Last week's NY Times featured an op-ed entitled "The Carnivore's Dilemma"--an ostensibly enlightened response to the chorus of voices promulgating a vegetarian diet as a way to significantly reduce one's emission of greenhouse gasses (not least amongst

What do Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Charlotte Bronte, Leonardo Da Vinci and Sir Isaac Newton all have in common? You guessed it! (Or perhaps you didn't...) They were all vegetarians! As far back as the 6th century BC the

So, Obama wins the Nobel Prize for peace, just as we go ahead and bomb the moon. Don't worry it's not alien terrorists we're after, just water. But then again, I'm no rocket scientist. So why the heck are we doing this? Stuffed if I know, do you?

Many big slaughterhouses will sell only to grinders who agree not to test their shipments for E. coli. Tens of thousands of people are still sickened annually by this pathogen, federal health officials estimate, with hamburger being the biggest culprit.

Earthen buildings come in a vast variety of shapes and sizes, made from materials like fired clay, compressed dirt and a mixture of clay, sand, straw and water. People have been using various forms of earth to build structures for centuries, from the trad

Ecuadorian police have attacked peaceful Shuar Indigenous protesters near the town of Macas in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon, leaving at least one Shuar teacher dead. Please join Cultural Survival in condemning this state violence Continued>

Vegetarian foods producer Morningstar has added whey and eggs to its previously vegan Chickettes and Meal Starters Recipe Crumbles. Please send Morningstar a message through its online contact form and ask it to reconsider

When you see the word "natural" on a meat or poultry product, what does that mean to you? If you're like approximately half of the likely voters surveyed by Zogby on behalf of Farm Sanctuary, you believe that meat labeled as "natural" comes from animals

WASHINGTON - Like just about everyone else, President Obama was caught off guard by the announcement he's the newest Nobel Peace Prize laureat

Police have arrested a teenager who is accused of trying to set a kitten on fire in Chester on Saturday. The 6-week-old kitten, nicknamed Cuddles by the animal-control officer who rescued it, died Monday. Rishawn Levintino Morrison, 19, of the