July 2011
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Oakland CSA Phat Beets Produce is having a party!
I’ve been in love with vegetables for years now, but not until I met Phat Beets Produce had I fallen in love with a CSA. Seriously, I wrote them a love letter once. Now you can fall in love too, when you go to their Friendraiser Party at their Dover Street community garden in North Oakland on Saturday, July 16 Friday, July 15 (that’s tomorrow today)!
From 6:30 to 8 p.m....
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Discount at Ethical Ocean for Vegansaurus readers!
Hey everybody! Have I got a deal for you. Ethical Ocean is this shopping site where you can search by issue, one option being vegan! AND from now until August 1st, we can all get 15% off anything in the store with the coupon code “VEGANSAURUS” (doesn’t have to be in caps).
They have some really cute vegan shoes and lots of body products. As you can see on stage left here, they...
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Poor kitty, awful people
This is poor Tinkerbell who was set on fire and severely burned. The Houston Herald has the full story. They think some jerky kids probably did it but no one will come forward so the shelter caring for Tinkerbell is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whatever terrible person did this. WTF is wrong with people? Why would you do that? I hope they get...
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Ivory poaching, elephant murder on the increase in...
Vanity Fair has a great big article about the increase in illegal ivory trade in Africa. It’s horrible. You should read it; I’m not going to recap the whole thing here. You can have some low-lights* first, though.
Across Africa, “roughly 100 elephants are being killed each day.” Profits from ivory sales fund terrifying rebel groups, just like jewel- and ore-mining. The...
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Commercial Street: Does veganism mean you can...
So this is neat but also depressing: Your Daily Vegan has a new interactive tool called Commercial Street, which shows you more truthful versions of labels on the stuff we buy. Imagine how many people would buy a carpet if they first had to read a colorful description about the making of the product, including the number of animals abused and killed each year to make it. The economy would...
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Hello, friends! It's WTF Wednesday!
You guys, last week was a long week. I can’t believe I’m saying that, as I had Monday and most of Wednesday off, but you can’t really count the Fourth of July as a day off because it is exhausting. If you’re not hopelessly trying to avoid all the drunk and disorderly people on the highway, you’re waking up from the sound sleep you fell into at the reasonable hour of 9...
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Are "conscientious carnivores" only fooling...
Of course it’s better for animals to live in comfort on a nice farm instead of a hideous feedlot before they’re slaughtered for food. However, James McWilliams notes in the Atlantic, the outcome is still the same: the animals are killed, and people eat them. That’s the contradiction inherent in “conscientious carnvorism”—your conscientiousness is limited by the...
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Good news for sharks!
The Bahamas are known not only as the shark-diving capital of the world but also for a local seafood company that had plans to export shark meat and fins to Hong Kong last year. Gross! Luckily, the Bahamas has just banned commercial shark fishing! More than 40 species of sharks can breathe (not really, they have gills) easy now. Pick up a Bahama Mama or pina colada, sharks, and toast to your new...
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Hey ladies, the Milk Board thinks you’re a bitch!
Yesterday was a rare occasion: I ventured away from my home in the East Bay to take a leisurely stroll through San Francisco with my partner. The sun was out; no one had mindlessly shoved past me on the sidewalk. I naively thought that nothing could ruin this perfect day.
Then the dairy industry swooped in and took a giant, sexist shit on my day with their new ad campaign that is plastered all...
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Product review: Rising Moon Stuffed Shells!
This new store, Ivy Garden, opened in Park Slope (Gowanus?) and it’s my new favorite place on earth. They have so much vegan food! AND it’s right off my subway stop (stop stalking me!). One thing they have that I hadn’t tried before is Rising Moon Stuffed Shells. Jeez louise, guys! These are SO GOOD! I love them. The ricotta is totally great. I don’t remember if...
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Happy Veggie Kids: Rasine!
This is Rasine! How cute is she? I love that name! She’s four-and-three-quarters and has been vegan since birth. She’s a Virginian! I’ve spent some time there, good town. You can check out her dad’s blog here! Take it away, Rasine!
What is your favorite food? Rasine: Chocolate.
What is your favorite kind of birthday cake? Rasine: Chocolate triceratops.
Why are you...
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Get fancy, bitches: Millennium's Farmers' Market...
It’s the 12th annual Farmers’ Market Dinner at Millennium! That’s tradition in California, we’re a young-ass state! Take it from a bitch who’s been in Greece where their young shit is our old shit, know what I’m sayin’? Great, neither do I! Anyway, these dinners are amazing and you want to go, trust.
Here’s the juice straight from ...
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Hey San Francisco, how are your teeth? Get 'em...
That was a lot of hed, I know. It’s important to get information across, though. The facts here are that dental student and vegan Nichole McKenna wants to work on your teeth, and if you want cut-price dental care (50 to 60 percent off private practice costs), she’s the future dentist for you.
Presumably. Your Vegansaurus, while fanatical about flossing and brushing, hasn’t had...
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East Coast-style Fourth of July!
Vegans are amazing! Check out this spread from Aimee’s Fourth of July BBQ near Annapolis, Md. Fourth of July veganism, coast to coast! Featured: pesto pasta salad with tomatoes, potato salad with Torfurky Smoky Maple Bacon Tempeh, Gardein beefless burgers, Perfect Grilled Portobellos, Tofurky veggie dogs, organic corn, assorted dips and guacamole from Roots Market, plus Aimee’s new...
