Hello ivu-veg-news,

The vegetarian movement in Russia  104th anniversary

             On December 01, 2005 the 104th anniversary of the vegetarian
movement in Russia was celebrated. On the 1st of December 104 years ago in
Saint-Petersburg the first vegetarian society has been set up. .
                 The vegetarianism appeared in Russia in 14th century. The famous
Russian saints; Sergiy Radonezhskiy, Seraphim Sarovskiy, Epiphaniy the Wise - in
their sermons persuaded the orthodoxies that the true belief in God was
incompatible with eating of meat and called them to follow Lenten mode of life.
The majority of Russians observed the fasts (over 200 days per year) and kept to
Lenten fare. The representatives of many religious communities; old believers,
Adventists etc. were passionate adherents of the vegetarianism.  In the end of
the 19th  - the beginning of the 20th century Lev Tolstoy, the famous Russian
writer and philosopher made a great contribution in the development of the
vegetarian concept and its introduction in the common life. He trusted that the
vegetarianism was very useful from the moral, ethical, medical and economical
point of view.
                 In April 1913 in Moscow there took place the 1st All-Russia
Vegetarian Congress. By that time the vegetarian societies of Russia carried out
many activities  - they had opened cafes and restaurants in 24 cities of Russia,
founded vegetarian hospitals, published vegetarian newspapers and magazines etc.
The vegetarianism was widely spread in the country. Among vegetarians were the
writers Bunin and Leskov, the composer Skryabin, the painter Levitan, the
scientist Rerikh, the academician Nesmeyanov and other famous people. The famous
Russian wrestler Ivan Poddubny also followed the vegetarian diet.
             The revolution of 1917 has stopped the development of the
vegetarianism in Russia. The Soviet State authorities considered the
vegetarianism as a pseudoscientific theory that reflected the bourgeois ideology
and therefore harmed to Soviet people. In 1929 the last vegetarian society in
Moscow was closed. The communist leaders scorned the principle idea of the
vegetarianism; non-violence, spirit of independence, love to all the living and
freedom of thinking. The leaders of the vegetarian societies were persecuted,
many of them; arrested and sentenced.
       The Big Soviet Encyclopedia (1961) commented: "The vegetarianism is based
on false hypothesis and ideas and has no followers in the Soviet Union!" The
word "vegetarian" was taken away from the dictionaries of the Russian language.
             In 1989 at the time of perestroika in the USSR on initiative of 
Y.S. Nikolaev, Doctor of medicine, T.N. Pavlova (Center of esthetical attitude
towards animals) and I.L. Medkova (Medical Vegetarian Center) at the Ecological
Fund of the Soviet Union there was established a vegetarian society (since 1992;
the Interregional Public Organization " Society"). The Vegetarian Society is
headed by T.N. Pavlova.
Now in Russia some vegetarian societies are created. It - independent,
noncommercial associations for distribution of healthy style of life. The
activity of the members of these societies was aimed, supporting and developing
principles vegetarianism.
The vegetarians of Russia wish by all health, happiness and love!

President of the EURASIAN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY  N. A. Kalanov -


EURASIAN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY -  evs-ru@...

EURASIAN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY  - http://www/.vege.ru


--
Best regards,
  evs-ru                          mailto:evs-ru@...

[from Extreme Tech]

In an assault reminiscent of the early days of the Internet, Podcaster
Erik Marcus recently found that his RSS feed had been inexplicably
redirected.

According to Marcus, rather than fully cooperate to address the
situation, the cyber-squatter is demanding payment or permanent
agreement to terms, and Marcus is seeking legal redress for this new
form of Internet extortion.

Marcus publishes Vegan.com and the "Erik's Diner" Podcasts.

Over the course of the past year, Marcus has built his listenership
from 100 people per show up to some 1,500. Over the past few weeks, he
noticed that Yahoo Inc. had created an entry for his show on its beta
site, Podcasts.yahoo.com.
...
In the letter, Marcus said he contacted Yahoo repeatedly for about a
month. The company never responded. Yahoo had failed to correct the
RSS listing and had also failed to return phone calls seeking comment
for this story by the time it was posted.

--
full story:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1894992,00.asp

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

[opinion from Asheville Citizen-Times]

Happy December! Now that we've made it through the autumn leaf-raking,
pumpkin-carving and turkey-stuffing, it's time to shift the focus to
Advent celebrations, present shopping and the eternal search for peace
on earth. Ever the optimist, I often find myself wondering … could
this season possibly bring true peace to the world?
...
Every night, I, a non-beef eater, share the dinner table with two
omnivores (my father and brother), and my mother, a vegetarian who
occasionally eats fish. We are a motley bunch, for sure, but we manage
to balance everyone's bizarre dietary choices without driving each
other up the walls.
...
Why become a vegetarian (or vegan)? With the ever-increasing number of
meat-related scares, it's easier for many to go vegetarian and not
worry about contracting mad cow disease or Asian bird flu. Plus, with
the increasing use of growth hormones, steroids, preservatives and
other packaging chemicals in meat products, a meat-free diet offers
peace of mind against early sexual development in children and general
health problems caused by these substances.

Vegetarian and vegan diets present a good option for those with
allergies, too. And yes, many of the PETA public service announcements
and tapes are true — many animals grown for commercial meat production
are treated inhumanely. If you care strongly about animal rights, then
by all means, go vegan.
...
Take the time to consider the reasons that people may choose their
diets, and if you can avoid confrontation over something as simple as
soy burgers and steaks, well, then that's the first step toward peace
on earth this holiday season.

Adrienne Langlois is a senior at A.C. Reynolds High School. She lives
in Arden. Her columns appear on alternate Thursdays and she can be
reached at humble_al@....

--
full story:
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051201/OPINION03/51130\
039/1006

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

[for video, follow newslink below]

MIAMI COUNTY, Kan. -- Animal control officers removed about 100 cats
and dogs from a Miami County house Wednesday, KMBC's Lara Moritz
reported.

The Kansas State Humane Society is looking at all of the animals --
about 200 cats and dogs -- on Sheila Jones's property.

"We found some dead cats in a room where cats had no water. We're very
concerned about the cats in general," said Debra Duncan, with the
Humane Society. "We are seizing all the cats, which is approximately
66."

