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A reminder on the Guardian website that you're best off just avoiding eggs altogether: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/11/free-range-eggs-fraudIt's good that this nasty piece of work has been sentenced to three years in prison. This quotation from the prosecuting barrister annoyed me though:Amanda Pinto QC said: "The victims of Keith Owen's false accounting were not ...

I want to try beets, either red or golden. Does anyone have any delicious beet recipes for someone who has never tasted them before? ...

The co-op that I am a member of is a vegetarian co-op. It sells eggs which no-one is really sure how ethical they are. They are free-range, but like that means anything. People had been wondering about how ethical they could be when they are sold so cheap.Now it happens ...

http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2010/02/humane_choice_dog_food_launched_020310.htmlPretty exciting, IMO.I feed my rats vegan dog kibble plus an organic grain mix. Most of the vegan foods out there don't appeal to me due to being full of fillers and conventional soy/canola - both of which are highly GMO. The food I'm currently feeding (Natural Balance) has conventional ...

My environmental geochemical major boyfriend is currently vegan for lent, but he's normally a pescetarian. He mentioned staying vegan after lent ended, so I want to give him some environmental reasons for not eating fish, eggs and dairy. Does anyone have any good statistics/ websites/ etc...? He is more likely ...

Does anyone have a food blog? Tips for starting one/making connections/having it be successful in general? ...

Hello,There have been a couple posts comparing the environmental effects of going vegan versus those of not driving. I was wondering if these posts conflate the difference between potential vs actual change. For example, if Alice stops driving her car there is a measurable difference in the amount of carbon ...

This isn't strictly a vegan question, but it's an ethics question, and for me both of those things are tied up together, so I'm asking you folks in the know.While searching for a nice 'healthy' banana bread recipe I stumbled across a promo for banana goods baked using bananas from ...

Well aside from all the cake and festivals, there is another reason why you should all come to the UK... there is a proposal new anti-discrimination code to apply to vegans (normally such laws are reserved for followers of well established organised religions).http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7052580.eceThe code, drawn up by the Equality and ...

so apparently the law for my state is that i am required to dissect animals and the only way that i am allowed to opt out is if the animal has a vertebrate.so i have to dissect like 6 animals at the end of the year that are mostly sea animals ...

I've got to admit, I'm not really big into animal rights. An awful thing to say on a vegan community, but there it is. I do volunteer for a local animal rights group doing stalls and activist stuff, but I know absolutely that I don't feel the same passion and ...

So lately all of my joints and bones have been bothering me. My dr. did a super thorough blood work test and found I'm severely deficient in vitamin D, which he thinks could be the cause of my problem.He told me to get vitamin D tablets and since I'm so ...

After the anti dolphin slaughter documentary The Cove won Best Documentary Oscar a friend said that the film had stopped the slaughter season. Turns out they just started later.URGENT (15 January) UPDATE: Dolphins Being Killed Again in JapanUrgent Update: Bad news from the front lines. We have confirmation that bottlenose ...

In case anyone's interested:http://freebrindi.blogspot.com/2010/03/humane-halifax-hits-streets-for-brindi.html ...

I know there was discussion here a few weeks ago about the Australian government threatening to sue Japan for illegal whaling. The news came at time when the environment minister was under attack for an insulation scheme that was linked to four deaths and over 90 house fires.We now see the Australian governments true ...

What is your opinion on casein?I bought rice cheese without reading the label and discovered it has casein it. I ate it last night (before realizing what was in it) and now I feel incredibly guilty. I keep trying to tell myself that I should finish it, but I really ...

Hello,Do you know of any blogs / journals that are about the transition from vegetarian to vegan? I'd like to read what other peoples experiences were like, and hopefully learn a bit about vegan nutrition. ...

Interview with a remarkable 14 year old vegan...http://veganacious.com/fierce-at-fourteen-sam-tucker.html"I see all oppression as being intertwined, so I support people who spend their time advocating for human rights, although I dedicate most of my time advocating veganism." ...

This article was in the Guardian last week and I found it fascinating. It's all about Swiss animal rights laws (which sound pretty good - I particularly like the fact that to own a dog you have to prove you're a capable owner by taking theory classes before getting ...

