This week’s vegan links and news
- Put Your Ethics Where Your Mouth Is (NY Times) Finally, you can read the six finalists who are making the case that it is ethical to eat meat. The background:
Thousands of readers took us up on our challenge to make an ethical case for eating meat. Our panel of judges — Mark Bittman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Andrew Light, Michael Pollan, Peter Singer — narrowed the pool down to these six finalists. Vote below by midnight on April 24 on the essay you think makes the strongest case. You can only vote for one.
- Is Veganism Good For Everyone? (NY Times) This is a fascinating discussion in Room for Debate, part of the OpEd section.
- A Vegan Among the Deerstalkers (Santa Barbara Independent) I grew up in a hunting family and am drawn to this type of opinion-piece.
- Babies don’t want vegan mommies? (LA Times) There’s been a lot of buzz about the new children’s book Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action.
- Going vegan in a meat-mad town (Chicago Tribune) A new raw restaurant opens up in Lockport, IL.
- Starbucks ‘crushed’ by vegans (New York Post) Looks like
veganseveryone wins. - Philadelphia-area vegan restaurants evolving beyond fake meats (Philly.com) Loving the great buzz that plant-based eateries in Philly are getting.
- Considering Going Vegetarian? Visit the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary (Petside.com) WFAS is getting lots of great, well-deserved press.
Mark your calendar!
- April 28 – 29: Connecticut Vegetarian and Health Living Festival, Hartford, CT
- May 19: Vegan Cuisine: A Simple Art: Ten Course Tasting Menu for the Produce Loving Foodie, Jim Thorpe, PA
- May 27: Veggie Pride Parade NYC 2012, New York, NY
- June 2: Veggie Pride – Chicago, Chicago, IL
- June 16 – 17: The Seed Vegan Expo, New York, NY
- June 27 – July 3: 38th Vegetarian Summerfest, Johnstown, PA
- July 7: Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary July Jamboree, Woodstock, NY
- July 19 – 23: National Health Association: Healthy Living Conference, Hallandale Beach, FL
- August 2 – 5: Animal Rights 2012 National Conference, Washington, DC
- August 2 – 4: BlogHer ’12, New York, NY
This week on the blogs
JL goes Vegan
- MONDAY: Kale Granola! {Two vegan recipes}
Kale Granola
- TUESDAY: Hey, brain, leave my belly alone + I’m a Lazy Cook
- WEDNESDAY: The Vegg and other random vegan meals
- THURSDAY: Hurry-up Red Lentil Soup
- FRIDAY: Long time no see, green smoothie
- SATURDAY:Vegan Cuisine: A Simple Art (You are invited to a ten course tasting event!)
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Questions for you:
- Are you voting in the New York Times ‘ethical meat-eating’ essay contest?
- My “mark your calendar” section is fairly East Coast – centric – do you have events you would like me to announce next week?
- Have you read the book Vegan is Love and/or read the critiques? Curious what you think about it!
This week I have a few reviews, plus a giveaway, planned. In the meantime, enjoy your Earth Day!
