This weekend I got into a rather passionate debate with some friends of friends about animal rights. One of them was pretty educated about the evils of factory farming, and said that she didn’t eat much meat because she had to know where it came from. Her husband on the other hand, didn’t know much [...]
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Why Do Animals Exist?
Posted in Animal Rights, tagged animal advocacy, conversations with non-vegans, dogs, eating habits, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, humans, make a difference, pictures, questions about veganism on June 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What Matters to Animals…
Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged legislation, make a difference, slaughterhouses, Veganism on June 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The weekend of June 13th and 14th I went to an animal rights conference in the Twin Cities called Their Lives, Our Voices. Much like last year, it was awesome. I took notes and hope to write a few entries on what I learned there. For now, I’m going to start with the very last [...]
Getting Emotional
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, tagged animal activism, Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, dogs, make a difference, pictures, polar bears, Veganism, wildlife on April 7, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Sometimes being an animal rights advocate is emotionally exhausting. Today is one of those days. Last night I was watching Animal Planet, as I often do, and the show was about polar bears in the wild. There was a mama polar bear and her 2 cubs who were not yet full grown, but also not [...]
The Vegan Awakening
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, companion animals, decisions, Factory Farming, famous quotes, Farmed Animals, make a difference, Veganism on January 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to change it in personal and public ways is to undergo a change of perception akin to a religious conversion. Nothing can ever be seen in quite the same way again [...]
Cooking for One
Posted in Veganism, tagged decisions, eating habits, make a difference, vegan food, Veganism on January 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
First of all, Happy New Year! My apologies for being such a terrible blogger as of late. I went on vacation and then the holidays hit and I got lazy, what can I say?! I’ve definitely had some things to blog about though, so here we go: Over Christmas I went home to my family’s [...]
“Eating Vegan Must Be So Hard!”
Posted in Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged cows, dairy, do something!, eating habits, make a difference, Veganism on October 8, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I heard this, or variations on this, a lot when I first went vegan. And you know what? Not long ago, I was saying the exact same thing – so I totally get it. I thought I could never, EVER give up my beloved cheese. I used to eat a LOT of cheese – mozzarella, [...]
Heartbreaking Cruelty at Iowa Pig Farm
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, do something!, farm sanctuary, Farmed Animals, make a difference, PETA, pictures, pigs on September 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It feels like every time I turn around there’s a new story about animal cruelty surfacing, and each one seems more and more gruesome than the last. The latest undercover investigation done by PETA on a pig farm in Iowa (a Hormel supplier) is no different. Descriptions of the cruelty inflicted on the poor pigs [...]
For the People. For the Planet. For the Animals.
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, Veganism, tagged animal agriculture and the environment, Farmed Animals, make a difference, Veganism, videos, wildlife on August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You need to go watch this awesome video, courtesy of Non-violence United. It’s about the environmental impact of eating meat and dairy products vs. going vegan; the global food shortage; your health; and the human/non-human animal disconnect. It’s 11 minutes out of your day and more information than you can shake a stick at! No [...]
Don’t Apologize For Your Values
Posted in Animal Rights, Veganism, tagged animal activism, animal advocacy, Animal Rights, animal rights conference, decisions, make a difference, Veganism on June 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I promised I would tell you more about The Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference at the University of Minnesota that took place from June 6th-8th. It’s time to make good on that promise. I’d like to talk a little bit more about some of the things Colleen Patrick-Goudreau discussed in her “Being a Joyful Vegan” speech, [...]
Eliminating Hunger
Posted in Animal Rights, Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged cows, Factory Farming, food crisis, hunger, make a difference, Michael Pollan on May 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about a global food crisis. Food prices on such staples as rice, wheat and dairy products have sky-rocketed, affecting several already economically struggling countries. “Meanwhile world aid groups continue to reel from the jump in food prices. [...]
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