Vegan Soapbox

Nathan Runkle, the 24-year old openly gay founder and Executive Director of the national animal advocacy organization, Mercy For Animals, was brutally assaulted on Saturday morning in an apparent hate crime.

The Cancer Project found that most items advertised on Value Menus are high in fat, saturated fat, calories, sodium, and cholesterol. Many items also contain processed meats and grilled meats, which are linked to increased cancer risk.

If there is one spot open in a household for a “pet”, there are two possible outcomes: that space can be filled with an animal already alive, or that spot can be filled by a breeder’s “efforts.”

One of the ideas posted to Obama’s Ideas for Change website is an Animal Bill of Rights. Listed here are the rights animals deserve as well as information about how you can get active to promote this idea.

Here are my current favorite websites that help make the transition from nonvegan to vegan. Please let me know what your favorite vegan sites are, too.

Whether you are trying to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, open your arteries, tame diabetes, or feel the best you’ve ever felt, resolving to explore a vegetarian/vegan diet is a delicious resolution that will do it all.

How To: Student Activism from Let Live Foundation on Vimeo.

Skin Trade from Let Live Foundation on Vimeo.

Whether you’re a vegetarian, vegan, raw foodist, someone with allergies, or simply a careful eater, you need to know how to handle dining out.

Spark People offers some “Low-Cost Dinner Recipes.” I thought it would be fun to reduce the cost even further by veganizing them. This reduces the economic cost as well as the cost to animals, to people, and to the environment. Today’s recipe is: Dogs and Beans.