Hey everyone!Vegan condoms are expensive. I have 25 Glyde Ultra [unflavored] condoms and 12 small packs of Glyde Premier Lubricant. If anyone's interested in taking these off my hands for $17 [including shipping] email me and we'll rock this Paypal style.berlyn.photography @ gmail dot com ...

So a non-vegan friend of mine pointed out to me that her L'Oreal shampoo and conditioner claim to be "100% vegan." A quick google-fu confirms this. WTF?So, a few questions for you,, my beloved veganpeople:1. Are there any legal guidelines for labeling products "100% vegan," as there are with the ...

A random friend of mine sent me this link to a Facebook group today.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-Raw-Steak-get-more-fans-than-PETA/324782051579?ref=nfThen sent me this http://www.petakillsanimals.com/ like less than a minute later.Why do people think I just became a vegan yesterday? Why do people assume that I support PETA? Is it because I am not someone who broadcasts ...

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It has been a while since I've actually been at a loss in a discussion of the veganism. But today I had a, although online, debate which leaves me uncertain because of my lack of experience. Some of it I've heard before but some is so specific I just can't ...

Link!The Edible Secrets mobile museum is coming to the west coast for the month of April! Our buddies at Microcosm Publishing are taking us on tour, covering ground from Seattle to Tuscon. In addition to our mobile museum (more below) will be the amazing Joe Biel schlepping a ...

So today I had a salad at a cafe topped with tofu. However, this tofu was unlike any I've ever had...it was thin, chewy, and tasted like bacon. Does anyone have any idea what kind of tofu this is, or how to prepare it? ...

I just heard about a new book out called Animal Factory. Have you heard anything about it? Should I read it? ...

So today I made the discovery of So Yummi Pudding! I've never seen it before (is it new?). I decided to give it a try. I went for the tapioca. While it has a lemon flavor to it (which is delicious, yet not what I remember tapioca pudding tasting like), it ...

Do you think So Delicious yogurt would be alright after being left out for an afternoon? It's the agave sweetened, if it matters. ...

Ok, so I'm watching the local news, and they've got a piece on about the Oscars, and how there's some sort of "go green" theme to the event this year. They had a few stars on giving soundbites about saving the earth, yadda yadda...and then mentioned how James Cameron's wife ...

Are there any healthy vegan cookie brands? I know I can buy something comparable to oreos or something, but I want a cookie with some nutritional value. Think Kashi, but vegan. ...

I hope this isn't a stupid question or going against any rules that I might have looked over.I have Hypothyroidism and I was curious to know if anyone here has it and has being vegan actually helped their condition.Thank you! ...

This question is possible "not safe for work" under some über stringent interpretation of that kind of policy. There is no visual material under the cut. Moreover, my question regards statistics and the human reproductive impulse - that is my warning.I was wondering whether veg*ns are more like to engage ...

http://freebrindi.blogspot.com/This blog should enlighten you in-depth, but basically a dog in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been on death row for around a year all at the mayor's discretion. The dog is not violent, nor is her person. Apparently they're giving this poor pup about a week left to ...

I've been reading this book on emotional eating, dieting, the food industry etc by a therapist called Marisa Peer. It was pretty good until I got up to this part:"We need to be smart and selective about what we eat and focus on the following: cattle eat carbohydrates, cats eat ...

My mother and her husband are going to Negril, Jamaica tomorrow for 10 days. She has asked me if there is anything special I would like from Jamaica. She always brings me coffee; and she will still do that; but I'd like to know if anyone has suggestions about preserved ...

I'm a vegan currently living in Singapore. My folks from Canada are coming over in a couple of weeks. I'm getting them to bring Almond Butter, Cashew Butter and nutritional yeast :)For vegans in Singapore, what else should I get them to bring over? I'm so excited I can get nutritional ...

Hope it's ok to post this here? I'm actually doing some vegan baking tonight hehe!Do you like to bake? Then come and enterThe Great Aduki Melbourne Vegan Bake Off! Saturday March 27th2pmKindness House, 288 Brunswick StFitzroy VICCategories:§ Cupcakes§ Whole cake§ Biscuits§ Slice§ Savoury§ Raw dessert§ Gluten FreePrizes to be awarded for ...

