Tag: vegan
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Al Gore Goes Vegan
Former vice president-turned-environmentalist and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore has made the switch to a plant-based diet. The public was not tipped off about it until a Forbes article on Hampton Creek, an egg-alternative start-up, said Gore is a “newly turned vegan.” [caption id="attachment_313578" align="alignnone" width="498"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] The Huffington Post says the switch might have happened…
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How to Avoid Factory Farmed Foods
There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including your health, animal welfare and the environment. It can be challenging to avoid foods produced from animals raised on factory farms, given how dominant factory farming has become. But it’s possible. Here are some suggestions from the Organic Consumers Association: [caption id="attachment_313472" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit:…
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Guess How One Nation’s Army is Fighting Climate Change
By Kristina Chew Here’s the Norwegian army’s plan to fight climate change: have everybody go meatless once a week. Norwegian troops will be eating vegetarian meals on Mondays to cut their consumption of ecologically unfriendly foods whose production contributes heavily to global warming. Spokesman Eystein Kvarving says the plan is meant to be “a step to protect our climate” by serving food…