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

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

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

Given that polls about veganism seem to be the cool thing to do these days, here's my first foray into the internet polling world. Check out the poll's format. Isn't it way cooler than the one used by Leiter for his veganism poll

In honor of National Etiquette Week (May 11-15), I thought I'd share my thoughts on Vegan etiquette, from a recent veganism convert. "Veg-etiquette" can sometimes be straining, as conflicts often lead to discussing animal rights and meat-eating, which

Being a vegan is definitely more of a lifestyle choice and a philosophy than a diet. A vegan does not eat anything that is of animal origin. Vegans will not use animal based products for clothing, or any other purpose. A person can become a vegan because

GOING VEGAN If you've clicked this button then you're already thinking about going vegan. Our advice to you is simple: do it! Hundreds of thousands of people in this country have already taken that last step into a completely cruelty-free lifestyle -

Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, is coordinating a series of nationwide events for Earth Day (April 22) that will encourage people to "eat green" by reducing or eliminating their consumption of meat and other