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Food Trends: Plants & Meat-Free Meats Are In

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Meat-free in 2017 Plant-based “meats” had a big year in 2016: from their starring spot on the World Health Summit menu, to being sold right alongside their meat counterparts in meat aisles across the U.S. According to Grist, “Someday we’ll look back at 2016 as the year we realized we might be perfectly happy to give up meat.” As consumers increasingly …

2017: Seven Easy Ways to Help Animals In The New Year

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2017: Helping animals in the new year As we say goodbye to 2016, we hope you’re as ready as we are to jump-start the New Year with refreshed energy to embrace all the opportunities for change. Though we know many challenges may lie ahead, farm animals have good reason for hope: You. And Animal Outlook is here to inspire and …

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Animal Outlook in 2016: The Power of Change

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2016: Our Year in Review THANK YOU: Together, we are changing the world for animals. As highlighted in our year-in-review video, Animal Outlook has achieved groundbreaking progress and victories for farmed animals in 2016, thanks to your generosity and support. Our brave investigator uncovered for the time ever the horrors hidden inside chicken breeding factory farms. We successfully persuaded three top …

Reader’s Choice: COK’s Top 6 Blogs of 2016

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Wow: Together, we’ve truly demonstrated the power of change in 2016! As we look back at all Compassion Over Killing has been able to achieve for farm animals this year with your support, we’re celebrating YOU and all you do to help us build a kinder tomorrow. Standing united, we’re changing the world for animals through our hard-hitting investigations, strategic …

Big Dairy Says Dairy-Free “Milk” Is Confusing. Our Solution: Label “Cow Milk.”

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Jan. 2017 update: Sign and share our petition: Tell Big Dairy to label its products “cow milk.” Dairy-free, plant-based milks are flying off the shelves as more and more Americans choose vegan alternatives free of cholesterol and cruelty. It seems a growing number of consumers have stopped believing the lies about dairy being good for our bodies, and studies continue …

How to Cultivate Kindness at the Holiday Table

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Amid all the holiday season festivities there can be some stresstivities, too. Though everyone wants an It’s a Wonderful Life-style Christmas, sometimes we get something closer to a Griswold family fiasco. But people of different beliefs, ages, and perspectives can indeed come together and celebrate what unites us! And if you’re stressing about being “the vegan” at the table (Maybe Grandma doesn’t understand …

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Criminal Animal Cruelty Complaint Filed Against Hormel Supplier

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This week in Minnesota state court, Animal Outlook filed a complaint alleging criminal animal cruelty based on undercover video filmed inside Quality Pork Processors (QPP), a pig slaughter plant that exclusively supplies Hormel Foods. The filing in Mower County District Court applies the state law, Minn. Stat. § 343.22, allowing private citizens to request a warrant and investigation upon an …

New Vegan Cookbook Is Everything Mexican Food Fans Have Been Waiting For

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When it comes to crowd-pleasing cuisine, it’s hard to beat Mexican food. Because seriously — who doesn’t love tacos, tamales, and churros?! These delicious dishes are often made with meat and dairy, but Eddie Garza is helping you recreate your favorite Mexican foods entirely vegan! The vegan chef extraordinaire is revealing his cruelty-free culinary secrets in a new cookbook: ¡Salud! Vegan Mexican Cookbook. …

3 Easy Vegan Breakfasts in 5 Minutes or Less

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They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but nobody says it has to be difficult! After all, who wants to leave their warm, cozy bed 45 minutes early just to make breakfast? For anyone who prefers to sleep in, convenience foods are an easy answer. Unfortunately, not always vegan-friendly.  But luckily, more and more companies are offering cruelty-free, comfort food-inspired morning meal options. To …