Me: "What is he eating?"Sister: "Potato chips and chocolate milk.."Backstory: I am 22, I live with my 20 year old sister and her 2 year old son, our brother and parents. My family is on the traditional american diet chock full of prepackaged and microwave meals, but my mother ...

There's a great bubble tea cafe located on the bottom floor of Lakeforest Mall called Jumbo Cafe. I checked the package for their taro mix (my favorite flavor u_u) and it's vegan! They also have soymilk so you can have blended milk bubble tea if that is your thing (it's ...

best burritos in manhattan/brooklyn?!?!?!!??! i need to go to a place that is vegan and omni friendly!!!!thanks guys!!! you rule!!!! ...

Hi all,I just wanted to let some of you know that ELF (Eyes Lips Face) brushes are not all synthetic hair. This has been some misrepresentation. I was told in the past that they are synthetic by representatives of the company and a few customers. A few months ...

Hey guys! I was just wondering if anyone would be interested in being vegan pen pals with me. I was thinking snail mail penpals, but we could do e-mail in addition to, or instead of, writing paper and pen letters. I'm kind of frustrated living with omni roommates who really don't ...

i have been a vegan for eight years. not once have i preached to meat-eaters or looked down on them. recently, however, i have lost my patience. a group was on my campus the other day passing out literature on factory farming. a girl that sat next to me in ...

So my friend posed this question to me this afternoon. She's decided to go vegan after much debate (she's worried about her family disowning her over her choice to not eat or use animal products). She's had many questions for me and most of them I've either been able to ...

I was on a band's forum and someone posted about how they just read "Eating Animals" by JSF and it was great and they would like to be vegan but it would be hard. They also say that many nay-sayers keep telling him that all the facts and figures ...

Hey! Does anyone in the SF Bay Area have anything to say about Christine's baking classes? I've heard some people tell me that they are good, but would someone who is not very good at cooking at all benefit from this sort of thing? I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ...

By ZephFebruary 28, 2010I know there has been discussion of the importance of Vitamin B-12 to vegans and how to acquire it. I have conducted some quick research and thought I would share my findings with you. Vitamin B-12, aka cobalamin, is a necessary nutrient for red blood cell and ...

I checked the tags and couldn't find anything regarding pearls. Do you consider pearls to be vegan? Would you wear them?I'm asking because my boyfriend gave me a pearl bracelet (with a personally engraved charm) for our one year anniversary. I personally never even thought about whether or not pearls ...

I'm a college sophomore and I'll be taking a biology course next semester. I never really considered that we'd have to dissect anything (it's just an intro class, but I have to take two semesters)... but, an acquaintance told me they had to dissect multiple animals from jellyfish to baby ...

I just bought a pair of dress shoes by Vegetarian Shoes (the suit shoe) for my concerts this weekend, and they're brutally uncomfortable. I walked around in them yesterday, and now my feet and legs are in a lot of pain. The shoes are very hard and have almost no flexibility, ...

So I have a bit of a rant, and I'm looking for advice on how to respond to this situation.I've been vegan for about a year and a half. I started college this year. Being vegan here isn't hard at all- we have a vegan/vegetarian dining hall that I live above, ...

Don't know if this has been posted yet.http://www.vegan.com/articles/yim/the-year-in-meat-2009/A very excellent article on all the struggles the meat industry is facing.I think factory farming is dying out. Slowly, but surely. How about you? ...

Hey everyone,Long story short, in one of my journals that I had to keep while doing a study abroad WWII tour of Europe, I said that Auschwitz reminded me of a slaughterhouse. I didn't make any sort of claim that humans and animals are equal, or anything to that effect. I ...

edit: today I learned how to do tags!Email response that only took one day:Hi XXXXX,the veggie burger is vegan, just skip the avocado spread, it's got cream cheese in it; we don't have the earth mother but have dozens of veg toppings; the linguine broc is perfectly vegetarian, but almost ...

Hey AllI am interested to know if anyone here follows a macrobiotic diet? If so, did you start for health reasons? Is the diet helping at all?? I am very interested in starting this, but I can't find a doctor, Naturopathic Doctor, or nutritionist in my area that does anything ...

Hey, so... first off, I'm not aaaactually vegan, I'm vegetarian. Um... anyway, I'd like to be more vegan? And healthier about it. I'm really just looking for some tips to healthy vegan eating that are cheap (unfortunately I'm an unemployed college student). If ya'all have suggestions on a good diet ...

