May 2012
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This weekend: SF Veggie Fiesta!
It’s happening! At Mission High School on Saturday, May 12 from 11am-3pm! There will be all sorts of food and vendors and good fun, so go and say it loud and proud and I don’t know where I’m going with this but I’m sleepy and just trying to get something down on paper over here. The first draft, if you will. A first draft I won’t revise because I write for a living...
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Organic Soul Live: vegan soul food (permanent?)...
You guys! There’s some really exciting news from the East Bay Express about new vegan soul food place in Oakland’s Chinatown, Organic Soul Live! And it’s omnivore restaurant reviewer approved!
From the write-up:
Vegan readers, feel free to call me out on this cliché, but if Joy had told me the dish was made from real cheese — not a mix of commercial soy- and rice-based...
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Vegetarians, today is the day you go vegan!
Lots of vegans were vegetarians before they went vegan. I was. I was vegetarian because I was pretty ignorant—I didn’t even know (or think) about factory farms, I just didn’t like the thought of eating animals. It’s gross, right? We all know one or two animals who we love or at least recognize as sentient beings. The thought of putting dead animals into your body kinda...
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Tell Your Senator: Hunting in National Parks is...
Don’t let this finger be a gun!! Photo by Furryscaly on flickr.com
Hunting: Not as terrible as factory farms on the spectrum of evil, but still not the favorite thing of we, the vegans. Hunting in National Parks where it’s been heretofore prohibited? SO NOT A GOOD IDEA.
But there’s a bill in the Senate right now that could open a bunch of national park lands (especially the...
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Product Review: CA Sunshine skincare!
Hi guys! Welcome to my latest vegan skincare product review. I have some good skin stuff for you today! And a hair mask too. All these products are from CA Sunshine. CA Sunshine is an all-vegan company and they also support various ocean conservation efforts. They sent me some gratis samples to try and now I will tell you all about them! Plus, there’s a little Q&A at the end so stay...
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Follow-up: What should we feed our cats?
My cat now eats lots of fish.
A couple months ago, in the wake of a late-night vet visit, I asked what kind of wet food I should be feeding my cat. Fifty-five comments, three emails, and several experiments later, I can report the following:
Vegansaurus readers are awesome! Thanks so much for all your thoughtful, insightful comments. I highly recommend anyone with or considering a cat read the...
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Guest Product Review: The B-12 Patch
The first time I met my friends and former flatmates Jonathan and Ivory (of Vegan Myths Debunked fame) was over dimly-lit libations at SF Vegan Drinks. Jonathan and Ivory were both so good-looking and well-dressed, it was incredible! To break the ice, I asked the lovely pair how they got their B-12 [Ed note: haha best vegan pickup line]. This instigated a larger discussion among...
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“Some people may still think it’s OK to burn, shock, poison, starve, drown,...”
– Bill Maher on the new release of Ingrid Newkirk’s Free the Animals. Go read the whole thing on HuffPo and tell me what you think. I don’t like a lot of their advertising but PETA has done quite a bit in other arenas.
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Paul Shapiro presents: Tyson Foods exposed and...
It’s Paul Shapiro’s Animal News You Can Use! Yay!
Greetings from Denver, where I just conducted one of three HSUS press conferences today announcing the results of our latest factory farm investigation (the fourth agribusiness facility HSUS has exposed in 2012 so far).
This investigation reveals truly appalling cruelty to pigs at a Wyoming gestation crate confinement operation that supplies...
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Recipe: Creamed Spinach!
I think that decadent, holiday fare is my forte. Living in San Francisco is great—with the weather being so mild, I can make it and eat it year round. Potluck to go to? Well, I know even in July the nights will be as cold as Chicago in the fall, so heavy vegan food it is!
For Easter at my family’s house, I made creamed spinach! My grandma loved it and I was pretty stoked with it as...
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Rumor alert: Ellen may not be opening a vegan...
Word on the street (and by street I mean the internet highway) is that Ellen and Portia’s SoCal vegan restaurant may not be happening after all! Oh no! I was looking forward to this collaboration of superstars—Ellen, Portia, Chrissy Hynde, Steven Bing, Tal Ronnen and Waldo Fernandez. I was also looking forward to hooking up with a Sugar Daddy, because I knew there was no way in hell...
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Product Review: Sprout Skincare! Made in BK, on...
I know you guys are going to love Sprout! Why? All but one set of lip balms are vegan, plus:
All of Sprout’s ingredients are either certified organic, Fair Trade, or sourced from small, family farms. We’re committed to creating the most effective products in the most responsible way, taking all of our ethical obligations into account.
Nice, right? I know you like organic,...
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