--
full story:
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/5439719/detail.html

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

Sorry - wrong e-mail address!

On 12/1/05, AnimalConcerns.org <animalconcerns@...> wrote:
> [for video, follow newslink below]
>
> MIAMI COUNTY, Kan. -- Animal control officers removed about 100 cats
> and dogs from a Miami County house Wednesday, KMBC's Lara Moritz
> reported.
>
> The Kansas State Humane Society is looking at all of the animals --
> about 200 cats and dogs -- on Sheila Jones's property.
>
> "We found some dead cats in a room where cats had no water. We're very
> concerned about the cats in general," said Debra Duncan, with the
> Humane Society. "We are seizing all the cats, which is approximately
> 66."
>
> --
> full story:
> http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/5439719/detail.html
>
> ----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
> More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
> New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
> Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
> SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!
>


--
full story:


----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

Those looking for a beer of exceptional quality to share over the
holidays need look no further than Samuel Smith. Samuel Smith is one
of the few remaining microbreweries in England and the only one to use
the classic Yorkshire Square system of beer fermentation--brewed in
stone squares at the Old Brewery in Tadcaster since 1758. Their
distinctive heritage of beer brewing includes a special Samuel Smith
strain of yeast, hand-weighed hops and fresh well water.
...
On a final note, all Samuel Smith beers are vegan products registered
with the Vegan Society, so if some member of your family eschews the
ham and turkey, slap her on the shoulder and put a Smith's in her
hand.

--
full story:
http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/Dining/content?oid=oid:135590

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

[EXCERPT: Tests by scientists in Gabon and Congo detect traces of the
pathogen. Human infection may have occurred through eating the
animals. ... Ending the tradition of catching bats for food could
significantly reduce the risk of human Ebola infections, he said.]



http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-sci-ebola1dec01,1,6862086.story\
?coll=la-headlines-world

3 Species of Fruit Bat Found to Harbor Deadly Ebola Virus

Tests by scientists in Gabon and Congo detect traces of the pathogen.
Human infection may have occurred through eating the animals.

By Alex Raksin

Times Staff Writer

December 1, 2005

Researchers working in Gabon and Congo have identified three species
of fruit bat as the long-sought reservoirs of one of the deadliest
known human pathogens, the Ebola virus.

The team tested more than 1,000 bats and other animals before tracing
the virus to fruit bats, which are commonly eaten by people in
Central Africa, according to a report in today's issue of the journal
Nature.

Researchers found minute genetic traces of the virus in 22.6% of the
bats tested. More important, they found that the virus produces no
symptoms in infected bats, thus allowing it to spread without
disabling its carrier, said lead researcher Eric Leroy, an
immunologist with the International Center for Medical Research in
Gabon.

Dr. Sanford Kuvin, head of tropical infectious diseases at Israel's
Hebrew University, said the study provided strong evidence of Ebola's
presence in bats and should prompt people in the region to "avoid
contact with the creatures at all costs."

Ebola hemorrhagic fever first came to light in 1976, erupting
simultaneously in 55 villages near the headwaters of the Ebola River
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then known as Zaire. About 90%
of those infected died.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
there have been 17 outbreaks since then. There is no cure for the
disease.

The virus is also fatal to some animals. After a 2003 outbreak in
Gabon and Congo, chimpanzee numbers in one region dropped 89% and
western lowland gorilla numbers fell by half.

The virus first causes fever, then heavy internal and external
bleeding, which starts from under the skin, proceeds to the mouth,
ears and eyes and then affects the internal organs, leading to death
through either shock or organ failure.

Because of its lethality, the virus has been considered a potential
bio-weapon threat.

Where the virus hides in nature has been a mystery that has "had
smart people scratching their heads ever since 1976," said Dr. Anne
Anglim, an assistant professor of infectious disease at USC's Keck
School of Medicine.

The disease has had a baffling ability to emerge and then disappear
from researchers' view.

Leroy's research showed that the fruit bats harbored the virus at
levels so low they escaped many conventional DNA tests.

Ending the tradition of catching bats for food could significantly
reduce the risk of human Ebola infections, he said.



Copyright 2005 Los Angeles Times

When MarkRoberts makeshis signature corn chowder — a family tradition,
especially around the holidays — it's a little different these days.

As a vegetarian, daughter Lara DeRuisseau does not eat dairy products,
so the cream used in the chowder is out. Last year Mr. Roberts made
two batches: one with milk and one with soy milk, a plant-based
substitute.

"It definitely complicates things," he says, "because you have to
think, 'What could she eat?'"

Family gatherings tend to center on food: the Thanksgiving turkey,
holiday ham, Mom's Sunday pot roast, Friday-night pizzas.

--
full story:
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/12_01-33/LIF

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

December 1, 2005 - Karyn Calabrese has turned a personal health issue
into a successful career as a unique restaurateur. She is a raw
foodist and her Chicago restaurants were among the first of their kind
in the country.

She's a restaurateur who operates with a kitchen that doesn't have a
grill, oven, microwave unit or fire. For Karyn Calabrese none of the
above is necessary because her restaurant -- Karyn's Fresh Corner --
serves only raw food.

"We don't fire any of our food. We dehydrate them, which gives you a
sense of cooking," said Karyn Calabrese, restaurateur.

She is known as a raw foodist -- which means she has maintained a diet
of raw food for a very long time.

"I had every allergy known to man. I was a mess -- terrible skin, so I
became vegetarian first, then I became a vegan, then I met Dr. Ann
Wigmore after reading her book. It was the next thing for me to move
forward to becoming a raw foodist," said Karyn Calabrese.

--
full story:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=community&id=3686429

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

THE man who founded the Vegan Society – and invented the word vegan –
has died at his home in Keswick at the age of 95.

Donald Watson was best known locally as a highly-respected teacher of
crafts at Lairthwaite Secondary Modern School. Many tradesmen in and
around Keswick received encouragement and support from him.

Not everyone in Keswick realised that Mr Watson was nationally known
as founder of the Vegan Society, which now has more than 250,000
members, and the man credited with inventing the word "vegan".
...
Mr Watson was a conscientious objector during the war, but worked hard
at his chosen profession as a teacher and was also a voluntary
fireman.