HelloSomeone posted on here months ago about a soya-milk powder that was available. Unfortunately I've lost the link and can't seem to find anything similar (anything that resembles a form of non-dairy milk, can be soya/rice/whatever) but comes in powder form would be wonderful. Do you have any suggestions?And.. although ...

Someone told me recently that there are animal products in ketchup. I usually try to avoid "natural flavorings" but I had assumed that there would be no reason for there to be animal derived anything in ketchup. (Wishful thinking?) Also, I'm not sure if this person was referring to a ...

Jonathan Safran Foer the author of Eating Animals will be doing a live chat tomorrow (Thursday 25th Feb) at 1pm GMT on the Guardian paper food blog. Over the last few days they have had some interesting articles on the impact of meat consumption. This includes today's Word of Mouth ...

sorry to exclude most of you who are not near a Two Boots Pizza place, but I went in once after a night of bar hopping and couldn't understand why this place is mentioned as a vegan friendly place. Can someone fill me in please? Also, is it ...

Hey everyone! I've been searching through the tags and online and am having trouble finding what I'm looking for. My school is putting on a health fair for Public Health Week (this would be downtown and for the general public, not just on campus). I'm hoping to set up a ...

I'm poor. I'm a student. I have these leather boots from before I was a vegan. They're the only waterpoof shoes that I own and they're quite warm. Would it be unethical for me to keep them, even though I can't replace them at the minute?Similarly, I found an abandoned ...

Back in my pregan days, I used to love Quorn products for the help with the transition. I'm trying to get my mother to at least cut out meat from her diet as she has a lot of health problems so I found myself thinking of Quorn once again. And ...

Does anyone know anything about Alfalfa house in Newtown?It's an organic, bulk-selling co-op.I was looking through their list of products and there is no mention of animal products. they don't specifically state they are vegan, either, so I'm wondering.If you haven't heard of it, do check it out. It sounds ...

Has anyone ever tried making their own vegan sausages with the casing? I know that you can buy the casings and that there are plenty of non-casing recipes but I'm intrigued....thanksCate ...

I checked the memories; and couldn't really find anything;but I was wondering if anyone knew any REAAALLY good books/websiteson being Vegan and Pregnant, or even vegan friendly. (xposted) ...

I feel like this has probably been asked before because it's so simple, but I searched and looked through the tags only to find nothing. are there any iphone/ipod touch apps that list animal derived ingredients, where the ingredients come from and so on? I found Foodditive (http://www.foodditive.com/) but it's ...

My husband's step-mom gave me a cashmere sweater. She knows that I'm vegan (and doesn't approve) but she might not have known that cashmere isn't vegan. So I don't know if it was deliberate or not. What should I do? Should I send it back to her, explaining why I ...

This might be better suited to a pet community, but I figured ya'll might know this better.How similar is quinoa to barley, in terms of grain and nutritional value?One of my dogs has a pretty bad grain allergy, and has a REALLY bad reaction to barley. The only grains she ...

So back in September I sent my first "questions and Concerns Email" to Giovanni Hair Products. I placed a sample here on veganpeople and I said I would follow up when I got a reply and post it on here.link to that sample email:http://community.livejournal.com/veganpeople/3789967.htmlI really like Giovanni hair products. And ...

Australia threatens Japan over whaling programBy KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 19, 6:22 am ETSYDNEY – Australia's prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, ...

EDITED, story behind cutAnyone in NY area looking for a grey tabby tiger female cat under a year old? Super friendly and affectionate and uses a litter box.x-posted to newyorkersLast night while walking home in Brooklyn, a little emaciated cat came up and rubbed against my leg. ...

Thanks to everyone who offered me omni-friendly recipe ideas. I went with a bean chili in the end. They added some cow to it, but hey, they at least tasted it before doing so and admitted it was nice!I have a quote here you might like. It's a nice answer ...

Hello! Just wondering if anyone has ever tried anything from this site: May Wah Healthy Vegetarian Food, Inc.I have never seen imitation seafood before, but now that I've found it I'm a little creeped out I think....but also curious.Experiences? ...

