One reason why the Grumpy Vegan doesn’t eat meat, eggs and dairy is because it’s diseased animal corpses and poisoned animal secretions. So, it’s nice to read that my gut reaction, so to speak, is supported by scientific research. The … Continue reading
Hiding the Truth About Factory Farms — this excellent editorial from The New York Times concludes Factory farming confines animals in highly crowded, unnatural and often unsanitary conditions. We need to know more about what goes on behind those closed … Continue reading
No, before animal activists on the Web get their garlic in a bunch. No, the British Royal Family have not gone vegan. Or banned animals with circuses. But Windsor Castle cooked up a vegan banquet, as sniffily reported in The … Continue reading
You know you’ve got to worry (or, at least, you should be) when scientists get anxious about something. Here’s the prestigious Scientific American magazine in an editorial expressing alarm about feeding low-dose antibiotics to pigs in factory farms. For more … Continue reading
Really excellent graphic from The New York Times which is a table that charts the consumption of meat from 1910 to 2008 in the United States. The good news is that the industry’s advertising campaigns (e.g., “Where’s the beef?” and … Continue reading