It was in 1944 that he and Elsie Shrigley decided to co-ordinate the
interests of non dairy vegetarians and form the Vegan Society.

He had many critics, even among vegetarians, who felt it was not
possible to survive on that kind of diet.
...
Mr Watson had a very natural approach to life, believing that with the
right diet, exercise and fresh air, the body would heal itself. He
never drank alcohol or smoked but never criticised those who did.

He was closely involved with the work of the Vegan Society and the
belief that animals had as much right to life as we do. Dozens of
letters would arrive at his home each week and he brought out a
regular newsletter. The Vegan Society grew into an established
educational charity and a limited company.

--
full story:
http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=308029

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

[opinon from Cornell Daily Sun]

Let's face it: If it can't be said that capitalism has failed, then at
least we can agree that it is a bit passé. Who among us can really say
that capitalism is fashionable anymore? All you have to do is look at
the utter misery of North Korea and Cuba to see that prosperity is
just soooo last century. Of the many not-so-cool aspects of capitalism
is the fact that it is so consumer centered. Capitalists indulge in
such excessive things as buying food from grocery stores and going out
to restaurants to eat. P-L-E-A-S-E. Can't we move past this barbarous
way of living!

Ithaca, of course, is already light-years ahead of some of the
backward places in this country. We anti-capitalists in Ithaca embrace
freeganism. For those who are not as "with it" as me and my freegan
friends, let me explain what freeganism is.

A vegan is a person who only eats plant products and refrains from
using any type of product that comes from animals. A freegan is far,
far more "progressive." Not only is a freegan a vegan, but a freegan
also, according to Urbandictionary.com, is "somebody who abstains from
contributing to the economy and salvages society's wasted food and
resources rather than purchase more themselves." For example, a
freegan "would much rather grab bagels out of the dumpster of a
bakery" than purchase one from a store. I think we can all agree that
with the rise of freeganism mankind has finally reached the pinnacle
of the enlightenment.

Over Thanksgiving, the freegan lifestyle moved beyond its socialist
communes scattered throughout the U.S. and hit the mainstream scene —
big time. That's right, not only did the British website Times Online
do a story on freegan culture, but most importantly, internet news
compiler extraordinaire Matt Drudge posted the article on his website
the Drudge Report. Landing on Drudge is about as good as it gets.
...
Jamie Weinstein is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He
can be contacted at jsw46@.... Time Out appears Fridays.

--
full story:
http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/12/02/438f96f677ec4

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

Canadians want more humane eggs and pork in grocery stores and
fast-food restaurants
...
TORONTO, ON--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 2, 2005) - Free-range Egg McMuffins?
Certified-organic BLTs? Egg cartons labelled 'cage-free"? According to
a new Decima Research poll conducted on behalf of the Canadian
Coalition for Farm Animals (CCFA) and the World Society for the
Protection of Animals (WSPA):

* 80% of Canadians feel that confining farm animals to small cages
that prevent them from turning around is unacceptable
* 75% agree that fast food restaurants should ensure the pork and eggs
they buy come from farms that don't keep their animals in small cages
* 76% agree that grocery stores should offer customers more eggs and
pork from farms that don't keep animals in small cages
* 94% agree that it is important that farm animals be treated humanely

"This poll sends a clear message to the food industry that Canadians
care about farm animals and want to see them humanely treated," says
CCFA spokesperson John Youngman. The poll is based on a sample of 1028
Canadians and is considered accurate to within +/- 3.1%, 19 times out
of 20.

--
full story:
http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=\
false&showText=all&actionFor=570328

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

[opinion from Aspen Times]

One night I went out to dinner with this girl, Katrina, and sat in awe
as she picked every last bit of goat cheese out of her salad. She'd
spear it with her fork and then smear it on the edge of the plate so
she was left with nothing but a bowl of fancy lettuce and all that
smashed cheese on the edge of it. I'm sure she burned more calories
dissecting her meal than she would have consumed if she had actually
eaten it, which is pretty disturbing considering that cheese-free
garden salad was her main course, to boot.

She explained she's vegan and proudly stated she has never eaten meat
in her whole entire life. Well, la-di-da. I guess it's true, those
four glasses of wine she drank over dinner and the cigarette she had
afterward on the way to the bar don't really fall under the meat or
dairy category, but give me a break. Honey, do yourself a favor and
try a nice piece of steak.
...
You gotta love the people who say, "I'm a vegetarian, but I eat
chicken and fish," or better yet, sushi. I especially love the
part-time vegetarian who's like, "I only eat it if I can kill it
myself," which is how they justify the whole fish thing. See, the
beauty of living in modern civilization is we don't have to actually
kill the animals. Someone else does that for you. They pluck the
feathers and skin the fur and chop the head off so you don't have to.
By the time they're all plastic-wrapped in those packages you almost
forget that they were animals in the first place. That way, you should
have no guilt whatsoever about eating them. Besides, it's not like
you're eating your next door neighbor's golden retriever for God's
sake, so get over it. I'm sure all those chickens and cows weren't
nearly as cute as your first puppy.

Then there are those people who would gladly eat meat and dairy, just
as long as it's organic. I'm sorry, but my trust fund isn't big enough
to pay for designer jeans and organic food. In case you haven't
noticed, most of the organic produce is spoiled rotten by the time it
reaches Colorado on account of not having any preservatives. Believe
me, I love organic food and I especially love how all the labels of
organic food products are tastefully done and look nice on the shelf,
but get real. These poor, puckered, sick-looking vegetables were
picked too soon and then left on the back of trucks in some faraway
place for God only knows how long, all tangled up like a bunch of
chain-gang prisoners.

I just have to wonder what's worse: what we eat, or worrying about
every little thing that passes our sheltered little lips. I'm betting
chances are all that stress worrying about it will kill us long before
that nonorganic broccoli does.

The one thing the princess misses the most on her low-carb diet are
pretzels. Send your meat-loving e-mail to alison@...

