Quote: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
In principle, but not in practice, I have no objection to a high-welfare organic puppy farm. You can’t object, unless you also object to the farming of pigs. It’s an artificial construct of our...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Launches 100% Ground Veal Burger
Yes, you read that correctly. I found out from this post at Organic Authority that, not too surprisingly, McDonalds is finding new ways to exploit more animals. If you’re trying to figure out why I’m...
View ArticleBlog Action Day 2011: Food
This year’s Blog Action Day topic is food. You’d think that being a vegan, with a vegan blog, participating in this event and writing about this topic would be something of a no-brainer… but I’m not a...
View ArticlePlastic Bag Bans
I found this infographic today about plastic bag bans worldwide. Have a look! (Click the image to see it much larger) I’m so glad to see that this is something that is actually happening – and it’s...
View ArticleMassive (KILL) hunt in Ohio for escaped zoo animals
This story was linked on my Facebook feed this morning, and I couldn’t be more angry. Or sick. Or disgusted. An Ohio town was on lockdown early Wednesday after dozens of dangerous wild animals —...
View ArticleOmerica Organic – Save 20%
If you haven’t heard of them, Omerica Organic is a fab company that is known for their gorgeous wooden plugs (for stretched earlobes) – but they also wooden belt buckles, earrings, dog tags, and...
View ArticleWorld Vegan Day – savings!
Happy World Vegan Day, everyone! If you’re vegan – huzzah! Continue to be awesome and vegan proud. If you’re not, go vegan for the day – and consider going vegan for life! The animals, your health, and...
View ArticleVeggie / Vegan Challenge 2011
Go veg, raise money, help monkeys! Join the VMF Veggie / Vegan Challenge 2011, and ask for sponsorships to go veg for a month – if you’re an omnivore, go vegetarian; if you’re a vegetarian, go vegan....
View ArticleNon-human animals aren’t speciesist, so why are we?
You absolutely must watch this lovely video of a mama hen who is not only sitting on her own eggs to keep them warm… but sitting on a pile of wee baby kittens, too. (Important points of interest in the...
View ArticleBlog Hiatus
You may have noticed a lack of new posts here on veganmatters.org lately. I’ve been swamped with, well, life. Instead of making a half-assed attempt to continue updating here, I’m putting the blog on...
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