I found these old diary entries I wrote about veg*nism and stuff. I thought they were interesting, they show my state of mind throughout my journey towards veganism.September, 2008:"the killing and torture of animals in childhood is well known to be a precursor to severe sadistic behaviour in adulthood - ...

Hellos. I am a violin player, and the bow hair of my violin is obviously horsehair. Now, I am renting this violin as a part of my lessons and am not planning on buying one too soon, but I have googled a bit and not found many good answers to ...

I am going INSANE trying to find a refillable powder brush that is not made of animal hair. there are 3 that I have found at all - sephora, bare escentuals, and some generic brand and they are all animal hair. I would be using it as a brush for mineral makeup ...

I recently posted in veganmakeup about my displeasure of finding a good quality vegan eyeshadow palette. I wrote to Urban Decay, who are very vegan friendly, and asked if they had any and got this reply:Hello Danielle, Thank you for your email and inquiry. Unfortunately we do not have ...

At almost 25 years old, I've decided it's high time I suck it up and stop biting my nails. Admittedly, I know nearly nothing about nail polish. Can I assume most drugstore brands aren't vegan? What about higher end brands or designers? What's in nail polishes that isn't vegan (gonna ...

Sorry to bring up B12 again given all the info in the tags, but I have a specific question that I still haven't found a concrete answer to despite spending the last several hours straining my eyes from sorting through many (not all) of the previous posts. This recent conversation ...

And this is the link that appeared on the right....www.jyjones.comCan you believe this guy?!! He apparently uses the bible to go against animal rights. " Worship Not the Creature: Animal Rights and the Bible, which details my conclusions on why the concept of animal rights is foreign to the Bible and is ...

I guess it's not really a brigade when there's only one chicken being photographed. Nevertheless, Peeper Brigade has a nice ring to it, even if you don't get to see all the peepers.Peepers! We call them that because all of them arrived as babies - cheep, peep, cheep, peep! The ...

I would love to hear your opinions on vegan food "purity".This topic came up the other day when I was out eating with a vegan friend and two omnivores. My vegan friend had deep fried tofu and french fries that we later found out were fried in the same fryer ...

animal products can still be humane."I respect vegans for making a difficult ethical decision but I don't believe it is the onlypossible moral choice. From a purely environmental standpoint, there are valid arguments that a sustainable farming system benefits from involving animals. (You might be interested in the comment from ...

There's going to be a vegan bazaar in Pittsburgh this Saturday! Vegan BazaarLocation Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church (North Side) 416 W. North Avenue (at Resaca Pl.) Pittsburgh, PA 15212*Vegan and vegetarian vendors, entertainers and organizations.*Cooking demos and refreshments by the Vegan ...

I was planning on visiting Acorn Community this coming fall in the hopes of eventually becoming a member. It's a secular, egalitarian, income-sharing community in Virginia. Here's a link.I'll get right to the point: their recent update said that they had just acquired some chickens "for eggs and some meat". ...

I live with two omni roommates, one of whom is considerably more awesome about my veganism than the other, who constantly criticizes my diet. She's not completely maniacal about it, or anything... it's more like saying stuff about how she just doesn't see how eating so many carbs could be ...

I remember seeing a link posted here a while back that was about how the invention of cooking was related to human evolution. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and have the link?Sorry for another slightly spammy post. ...

Moderators, if this is inappropriate, please let me know & I will remove it.I've been growing out my hair for the last 3.5 years or so, and instead of donating it to a charity I don't fully support, I have posted an ad on thehairtrader.com & am trying to raise ...

Two posts in a day, crazy! Meet some of the chickens who call Animal Place home. I left it without music, because I love the sounds they make. Plus it reminds me of my childhood when I'd watch Sunday Morning on CBS w/ my mom and eagerly wait for the ending ...

Please to enjoy some sheep pictures:Sophie, former bummer lamb*, currently turning seven!The rest you can click for a larger photo:Sophie Close-up:Samantha is angry, but pretty: *A lamb who, for whatever reason, has been abandoned by their mom. ...

Does anyone have a link to a good source that shows how much resources it takes to produce vegetables vs. meat? Thanks. ...

So, I recently met this person who goes around judging people based on what they eat. And will go up to non-vegans and start telling them things like 'oh. you just killed a poor cow' or preach to them on how they're murderers and include (sometimes) graphic information about how ...