--
full story:
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20051201/COLUMN/112010025/0/FRONTPAGE

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

The Washington Post - Thursday, December 1, 2005; A03
Study: U.S. Fisheries Discard 22% of Catch
Efforts Underway to Reduce Waste
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer

American fishing operations discard more than a fifth of what they catch each
year, according to a new report by a team of U.S. and Canadian scientists.
The study, which was commissioned by the marine advocacy group Oceana and
appears in the December issue of the journal Fish and Fisheries, represents the
first comprehensive accounting of the amount of "bycatch" in the United States.
Fisheries consultant Jennie M. Harrington, Dalhousie University professor Ransom
A. Myers and University of New Hampshire professor Andrew A. Rosenberg used
federal data collected from 1991 to 2002 to calculate which regional fisheries
inadvertently kill the most unwanted fish.
The Gulf of Mexico topped the list, largely because its shrimp fishery had 1
billion pounds of bycatch -- half the nation's wasted fish in 2002. Gulf
shrimpers, which typically drag trawl nets with steel doors across the ocean
floor, discard about four times as many fish as they keep, according to the
study.
U.S. fisheries on average throw away 22 percent, or 1.1 million tons, of the
fish they catch.
"The scale of the problem here is enormous," Myers said, adding that the annual
wasted fish would fill every bathtub in a city of 1.5 million people. "And it's
an insidious problem, because we cannot have the recovery of fish stocks as long
as they keep getting caught as bycatch."
A variety of unwanted marine species become trapped in fishing gear by vessels
seeking a different catch and are then thrown away, including noncommercial
species such as jellyfish and small crustaceans. The researchers did not include
protected species, such as turtles, as well as mammals and birds in their study.
Southern Shrimp Alliance President Joey Rodriguez, a third-generation shrimper
in Alabama who represents fishermen from North Carolina to Texas, said that
shrimpers have adopted more environmentally sensitive gear in recent years but
that they continue to go after shrimp "the only way we know how to catch 'em.
You're going to catch a lot of things not trying."
Rodriguez, who said the Gulf of Mexico's shrimping fleet is wasting fewer fish
because overseas competition and recent hurricane damage has cut its size to
half of what it was four years ago, said his members are open to adopting new
techniques as long as they are affordable. "We just want to catch shrimp," he
said.
Bob Mahood, executive director of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council,
said his region had helped reduce bycatch over the past decade by demanding that
fishing operations adopt different gear. In the snapper and grouper fishery, the
council has barred entanglement nets, trawling and mesh traps that lure fish
with bait.
Most of the region's bycatch consists of commercially "nonessential species,"
Mahood said, though he added, "If you look from an ecosystem point of view, they
obviously have some ecosystem value."
Mahood said that his regional council had called on shrimpers in 1996 to use
gear aimed at reducing bycatch by 40 percent but that he did not know if the
strategy had worked. "There hasn't been a whole lot of follow-up," he said.
Susan Buchanan, a spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, said the agency "remains committed to further reducing bycatch
through innovative technologies and management approaches, and NOAA's investment
in bycatch reduction programs have cut commercial fishing bycatch considerably
in the last decade. NOAA Fisheries data shows that bycatch has dropped 50
percent in the Gulf shrimp fishery and substantially in virtually all other U.S.
fisheries, benefiting the ecosystem and protecting our valuable marine
resources."
Although federal authorities track bycatch by placing observers on some vessels,
their statistics are not comprehensive.

© 2005 The Washington Post Company

---------------------------------------------
Be Kind to Animals - Don't Eat Them!
www.farmusa.org; 1-888-FARM USA

http://www.free.org.il/movies/cowmurder.WMV

shows an absolutely horrible cow slaughter scene at an Israeli slaughterhouse.
CAUTION: It will make you sick and give you nightmares.



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Please visit http://www.meatoutmondays.org/05-12-05.htm to take a peek at the
current edition of the Meatout Mondays e-newsletter.  Vibrant Veggies for
Vitality! This edition features a recipe for Very Veggie Pot Pie, info about
Amy's Shepherd's Pie, health news on how a Veg Diet is Good for Lungs, and an
inspiring article about Firefighters Fighting Cholesterol.

Meatout Mondays is an excellent vehicle for reaching out to your veg-curious
friends, associates, and relatives. You can forward them a copy or just
subscribe them directly at http://www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=13808p . There is
no charge.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

http://alternet.org/story/28887/?comments=view&cID=60824&pID=60818#c60824


Eating Meat, Mindfully
By Matthew L. Miller, AlterNet
Posted on November 30, 2005, Printed on December 4, 2005

http://www.alternet.org/story/28887/

Living in the Rocky Mountain West, I am used to breathtaking views.
None takes my breath away as much as a 150,000-cow feedlot in
southern Idaho. Even before I see it from the road, its stench
overpowers me. Then I crest the hill and cattle in bleak pens sprawl
to the horizon.

It is a depressing sight, and I feel horrified at a food system that
can allow animals -- living beings -- to be raised in such a manner.

I see the products of this food system every time I visit the
supermarket: rows of fatty, hormone-injected, often colorless meat --
straight from a factory, not a farm. I'll pass.

But I do eat meat.

This isn't hypocritical. I buy my meat from farmers and ranchers
committed to raising animals in humane and healthful ways -- steaks
from grass-fed cattle, roasted free-range chicken, elk chili, lamb
chorizo, smoked duck -- and so celebrate the lands and the animals of
my Idaho home.

And I want at least part of the responsibility for getting meat to be
strictly my own. Each fall I hunt and stock my freezer for the year
with elk, deer and duck. For eating, nothing better connects me to
the cycle of life and death.

I call this being a mindful meat eater.

Becoming a mindful meat eater means acknowledging that life feeds on
life, that regardless of our diet, all of our food has costs. Even
those who shun animal products cannot escape this, whether in the
loss of wildlife habitat to grain fields, poisoning by pesticide use
or animals killed for crop damage on organic farms.

Becoming a mindful meat eater also means getting to know farms that
produce animals while being respectful of their nature. At a farm
market I buy lamb, chicken and turkey from a farmer just down the
road. Unlike industrial agriculture's huge feedlots, her farm is
grassy pasture and a spacious barn. The chickens roam freely. These
animals aren't pets, but she knows each one.

Even large farms and ranches can raise livestock mindfully. I know
another rancher with free-range sheep and cattle on thousands of
acres. His animals will never see a feedlot. Herders stay with the
animals all day to ensure they don't damage wildlife habitat. The
ranch also won't harm wolves, coyotes and mountain lions of the area
-- a practice labeled "Predator Friendly."

