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Lab-Grown Meat explained in less than 4 minutes. Would you eat it?

Lab-grown meat? What’s that all about? Hank from SciShow youtube channel explains it in less than 4 minutes. Watch the video below and tell me what you think. This discussion has been going on for a while. Back in 2008, Wired magazine ran an article suggesting that lab-grown meat may soon be a reality. PETA [...]

August 31, 2012   Posted in: News  4 Comments

Vegan Daycare Coop is Really Happening – video interview with the founding moms [508]

This week on 508, a TV show about Worcester, Mike Bennedetti interviews Alfee and Angela, the two moms who started Taking Turns Daycare Co-op. Watch the video now.   The vegan daycare bit starts at 10:30, you can click here to start the video right at that point. This week’s show covers a couple other [...]

August 23, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

USDA shuts down meat company after investigation by Compassion Over Killing

After an animal rights organization released video footage from an undercover investigation, the USDA shut down a California slaughterhouse. This is big news. The investigation by Compassion Over Killing found, “rampant animal abuse and suffering inside Central Valley Meat Co. (CVM), a slaughterhouse in Hanford, California. CVM is a major supplier to the USDA’s National [...]

August 22, 2012   Posted in: Animal Rights, News  One Comment

Another Athlete Goes Vegan

It’s great to see more and more athletes going vegan! Houston Texans’ Running back Arian Foster will join the ranks of martial artist Mac Danzig,В  ultramarathoner Scott Jurek, and others in adopting a vegan diet. Many athletes have proven by now that you can be healthy and successful as an athlete while maintaining a vegan [...]

July 10, 2012   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc, News  2 Comments

Can Athletes Perform Well on a Vegan Diet? [NYTimes]

As a vegan and a track runner, I’ve never felt like it was particularly hard to be vegan and stay active. What do you think? From the New York Times: “With the publication this month of “Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness,” by the vegan distance runner Scott Jurek, vegan diets have become a [...]

June 23, 2012   Posted in: Misc, News  One Comment

Jasmin Singer & Mariann Sullivan of Our Hen House at Worcester VegFest 2012

Worcester VegFest is Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Worcester Tech High from 11am-5pm. Check out WorcesterVegFest.com for more info. RSVP to the facebook event. Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Worcester VegFest!В  Our Hen House, named the 2011 Indie Media Powerhouse by VegNews Magazine, produces multimedia resources that you [...]

March 21, 2012  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, News, Worcester VegFest 2012  No Comments

Does meat kill more Americans than cigarettes do?

Kathy Freston, a presenter at our upcoming Worcester VegFest 2012, has an interesting piece on the front page of Alternet right now. She asks, “Does meat kill more Americans than cigarettes do?” From “Does meat kill more Americans than cigarettes do?” on Alternet by Kathy Freston: The West’s three biggest killers — heart disease, cancer, [...]

March 15, 2012   Posted in: News, Worcester VegFest 2012  No Comments

Are speciesists stupid? [InCity Times]

I love the InCity Times. The editor always prints articles and editorials about animal rights and vegetarianism. This week InCity ran an article that stuck out because of it’s bold title: Are speciesists stupid? From InCity Times article, Are Speciesists Stupid? Excuse me for stating the obvious, but racists are dumb. That’s not just my [...]

March 13, 2012   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc, News  No Comments

Natalie Portman making “Eating Animals” documentary

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, Eating Animals was the catalyst for many people to make the switch to a vegan or vegetarian diet. Now this best-seller might be made into a film with the help of Natalie Portman. From ecorazzi: Last summer the author of the book, Jonathan Safran Foer, revealed Portman “is going to make [...]

January 6, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

“The New Face of Veganism” – article in the T&G

I don’t know how this slipped by me, but the Telegram & Gazette recently ran this AP story about celebrities taking veganism to a more mainstream audience. The story’s called, “The New Face of Veganism”. Isn’t veganism already mainstream? Veganism is already mainstream The Washington Post even proclaimed this back in July 2011. It’s no [...]

December 4, 2011   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments