Ecorazzi kindly provides a list of "vegan-approved" Halloween candy, including Swedish Fish and Mike & Ikes. I'm a little surprised some of these don't have gelatin in them, but Ecorazzi must know.
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Ecorazzi kindly provides a list of "vegan-approved" Halloween candy, including Swedish Fish and Mike & Ikes. I'm a little surprised some of these don't have gelatin in them, but Ecorazzi must know.
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Nice story! LUSH, who makes vegetarian/vegan cosmetics and body products, is populated by mostly meat-eaters, but the whole company has agreed to go vegan tomorrow in honor of World Vegan Day. Sounds like an awfully good plan to me :)
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Today I'm simply going to focus on California's Prop 2, and why you should Vote Yes on it. To help you along I have some handy dandy resources:
Don’t get me wrong: Whether Proposition 2 passes or not, the vast majority of food animals will continue to experience an existence that few of us would argue is comfortable and that most of us would agree is torturous. A few more square feet will not make happy animals. The passage of Prop 2 wouldn’t send me to eat a burger, or even an omelet. Proposition 2 is one of those pinky Band-Aids applied to a deep gash in our ethics.
But my path from becoming a vegetarian in 1989 to finally becoming a full vegan in 2006 has been based on two philosophies.
The first is this: Do what you can until you can do better.
Here are some other resources to read:
Because California is the largest agriculture state in the country, and often a trend-setter on social issues, the ballot is a bellwether for farm-animal-welfare reform nationwide. Many experts predict that if Proposition 2 becomes law it will create a ripple effect, putting pressure on other states to pass similar reforms and pushing major food corporations to go crate-free and cage-free.
To a California voter still undecided on Proposition 2, we say simply, imagine being confined in the voting booth for life. Would you vote for the right to be able to sit down and turn around and raise your arms?
So, yes, I eat meat (even, hesitantly, goose). But I draw the line at animals being raised in cruel conditions. The law punishes teenage boys who tie up and abuse a stray cat. So why allow industrialists to run factory farms that keep pigs almost all their lives in tiny pens that are barely bigger than they are?
For consumers, it's such a small price to pay. For millions of farm animals, though, a yes vote on Proposition 2 means so very much.
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Yesterday my BlogHer events manager and I were scoping out a potential site for next year's annual conference. As part of our site survey, and knowing I was a vegan, they created an entire vegan breakfast feast for me and Kristy that was absolutely incredible:
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Frank Bruni gives NYC vegan restaurant Candle 79 what must be one of the most begrudging good reviews I've ever read in the New York Times today. From the article's headline ("Not Missing the Meat (Mostly)" to its conclusion ("That regimen has its rigors, but it's not without its rewards") Bruni seems both surprised and surprisingly loathe to admit that the vegan food at Candle 79 is satisfying, tasty, hearty, even delectable.
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I gotta call my S.O. and have him Tivo this, because while I may not be a regular Oprah viewer, I know that when she covers something it has impact.
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Seriously I love candy corn, and not being able to eat it at Halloween time is very tragic. Halloween is actually not my favorite holiday (memories of plastic princess masks from K-Mart tend to turn you against Halloween) but I loves me some candy corn. (I also loves me those cute and wacky decorative gourds you can buy starting around Halloween time, but this post isn't about that.
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I ate leftovers of last nights spaghetti and "meat" balls today for lunch and when I got home from work I was pretty hungry, but pretty tired. In addition, my fridge and larder are pretty empty because I just got back from some travel and am leaving for another almost week-long trip on Thursday...so I've avoided going grocery shopping and buying things, especially perishables.
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Today I didn't feel much like cooking, but I also didn't feel much like going hungry. So I made one of my standbys: Spaghetti and Meatballs. I like to combine prepared foods with just enough fresh to make me feel healthy, so try not to be too impressed with the recipe ;)
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