By supporting these kinds of farms, and knowing them, I connect with
the meat I eat in a better, saner way. The supermarket disconnects
us, from chickens crammed into tiny, indoor cages, and from acre
after acre of cattle packed into feedlots.   Invest some time in
learning how your steaks and burgers are produced. Support labels
that certify animals are raised in ways healthful to them and the
land, and avoid factory farm products. Restore mindfulness to meat
eating.

Matthew L. Miller is the director of communications for The Nature
Conservancy of Idaho. He wrote this for the Land Institute's Prairie
Writers Circle in Salina, Kan.

© 2005 Independent Media Institute.

Wrap up your holiday shopping today!It's getting closer to the holidays, and
VEGETARIAN TIMES would like to offer you the opportunity to wrap up your gift
shopping from your computer -- for up to 70% off the newsstand price!
As you probably already know, VEGETARIAN TIMES is the perfect gift for anyone
with an interest in good health, great food, and smart living. Each issue is
packed with delicious, easy recipes that are healthy without giving up any of
the taste. Plus monthly updates on health news, dietary supplements, and other
information to help you get the most out of life!
Order now and avoid the crowds and the lines. Won't it feel good to know that
your shopping is done? Click here to order your gifts.
Happy Holidays!
Sincerely,
Jenny Desjean
Circulation Director
P.S. For more great gift ideas visit the Vegetarian Times bookstore!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed. — Tennessee politicians have issued proclamations
officially praising pork, backing beef and urging constituents to eat
their vegetables.

But a group that avoids eating meat altogether claims politics keeps
them from receiving the state's official seal of approval for
vegetarian diets.

The Tennessee Vegetarian Society has been trying without success for
Gov. Phil Bredesen's entire term to get him to issue a proclamation
praising the virtues of vegetarianism.

"That would be nice if we could get the governor to say the vegetarian
diet is healthy," Lige Weill, president of the association, said. "We
feel like we are second-class citizens."

Bredesen is not the first Tennessee governor to reject proclaiming a
special day, week or month for vegetarians. Weill said the vegetarian
society has been trying to get a state proclamation in support of
vegetarianism for 19 years.

--
full story:
http://www.southernstandard.net/news.php?viewStory=25815

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

2 items (AnimalNet synopses):


LEGACY OF FARMING METHODS COMES HOME TO ROOST
Sydney Morning Herald, December 4, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/legacy-of-farming-methods-comes-home-to-roost\
/2005/12/04/1133631143093.html

Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, whose recent
books include Writings on an Ethical Life and One World, and is now completing a
book on food and ethics, writes in this op-ed that 50 years ago, American
chicken farmers found that by keeping their birds in sheds they could produce
chickens for the table more cheaply and with less work than by traditional
farmyard methods. The new method spread: chickens disappeared from fields into
long, windowless sheds. Factory farming was born.
It isn't called "factory farming" merely because those sheds look like
factories. Everything about the production method is geared towards turning live
animals into machines for converting grain into meat or eggs at the lowest
possible cost.
Walk into such a shed and you will find up to 30,000 chickens. The National
Chicken Council, the trade association for the US chicken industry, recommends a
stocking density of 85 square inches (548 square centimetres) a bird - less than
a standard sheet of typing paper.
When the chickens approach market weight, they cover the floor completely. No
chicken can move without having to push through other birds. In the egg
industry, hens can barely move at all because they are crammed into wire cages,
which makes it possible to stack them in tiers, one above the other.
Environmentalists say that this production method is unsustainable. It relies on
the use of fossil fuel energy to light and ventilate the sheds, and to transport
the grain eaten by the chickens. When this grain, which humans could eat, is fed
to chickens, they use some of it to create bones, feathers and other body parts
that we cannot eat. So we get less food back than we put into the birds - and
less protein, too - while disposing of the concentrated chicken manure causes
serious pollution to rivers and ground water.
Animal-welfare advocates protest that crowding the chickens keeps them from
forming a natural flock, causes them stress and, in the case of laying hens,
prevents them from even stretching their wings. The air in the sheds is high in
ammonia from bird faeces, which are usually allowed to pile up for months - and
in some cases for a year or more - before being cleaned out.
Medical experts warn that because the birds are routinely fed antibiotics to
keep them growing in such crowded, filthy and stressful conditions,
antibiotic-resistant bacteria could cause a public-health threat.
Yet, despite these well-founded criticisms, factory farming - not only of
chickens but also of pigs, veal calves, dairy cows and, in outdoor feedlots,
cattle - has spread rapidly in developing countries, especially in Asia, over
the past 20 years.
Now we are discovering that the results may be far more deadly than we ever
imagined.
As a University of Ottawa virologist, Earl Brown, said after a Canadian outbreak
of avian influenza: "High-intensity chicken rearing is a perfect environment for
generating virulent avian flu viruses."
Other experts agree. In October 2005 a United Nations task force identified as
one of the root causes of the bird flu epidemic "farming methods which crowd
huge numbers of animals into small spaces".
Supporters of factory farming often point out that bird flu can be spread by
free-range flocks or by wild ducks and other migrating birds, who may join the
free-range birds to feed with them or drop their faeces while flying overhead.
But, as Brown has said, viruses found in wild birds are generally not very
dangerous.
On the contrary, it is only when these viruses enter a high-density poultry
operation that they mutate into something far more virulent. By contrast, birds
that are reared by traditional methods are likely to have greater resistance to
disease than the stressed, genetically similar birds kept in intensive
confinement systems.
Moreover, factory farms are not biologically secure. They are frequently
infested with mice, rats and other animals that can bring in diseases.
So far, a relatively small number of human beings have died from the present
strain of avian influenza, and it appears that they have all been in contact
with infected birds. But if the virus mutates into a form that is transmissible
between humans, the number of deaths could run into the hundreds of millions.
Governments are, rightly, taking action. Recently, the US Senate approved
spending $US8 billion ($10.7 billion) to stockpile vaccines and other drugs to
help prevent a possible bird flu epidemic. Other governments have already spent
tens of millions on vaccines and other preventive measures.
What is now clear, however, is that such government spending is really a kind of
subsidy to the poultry industry. Like most subsidies, it is bad economics.
Factory farming spread because it seemed to be cheaper than more traditional
methods.
In fact, it was cheaper only because it passed some of its costs on to others -
for example, to people who lived downstream or downwind from the factory farms,
who could now no longer enjoy clean water and air.
Now we see these were only a small part of the total costs. Factory farming is
passing far bigger costs - and risks - on to all of us. In economic terms, these
costs should be "internalised" by the factory farmers rather than being shifted
onto the rest of us.
That won't be easy to do, but we could make a start by imposing a tax on
factory-farm products until enough revenue is raised to pay for the precautions
that governments now have to take against avian influenza. Then we might finally
see that chicken from the factory farm really isn't so cheap after all.


