A growing number of people from coast to coast are choosing vegetarian
foods as a way to protect their health, the planet, and animals—and
restaurants everywhere are catching on. Including in Texas!
While Austin may be known as Longhorn
country, it’s also home to dozens of eclectic cafes and popular
restaurants offering enticing veg-friendly menus to the hungry masses. In fact, the city has become a hot spot for healthy and compassionate fare.
Earlier today, the National Pork Producer’s Council (NPPC) hosted an “educational” briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC titled “Farm Animal Welfare: How We Really Treat Our Animals.” Only thing is, the NPPC’s presentation — just like the factory farms that dominate the pork industry — was hidden behind closed doors.
Just a few short weeks after Iowa shamefully enacted an “ag-gag” bill in an effort to stop undercover investigations inside factory farms, Utah is now joining the list. Yesterday, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed an “ag-gag” bill into law that makes “agriculture operation interference” a crime, punishable by up to one year in jail. What exactly is “agricultural operation interference”?
March 20 is the first day of spring. It’s also the Great American Meatout, making it the perfect opportunity to encourage others to turn over a new leaf by choosing healthier and more humane foods. And COK sprang into action by hosting feed-ins during the busy lunchtime rush hour in Washington, DC and Los Angeles encouraging Subway, the world’s largest restaurant chain, to add more vegan options.
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, and it’s time to get your green on—on your plate, that is! Skip the factory-farm produced corned beef and bangers—and instead indulge in some animal-friendly Irish recipes that will satisfy even the hungriest of bar-hopping brogues.
It’s no secret that eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other plant-based foods is good for our health. In just the past couple of years alone, as delicious vegan options keep sprouting up everywhere, so too are the number of people touting the many benefits of choosing meat-free meals — including Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Al Sharpton, Ellen Degeneres, Ted Danson, UFC fighter Jake Shields, and Mike Tyson, to name a few.
Have you ever thought back to when the seeds of compassion were planted in your heart?
Nearly 60,000 visitors flocked to Anaheim this past weekend for the Natural Products Expo West — and Compassion Over Killing was there, speaking up for animals! This annual trade show boasts thousands of natural and organic companies, from all over the world, making it a prime location for us to highlight the benefits of choosing animal-friendly foods.
This past weekend, COK super-volunteers Ken Swensen and Robin Lamont set up our educational booth at the 2nd annual NYC Vegetarian Food Festival where thousands of people gathered at this two-day event to take a vegan bite out of the big apple.
We had a phenomenal time connecting with passionate veg folks and COK
supporters as well as talking with countless soon-to-be-vegetarians about the many benefits of choosing animal-friendly foods. There was also a lot of interest in our Dunkin’ Cruelty campaign, which encourages Dunkin’ Donuts to offer vegan options.