more Americans strive for a healthier diet and living pattern, University Dining Services and Penn Students for Animal Rights are joining together today to sponsor an entirely vegan meal at the King's Court/English House dining hall.
AP: PETA ups anti-KFC campaign with 'blood'
The animal-rights activists who once suggested Ronald McDonald was a bloody butcher are going after Colonel Sanders, contending cruelty is the "secret recipe" for KFC's fried chicken.
NY Times: After Centuries, the Vegetarian Feast of India Finally Arrives
UVIR SARAN, a chef at the ambitious new Indian restaurant Amma, in Midtown, has never tasted the restaurant's tandoor-grilled lamb chops. "My family in Delhi have been vegetarians for generations," he said.
The Palm Beach Post: Inspired Vegetarian: ADA backs diet
"Eat smart, stay healthy" is the theme for March, National Nutrition Month, as promoted by the American Dietetic Association. With nearly 70,000 members, the ADA states that "appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."
March 24, 2004
KGBT 4 (Rio Grande Valley): Top "10 dirtiest foods" list
March 18, 2004 - Chicken, cantaloupe, peaches, prepackaged lettuce, cold cuts and even scallions are among the top "10 dirtiest foods".
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: VegFest offers bushels of tasty ways to beat the meat habit
The Vegetarians of Washington invite you to their showcase of meatless food, VegFest 2004. This weekend, they hope to seduce your taste buds with more than 130,000 samples of 400 different vegetarian foods.
The Patriot-News: Living high in the hen house
Here's a new twist to the old chicken vs. egg de bate: On the production line, the egg has to come first, but thanks to new animal-care standards, a chicken's lot in life is looking decidedly better.
March 23, 2004
Courier News: PETA protests KFC practices
EAST BRUNSWICK -- Torture is one ingredient in Colonel Sanders' "Original Recipe," say members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animalswho were outside Kentucky Fried Chicken on Route 18 South on Sunday, urging customers to boycott the franchise.
March 22, 2004
San Marcos Daily Record: Susan Mullins cooking up a new career
"Though I wasn't a vegetarian at the time, my vegan friends encouraged me and convinced me that what this community really needs is a vegetarian restaurant. I could have done a bakery, a pie factory or something of that sort. But my friends convinced me that we need something for people who wish to practice a healthier life-style.
March 18, 2004
The Miami Herald: Pig lover wants to bring home Bacon
A School Board member plans to bid on a pig headed for auction, and may derail an agribusiness program by moving to bar other schools from raising animals for slaughter.
Reuters: PETA defends use of Holocaust images in ads
BERLIN -- An animal rights group said on yesterday it would go ahead with a controversial advertising campaign that likens the slaughter of animals to the murder of Jews under the Nazis, despite threats of a legal challenge.
Silver Chips: A vegan's beef with meat-eating
Glue for my craft projects, Tupperware to hold my lunch, plastic bottles for my soda and the cheese crackers on which I munch.
The daunting list of animal-exploiting products that I’ve used nearly every day goes on and on.
March 17, 2004
New Scientist: It's a meat market
Global meat consumption is increasing dramatically. Beware, warns Colin Tudge. It is bad for the environment and bad for us.
Part-time vegetarians become more common
Even after five years, Christy Pugh has no trouble sticking to her vegetarian regimen. The secret to her success? Eating meat.
March 15, 2004
ThePigSite: Alberta to Evaluate Alternatives to Gestation Stalls
Research about to get underway in Alberta will examine the use of various group housing systems as alternatives to gestation stalls for housing breeding sows.
March 12, 2004
AP: Church Nixes Good Friday Fenway Hot Dogs
BOSTON - Opening Day ticket holders at Boston's Fenway Park this year who are Catholic face a dilemma: the Boston Archdiocese said since the afternoon game against the Toronto Blue Jays (news) falls on Good Friday, they must refrain from eating meat, including hot dogs, sausages and pepperoni pizza.
DailyHog.com: Meat from Pickton Pig Farm May Have Contained Human Remains
Farmers already suffering financial hardship from recent cases of mad cow disease and chicken flu, in association with the Canadian Pork Board issued a 8 point statement today in an effort to maintain consumer confidence in their product.
Times of India: Holy town Rishikesh turns 'shuddh shakahari'
NEW DELHI : Eggs, fish and meat of any type are now out of bounds in the holy town of Rishikesh . The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Uttaranchal government’s move to turn the town a pure vegetarian place.
March 11, 2004
CBA.CB News: Human remains may have been in farm meat
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.-- B.C.'s provincial officer of health said he can't rule out the possibility that human remains were among meat processed at a farm now at the centre of Vancouver's missing women case.
March 10, 2004
The Sun: Going Vegan, it's a way of life
'I have a lot more energy since changing my diet and don't get as "loggy" late in the day.'
Reuters: Bush, Kerry Battle for Key Farm State Votes
Democrat John Kerry hopes to score by siding with family farmers in the fight against "factory" farms, imported food and the giant meatpackers who dominate cattle and hog slaughter.
March 09, 2004
KSL News: PETA Billboard Urges Mormons to go Vegetarian
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on a higher source in its efforts to have Mormons go vegetarian.
March 05, 2004
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter: Factory farms deemed unhealthy
It's a horror picture often alluded to in children's movies like Babe or Charlotte's Web; thousands of animals crowded inside a dirty slaughterhouse. But factory farms are more than just a scene from a movie; they are a growing reality across our country.
Israel Insider: Queen Esther was a vegetarian
There are many connections between vegetarianism and the Jewish festival of Purim...
March 04, 2004
McDougall Wellness Center: Understanding the New Atkins Research
Without a doubt a high-protein, very low-carbohydrate diet causes weight loss, but as these two studies showed, this kind of diet cannot be sustained - nearly half of the participants in the Samaha study did not last 6 months and in the Foster study nearly 40% quit by 12 months.
Telegraph News: A vegan with teeth
"Being vegan just gives you such great karma," she explains, tucking into some neon-green soup. "Before I used to just eat hamburgers and donuts but that really stinks for your spiritual sense, and it's really cool to be able to choose something that has way less effect on the planet."
March 02, 2004
Reuters: Boil a lobster, pay a fine
Pet owners in a central Italian town must pamper their dogs, cats and birds and even show mercy to supper-time lobsters or face fines as high as 500.
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