JAPANESE POLICE IVVESTIGATES POULTRY SWITCHING
CBC News, December 4, 2005
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/12/02/japanpoultry-051202.html

Police were cited as saying that a poultry company in Japan is suspected of
rotating chickens among several farms to ensure they passed three bird flu
inspections over the summer.
The story says that police believe Yokohama-based IKN Egg Farms may have
switched chickens for several inspections at a farm in Ibaraki prefecture,
located about 80 kilometres northeast of Tokyo. The region has reported several
bird flu outbreaks, resulting in hundreds of thousands of birds being destroyed.
IKN was supposed to provide random samples from all of its flocks. However,
irregularities in some samples raised suspicions that tests were done only on
birds free of contagion, said police spokesperson Katsunori Kurosawa.
The company could be charged with violating the livestock infection prevention
law.
Last week, officials announced plans to cull another 110,000 free-range chickens
suspected of carrying the H5N2 virus at a farm in Ibaraki.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Excerpts from:


RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS STRETCH MEAT SHELF-LIFE
Food Production Daily, Angela Drujinina, Dec. 5, 2005

Russian scientists claim they have devised a method of keeping meat fresh for up
to three months using additives found naturally in living cells, says report.


Analysts now predict Russian meat innovation will rise by five or six per cent
annually. This will likely be driven by richer urban consumers demanding new
product varieties, but markets in poorer communities should also benefit from a
government social and economic development plan to increase average meat
consumption from 50kg per person to 78-80Kg.

Raw materials prices are still a big problem, however. Russian meat prices
doubled in 2004 after having risen 30 per cent the year before, and another
domestic firm, Mikoyan, told www.Cee-FoodIndustry.com that this had hampered
development in the sector.


complete article at:
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=64319&m=1FPDD05&c=ctnjryolzpagj\
lt

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

According to George Lambert, creator of the Podkey redirection service
that allegedly hijacked a Podcast and held it for ransom, the alleged
victim registered with his service to begin with and the "ransom"
simply represents fees that would be required to do the custom coding
the Podcaster has demanded.

The alleged victim, Podcaster Erik Marcus, recently found that Apple
Computer Inc.'s iTunes and Yahoo Inc. were using a URL and RSS feed
that were not his in order to direct traffic to Marcus' Podcast:
Vegan.com's "Erik's Diner" show.

Yahoo's Podcast page gives an RSS feed belonging, not to Vegan.com,
but to Lambert's Podkeyword.com.
...
Lambert has posted on his Weblog what he claims is the complete,
unedited e-mail conversation between himself and Marcus.

--
full story:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1896434,00.asp

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

THE LIQUID BEAST: DRINKING THE ANIMAL BODY
Location:  Florida
Call for Papers Deadline:  2006-02-15
Date Submitted:  2005-11-14
Announcement ID:  148609


Papers are invited that relate to the subject of "The Liquid Beast: Drinking the
Animal Body." This collection of papers is intended to complement "The
Slaughterhouse and the City," a forthcoming special issue of Food & History.
Depending on the number and quality of the submissions, a possible anthology
will result.

This volume will address the blood, milk, semen, fat, and sweat of the animal,
which is not conceived as a material object but as an abject subject. Papers
need not focus on the food uses of the liquifed animal, but should be attentive
to the problem of cultural categories, the process of symbolic transformation,
and the hierarchy of bodily parts.

Please submit 500 word abstracts and a CV to
Paula Lee,
Department of Art History,
University of South Florida,
4202 E. Fowler Ave.,
FAH 110,
Tampa, FL
33620
by February 15, 2006.

Paula Lee
Art History
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, FAH 110
Tampa, FL 33620
Email: parispaula_2000@...


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/pork-farmers-are-worried/2005/12/04/113363114\
5613.html



Pork farmers are worried

Dec. 5, 2005
The Age Company Ltd.

The pork industry survived the film Babe 10 years ago - but animal
rights activists are ready to cash in on the film adaptation of
Charlotte's Web, the tale of a brave spider's attempts to prevent
Wilbur the pig from becoming Christmas dinner.

It is not scheduled for release until September but animal rights
group Voiceless has already signed up one of the stars, Daisy the
100-kilogram sow.

Today, Voiceless will release a report into what it says are inhumane
pig-farming practices.

With Daisy by his side, Voiceless founder Brian Sherman, along with
the group's patron, Hugo Weaving, will call on consumers to boycott
the traditional Christmas ham and support free-range pork products.

But Australian Pork Limited spokesman John Lamont said: "Groups such
as these prey upon the ignorance of city kids... (by) filling their
heads with nonsense."

Health-conscious foodies all over Roanoke have been wringing their
hands at the Second Coming-like reception of the new Fresh Market.
Many wondered what would happen to the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op in
the wake of this exquisite, fancier-than-thou new produce venue.

Would the co-op and other mom-and-pops fall victim to yet another chain store?

They can stop worrying. Sales are 76 percent higher than they were
five years ago, co-op managers report. "There's a growing interest in
high-quality organic foods, and we sell as much local organic produce
as we possibly can," said Mary Beth Ladenheim, marketing director.
...
A vegetarian since the age of 16, Woodrum forced himself to cook
because the rest of his meat-eating family was having none of it. "In
the beginning, I made a lot of really disastrous tofu dishes that had
to be thrown away," he admitted.

But after a few years of cooking at the feet of Culinary Institute of
America-trained Henry, he now creates his own vegetarian wonders.
Elliot, Henry and Woodrum are also trying to put together a musical
act, but so far two drummers and a bassist do not a reggae band make.

