Easter is a celebration of life — and what better way to honor this holiday than by choosing animal-friendly foods and activities that everyone can enjoy?
Sadly, many Easter traditions are centered around eggs, the overwhelming majority of which come from birds intensively confined inside tiny wire battery cages for the entire lives. On these egg factory farms, hens are denied the ability to perform many of their most natural behaviors, including perching, nesting, dust-bathing, foraging, and even walking.
Matt Ruscigno is not your ordinary dietician. When he’s not trekking 3,300 miles cross-country on a bike and running 50-mile races, he’s busy creating a web documentary series on vegan athletes, giving talks about the benefits of vegan food, and consulting others on their own personal eating habits. And he still managed to find a few spare moments to talk with us for this featured interview.
“Spring Cleaning” is a phrase many of us are familiar with, and we often use the first warm days of the year to deep clean our houses, update our wardrobes for spring weather, or even reorganize various aspects of our lives. Why not also take this time to reexamine the foods we eat and swap them out for healthier, more humane, and environmentally-friendly options? It’s easy, and we’ve got five simple steps to help you “spring clean” your diet.
Today, thousands of people worldwide are celebrating the first day of spring by participating in the 28th annual Meatout–and there’s still time to take the pledge! Whether you sign up to go vegan for today, this week, or every day, you’re taking an important step towards creating a kinder, cleaner, and healthier world.
Over 100,000 visitors — including Compassion Over Killing — flocked to Anaheim, California earlier this month for the 2013 Natural Products Expo West! The annual trade show features thousands of vendors representing the natural and organic food industry, making it a prime location for us to highlight the many benefits of choosing vegetarian foods. This was our fourth year tabling at this exclusive event.
Resist the urge to turn all of your St. Patrick’s Day food an unsettling shade of green. While the green food coloring goes well in beer, we wouldn’t want you missing out on the true experience of these classic Irish favorites!
It’s hard to believe how far vegan eating has come in such a short time. Not too long ago, the word vegan was unfamiliar to most people, and it was certainly not something easily pronounced (vay-gun?).