Is anyone else annoyed that the AR activists are being kicked out of the LGBT Mardi Gras this year because 'animal rights has nothing to do with LGBT issues', but they're still letting in the corporations like Foxtel, just because they sponsor it???Sellouts :[[I'm afraid to look up an article ...

I read an article in New Scientist a few years back. It was great. It said "Hey, you know what? Perhaps this 'local thing' isn't all it's cracked up to be. Maybe eating meat and dairy has a bigger environmental impact and you should stop."I stole it from work. I ...

Steve Best. Gary Francione. Lee Hall. Do these names ring a bell? As an animal rights activist I have lately found myself feeling separate, an activist without a community. My search for similar activists led me first to Francione, and much more recently, to Best. I joined his Facebook site, ...

Just wondering,What do you all find to be insulting/annoying comments after you reveal that you're vegan to someone?Personally I hate people jabbering 'Oh wow I'm vegetarian', or 'Oh I love animals too!'. ...

So, it probably doesn't compare with the clip rinalia posted the other day of the awesome farm animals, but I thought I'd post a little video of my own. Hopefully ya'll will get a kick out of it. We're currently in the middle of a huge fuck-off blizzard here in ...

Kind of a strange one but I'm looking for the image of the man on his knees sucking on the udders of a cow; there may have been a baby cow in the background looking at him oddly.The bigger/clearer image the better because I want to print it on a ...

I wrote to my local govt people a few months ago about reauthorization of the Child Nutrition and WIC Act of 2004 here in the states. Basically, I said that due to lactose intolerance and different ethical viewpoints of some parents and children, schools should offer a soy milk ...

I'm looking for some good vegan bumper stickers or car decals, and I figured you guys would be able to point me in the right direction. :) I'm not a big fan of the ones on the PETA website, and I've Google searched but not been able to find any ...

Monday, February 08, 2010Position: 63 Degrees 43 Minutes South 81 Degrees 26 Minutes EastThe Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin joined the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker this morning at 0700 Hours (Sydney time). Both Sea Shepherd ships are now on the tail of the Japanese factory ship ...

I'm on the hunt for podcasts to listen to whilst knitting. Music alone isn't enough, but I can't manage watching TV / movies yet because it requires too much concentration on the visual. Things I'm interested in include: veganism, food, speciesism, feminism, gender studies, straight edge, anarchism, but ...

On Papa John's website, it says this about their garlic sauce:"Our garlic sauce contains lactic acid, which is not classified as an animal derivative because it has been fermented."What does that mean? Does or doesn't it contain a milk ingredient? ...

you know, i've been wondering for awhileare there any parents/families out there who raise a vegan family? how do you raise your children? what do you do when your kid(s) want an ice cream or see something that is non-vegan and they want it? i notice a lot of the ...

Hey folks,I don't make posts here very often, but I am an avid reader of the forum. I'm on the search for a nice looking watch band to replace leather strap on a watch I just purchased second hand (no pun intended).This hasn't been in issue in the past ...

I just though that I would tell people that the Vitasoy Calci-Plus soymilk is in fact not suitable for vegans. All other Vitasoy's are vegan.I think it's because it has vitD which is probably from lanolin. Anyway, I checked on their website and all their other milks are suitable for ...

My girlfriend is wanting a book that is half an explanation of vegan nutrition and half recipes. Hurray for her wanting to learn more on her own! The only book I can think of is Becoming Vegan, though I don't think it has recipes. Do you have any other suggestions? ...

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Hi!Thanks to the last poster for reminding me what the shoes with really thick soles were called - I love that style!But this brings me to another more generic question. While my diet is vegan, and I try to avoid leather where I can avoid it (e.g. I use ...

Hey everyone. Wanted to see if anyone knew if there were any vegan versions of the 408 Creepers, or wingtip shoes similar to them: Thanks in advance! ...

I'm always looking for new vegan blogs to read, and I was curious if any of you all write one or have any particular favorites. I just started one up and I'd love to have some new reading material/blog buddies. :) ...

Anyone have an opinion either way on Humane Society International?LJ has a Virtual Gift available at the moment (priced at $2.99) where 100 percent of gross proceeds go to HSI... ...