All of which is to say: the Happy Belly Deli isn't just a great place
to find unusual, organic-based, whole food dishes -- though I'm
telling you, many a Friday night dinner-for-two at my house consists
of one of its giant take-out salads, a loaf of bread and a bottle of
wine from the co-op's considerable wine and beer selection.

--
full story:
http://www.roanoke.com/columnists/macy/wb/43541

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

Ask Dick Gregory the secret to marriage longevity - he and wife Lil
are in their 46th year - and you get a comedic soliloquy.
...
Comedian. Author. Civil rights activist. Nutrition guru. Once obese,
well over 300 pounds, the bearded former runner now maintains a
rail-thin frame . He once smoked four packs of cigarettes and downed a
fifth of scotch a day. Now, he's a strict vegetarian, walks 5 miles
and drinks 12 to 16 glasses of water a day. He boasts that he and his
wife, who is 69, are not on any prescription drugs.

Diagnosed recently with lymphoma, Gregory says the cancer today is out
of his body.

His healthy regimen healed him, he said, and gives him the energy to
travel the country giving speeches.

On health: It's not cancer, stroke or high blood pressure that kills
Americans. The big three, in Gregory's estimation, are "sleep
deprivation, dehydration and lack of exercise."

--
full story:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-stan1207.artdec07,0,5929271.column?coll=hc-\
headlines-local

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

The Washington Post, Wednesday, December 7, 2005; D01
TV Ads Entice Kids To Overeat, Study Finds
By Caroline E. Mayer, Washington Post Staff Writer

Food and beverage companies are using television ads to entice children into
eating massive amounts of unhealthful food, leading to a sharp increase in
childhood obesity and diabetes, a national science advisory panel said
yesterday.
The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, called on food and
beverage manufacturers and restaurants to make more healthful products and shift
their advertising emphasis to promote them. If the companies do not do so within
two years, Congress should mandate changes, especially for broadcast and cable
television ads, the institute said.
"There is strong evidence that exposure to television advertising is associated
with" obesity, the government-chartered institute said in a congressionally
requested report to determine the effects of food advertising on children's
health. The report said most of the food and beverage products promoted to
children are high in calories, sugar, salt and fat and low in nutrients.
Many are promoted with popular cartoon characters. There are, for example,
SpongeBob SquarePants cereal, Pop-Tarts, cookies and candy and Scooby-Doo fruit
snacks and crackers. The institute said such characters should be used to
promote only products that support healthful diets.
The institute also called on Congress to enhance nutritional standards and
create incentives, including awards and tax breaks, to encourage companies to
develop and promote healthful products for children and adolescents. Many in the
food industry as well as its critics called the report a milestone in the
growing national debate over childhood obesity, which has more than tripled in
the past 40 years.
Coming at a time when parents are pressing schools to get rid of sugary sodas
and junk food and as some major food firms rush to launch new, better-for-you
products, Advertising Age said the report could become "a watershed on the scale
of the 1964 surgeon general's report on tobacco."
The advertising industry was sharply critical of the report's recommendations.
"Government stepping in and saying what should be in messages on TV is a very
radical proposal" and is unconstitutional, said Daniel L. Jaffe, executive vice
president of the Association of National Advertisers. "If you do it for food,
there's no reason it can't be done for other controversial product categories.
People are already trying to restrict the advertising for prescription drugs."
The Grocery Manufacturers of America, which represents major foodmakers, said it
was disappointed that the report did not cite many of the changes food companies
have made in the past year.
McDonald's, for example, added milk and apples to children's meals. PepsiCo Inc.
has mandated that half of its revenue from new products come from healthful
products. Kraft Foods Inc. announced this year that it would stop advertising
its less nutritious products on television and radio and in magazines aimed at
children under 12. Many food companies have sponsored fitness campaigns and
curricula at schools and youth clubs.
"Our companies have learned that healthy foods make healthy profits," said
Richard Martin, spokesman for the grocery manufacturers.
In releasing the report yesterday, the head of the committee that wrote it said
food companies need to be concerned about the health and well-being of children
as well as their profits. That "requires an all-hands on deck effort," said J.
Michael McGinnis, senior scholar at the Institute of Medicine.
The report was written by a committee of 16 with varied backgrounds:
nutritionists, advertising and marketing experts, child and adolescent
development professionals, and entertainment executives. Panel members, in
interviews, said they were surprised they were able to agree on their strong
findings, given that wide divergence of backgrounds.
The institute found that children and other young people spend $200 billion a
year. In 2004, children ages 2 to 15 influenced about $500 billion worth of
purchases a year, compared with $295 billion in 1993. Of the things that
children buy -- or have their parents buy for them -- food and beverages,
especially candy, carbonated soft drinks and salty snacks, are the top
categories.
The number of new food products aimed at children is growing at a far faster
rate than new food products in general, and for the most part, new children's
products were high in total calories, sugar or fat, the report found.
In 2004, marketers spent an estimated $10 billion to market products to
children, the report said. But, it said, only 20 percent of that was for
traditional TV, radio, print and billboard marketing. Marketing dollars are
instead going to product placement, in-school marketing, special-event marketing
and licensing popular characters. Manufacturers also are turning to Internet
marketing, mobile phone ads, product placement in movies and video games, and
viral marketing to create a buzz about their goods.
Most of the 120 studies that the committee used to support its findings dealt
with TV advertising. As a result, the report called for more research on the
impact of new marketing methods. It said a government agency should monitor such
marketing activities in the next two years and report to Congress on additional
actions that may be necessary to curb childhood obesity.
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who pushed Congress to approve $1 million for the
institute's study, said, "This landmark study comes as no surprise to me, and it
will come at no surprise to the junk food industry." He said the industry does
not spend billions of dollars a year "marketing junk food to kids in order to
waste money." They do it "because it works brilliantly."

© 2005 The Washington Post Company
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120600671_pf.html

---------------------------------------------
Be Kind to Animals - Don't Eat Them!
www.farmusa.org; 1-888-FARM USA

The winter holidays can be kind to restaurant owners. Company's in
town, the cook of the house has already thrown at least one big feast
and people are ready to eat out. Couples dress up and make a date to
dine by candlelight. They splurge and order a cocktail, appetizers and
dessert. Even the boss is in a generous mood, booking a side room in a
trendy downtown restaurant for the company party. Diners are daring;
they slip off their diets and order something exotic.

