Posted in Activism, General VEG! on 19. Aug, 2010
Goals. We all have them. Most of us have put our goals on the back burner because sometimes life just gets in the way. Others are actively trying to achieve their goals but are unsure of how to go about it or how to stay motivated. Well kids, it is time to get to [...]
During a summer of record-breaking heat, the LAST thing you want to do in mid-August is turn on the stove and cook. But you gotta eat, and salads are lovely, but one cannot live on salads alone.
Let’s take a page from our raw friends’ book and get creative without cooking. Here are a few recipes [...]
The Discerning Brute will host a biweekly vegan dinner part-ay at Second Stop Cafe in Williamsburg, featuring chefs you might have heard of making food you’ll definitely want to eat. The party starts Friday, August 27, with a fabulous five-course menu from Lagusta Yearwood of Lagusta’s Lucious, posted below for your hungry eyes to feast [...]
Kiley Stinson, an intern for an agriculture site, recently blogged about picking up a vegetarian/vegan starter kit from one of PETA’s stands in D.C. Here’s her confounding attempt to defend factory farms:
“If animal rights activists are so appalled to the idea of young animals being kept in a pen, were they not one of the [...]
Every once in a while, a book comes along that is just what you need to remind you of what’s important.
For me, Ruby Roth’s That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals is that book.
My favorite memories growing up usually involved animals. Whether it was a book about a pig on a farm who wins the heart [...]
Posted in Activism on 10. Aug, 2010
This week your mission is to click on at least 3 fellow Vegan at Heart readers’ blogs, websites, resources, etc. You guys are the coolest.
You’re baring your souls. You’re following your hearts and opening minds. From Austria to Australia, from Huntsville, Alabama to Lincoln, Nebraska, you’re sharing your truths, your challenges, and your triumphs. AND your photos of [...]
Posted in Activism on 10. Aug, 2010
Here’s an activist tool for all of you who like to host screenings. The movie, Chow Down, has finally come out, and I’m ready to bite in. The film follows Charlie — a “devoted husband and father of two” who, like so many others in the United Fats of America — has severe heart disease. [...]
Posted in Activism, General VEG! on 03. Aug, 2010
This week your mission is to send me your blogs, websites, band’s MySpace page, resources, etc.
We did it!
Or rather, YOU did it.
We went well over the 1,000 subscriber mark, all because you spread the word and invited your friends. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Our 1,000th subscriber was Sarah Graziani from Salem, New Hampshire, who [...]
Posted in Activism on 27. Jul, 2010
This week your mission is to check out the great features on VegNews.com and get a chance to win a subscription to the magazine for yourself and a friend.
Not only do the good people at VegNews make my favorite magazine, but they also have an amazing website that allows you to plug into the veg [...]
Posted in Activism on 21. Jul, 2010
A Subway Sandwich shop in Japan is taking fresh to the next level.
The restaurant located in the Marunouchi Building, which is located across the street from the Tokyo Station, has created a hydroponic garden for growing lettuce. Hydroponic involves culturing plants in a solution versus soil, that is free of normal chemicals applied on conventional [...]