I know that there has been talk before about this but I still have some questions. I was thinking about vegan cat food for a little while, I did some research and I know that cats are obligate carnivores but I have read about people feeding cats certin vegan cat ...

I have a cat that has been with me now for 18 1/2 years, more than half my life. She's old, frail, arthritic, senile, and her kidneys are starting to fail (she is not in renal failure. The kidney value markers in her blood are starting to creep up). We ...

Does any know any charities specifically geared towards helping animals in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti? I've already donated to Medicins Sans Frontieres, but I'd like to be able to donate to a group that will rescue and help the animals who are in the disaster zone. ...

STARBUCKS SELLS GLUTEN-FREE VEGAN COOKIES! I don't know if this is new but I'd never seen them before. I just started a gluten elimination diet and I nearly cried when I saw them =O ...

For Australians who watch television:There was a post here recently about vegan chef Tal Ronnen cooking on the TV show Ellen.Well, seems he's on the episode airing today in Australia. Channel 9, sometime during the next half hour (for Australians in non-AEDST time zones, it screened between 12:30pm & 1pm).[Edit: ...

Hello, all! I got a few buttons from Santa that were probably purchased at Food Fight that I don't especially want. I'll send 'em anywhere in the US for free, I don't want 'em to go to waste. One says "Vegan Means I Kill Fascists" and the other says "Vegan ...

Animal Aid, the leading animal rights group in the UK, conducted an undercover investigation in an organic slaughterhouse late last year. This has resulted in three workers being suspended and the Soil Association suspending their accreditation as "organic". The Animal Aid investigation can be found here.Article in the Daily Mail ...

please note: This book contains clinical descriptions of factory farming conditions, and some pictures. It may be difficult reading for anyone who is sensitive to such things.http://birdflubook.com/a book detailing the history , rise, and spread of novel influenza and the risk of pandemic... is not written about veganism. ...

So I have a gift card to a local department store in my home town. I really could use a good pair of warm winter boots as the ones I have now really aren't that warm. I don't have the money to go out and buy a pair on my ...

Hello. First time poster (I don't get on LJ much). I've been vegan for a few months, vegetarian for a few years.I've been thinking of getting a tattoo to indicate my veganism lately. Partly to strengthen my resolve, partly to prompt questions (which assists coming out, which I'm bad with) ...

Kartick Satyanarayan rescues enslaved bears and provides new jobs for their former exploiters.This was filmed in Nov 2009. So the last bear should be free now :] ...

Does anyone know anything about this place? I'm going there for the first time today.http://www.wholefoodshouse.com.au/They seem to be the equivalent of Whole Foods in Aus. It's an organic grocery with a little organic cafe that has vegan options. ...

My husband and I are honeymooning in Seattle and Portland in May and were planning on getting tattooed at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, but we've just researched it a bit more and realised that they charge $140 an hour, which seems really expensive. Has anyone had any work done there? How ...

Hello Girls and BoysHas anyone here ever been to Tokyo? If so, what are the restaurants like there? How easy is it to find healthy vegan food? Any tips?Thanks in advance :-) ...

I totally hate admitting to the world that I have a terrible memory but here goes. ;pI just got back from the East Bay Vegan Bake Sale (OMG i can't wait to eat treats!) and they had some gluten-free "inspirational" cookies. They were individually packaged inspirational words for names... my ...

Does anyone else take the Veglife Vegan Multivitamin?Every time I have taken it, I have felt sick afterward. I don't know if I subcoinciously skip taking vitamins on days that I feel good. Has anyone else gotten sick from this brand? If it is indeed making me sick, it makes ...

On the VERY oft-travelled Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA."Ever had LEPROSY? Thanks to animal research, you won't. ResearchSaves.Org"DOES THIS MAKE YOU ANGRY?? ...

My fiance and I are planning a vegan wedding. There will be a stand-up reception. Basically beverages, finger-foods, and cake. We have little to no money for this wedding and will probably have to make the food ourselves. We are ordering the cake from Sugar Beat Sweets in SF, CA. ...

Hello all--scanned through the tags and didn't see one for vitamins. Do you think they're necessary for the vegetarian/vegan diet? Does anyone take them and can you all recommend a good one for me? Thank you so much! ...