But this winter, they'll have a hard time finding the popular French
delicacy foie gras.
...
"The duck's liver is the size of your hand when you make a fist," said
Bertrand Hug, owner of Bertrand at Mister A's in Bankers Hill, as he
described how ducks are force-fed twice a day during the last weeks of
their lives.
...
"I can only talk about Hudson Valley," Hug said. "They are very good.
They sent me a brochure. They're absolutely doing it in a very humane
way."

San Diego activist Bryan Pease doesn't see it that way. "Michael Ginor
and Izzy Yanay, the owners of Hudson Valley Foie Gras, are very good
salesmen," Pease said, adding that one chef told him Hudson Bay Foie
Gras had offered to "fly him out… to give him a tour and convince him
to start selling [the delicacy] again."

Pease says a video camera is his most powerful weapon in exposing the
cruelty of factory farming. He and other activists began investigating
foie gras in 2002. Today, he and his wife Kath Rogers run the
nonprofit Animal Protection and Rescue League out of an office in
Hillcrest. There, Pease and Rogers keep a photo library of ducks
languishing with bowed heads in cramped cages. Some ducks' feathers
appear stringy and blood-tinged. Others have plucked areas with sores.
...
"I remember being on those farms," Rogers said. "Even if they're not
always in these cages, they physically cannot move once they've been
force fed for so long because they're so obese."
...
In his essay "An Animal's Place," Michael Pollan sits alone in a
restaurant, fork poised over a rib-eye steak, reading his way through
many of the classic writings that have influenced present-day
animal-welfare advocates, vegetarians and vegans. He concentrates on
English critic John Berger's essay, "Why Look at Animals?"

Berger stunned modern readers by claiming that people have lost their
connection to animals, particularly eye contact with them. Through eye
contact, whether it might have been with a farm animal or even
domestic pet, people seemed to recognize in those animal eyes some
kinship—even the possibility of an animal's expression of fear, pain
or tenderness.

"People built a relationship in which they felt they could both honor
and eat animals without looking away," Pollan reflected. "But that
accommodation has pretty much broken down; nowadays it seems, we
either look away or become vegetarians."

Foie gras exists because it's produced on factory farms, which are
"confined animal facilities that apply industrial production methods
to the raising of animals for human consumption," according to the
opening of the report "Confined Animal Facilities in California,"
issued by state Senate Office of Research (SOR) in November 2004.
...
Robinson recalled doing outreach for APRL at Trader Joe's when a woman
recognized her co-canvasser, Cavalcanti. "The woman said, "You're the
one who made me go vegan.'"

--
full story:
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3833

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

[opinion from Silicon Valley's Metro]

I'VE WRITTEN BEFORE that I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian who believes in
veganism but has never made the leap. When World Vegan Day rolled
around on Nov. 1, I decided to give it a shot. But as I found out, the
day after Halloween is a not an ideal day to go vegan.

I did fine all day, despite minor difficulties. I had my usual vegan
breakfast of cereal with rice milk. I was a little stymied when I got
home from a midday hike feeling ravenous and discovered that those
Morningstar Farms products in my freezer—those products that I assumed
were vegan—are actually chock-full of dairy and eggs. I didn't let
that deter me and scavenged something from my fridge and cupboard.
...
... You know, we vegetarians get tired of having to play
high-maintenance Sally, a la When Harry Met Sally. If you could just
let us know we've got options, we'd appreciate it so much.
...
Until I got home and absent-mindedly threw some leftover Halloween
candy in my mouth. Buzzer sounds! Thank you for playing our game, but
milk chocolate contains, that's right, milk. Dairy. A nonvegan
ingredient.

Who picked Nov. 1 for World Vegan Day? Whoever it was has a terrible
sense of humor.

--
full story:
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.07.05/veggie-0549.html

----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ -----
More News Headlines -- RSS Feed!
New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links!
Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums
SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org!

Get a copy of the Healthy Lifestyle Expo '05 DVD set!

3 DVDs - 12 hours of inspiring, enlightening, life-saving information!

Attendees of the 2005 Healthy Lifestyle Expo said this is the best Expo
ever, the best talks ever, the most high-energy weekend they ever attended!

NOW you can experience the Healthy Lifestyle Expo 2005 in the comfort of
your home! Here is some of what you'll get from with this DVD set:

     * What is the truth about soy? Is it health food? Is it dangerous?
The truth -- from a 1-hour presentation from John McDougall MD -- will
shock you. This is information YOU WANT TO HAVE, especially if you're a
soy-junky or you have children.

     * Neal Barnard MD brings you the latest and most up-to-date health
research available anywhere.

     * Why is there so much diabetes in this country? Diabetes expert Dr.
Francine Kaufman and author of bestseller "Diabesity" tells you why.

     * Alex Jamieson, co-star of the hit Super Size Me, will tell you how
she conquered a sugar addiction -- and how you can, too.

     * Joel Fuhrman MD tells you how to disease-proof your child, and how
to lose weight and keep it off through his Eat to Live program.

     * Looking for your dream veg pediatrician? You won't want to miss
the incredibly enlightening talk of Jay Gordon, MD.

     * What do your cholesterol numbers really mean? Cardiology expert
Caldwell Esselstyn MD explains a very simple way you can know your risk
of having a heart attack -- and how to dramatically lower your risk.

     * Hear Michael Besancon, president of the Southwest region of Whole
Foods, explain Whole Foods' animal compassion program.

     * Listen to Buddhist Reverent Heng Sure recite his new "VegSource
mantra."

     * Learn how to create quick and easy delicious vegan food with chefs
Mary McDougall of the McDougall Health Center, Tanya of Native Foods,
Marie Oser of VegTV, and Sabrina Nelson of VegSource.

The 3 DVD set, containg 12 hours of talks, begins shipping next week!

Order today to be among the first to receive yours.

Makes a great holiday gift!

For more information and to see the DVD case for the program, click here:

https://secure.vegsource.com/catalog/index.php