HOW TO BEGIN YOUR VEGAN ADVENTURE

1. Watch the movies EARTHLINGS and MEET YOUR MEAT.


2. Read the book MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat.


3. Replace dairy milk with soymilk, rice milk, almond milk, oat milk, multigrain milk, and hemp milk. Unless you’re a baby cow, you don’t need cow’s milk. Did you know dairy products can cause acne! Think of cow’s milk as “liquid meat.”


4. For a quick sandwich, try Tofurky Deli Slices. Mmmm. All Tofurky choices are 100% vegan. Remember to add two new very tasty foods for each food you no longer eat. Vegan living isn’t about what you can’t eat. It’s about discovering the more than 6000 vegan foods you can eat.


5. Treat yourself to Purely Decadent Ice Cream or Rice Dream Frozen Desserts (especially the Vanilla Pie ice cream sandwich and the Mint Carob Chip ice cream) or Whole Fruit Sorbet.


6. Practice cooking. There are no rules. Be flexible with ingredients. Whatever tastes good to you is a recipe that rocks. To make it easy on yourself, begin with the classic cookbook Vive le Vegan!


7. Join or start a small vegan group to swap info and share in the fun.


8. Explore. Check out your local farmers market for fresh organic goodies. Visit health food stores and Asian supermarkets for the yummiest “mock meat.” Browse all the aisles.




WHAT BRANDS OF MOCK MEAT TASTE BETTER THAN ANIMAL MEAT?


Favorite brand: Chin Hsin Foods Company. Just look for the green bag in the freezer section for the many varieties, such as Vegan BBQ Pork.


Try Natural Food’s Vegan Gong Bao Chicken.


Check out May Wah’s mock meat photos of nearly limitless options—so you know what to look for in your neighborhood Asian market. Click on the name of each product to view photo and nutrition facts. Note that this company interchangeably uses the words “vegetarian” and “vegan” for vegan products. Most of their products are vegan, except for a limited few that contain whey.




BUFFALO WINGS, BBQ SKEWERS, CRISPY TENDERS, AND MANY OTHER CHOICES BY GARDEIN RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IN YOUR LOCAL SUPERMARKET


Fresh Gardein
Frozen Gardein








DISCOVER VEGAN PRODUCTS ON TREAT YOURSELF PAGE








FIND A HEALTH FOOD STORE, FOOD CO-OP, OR FARMERS MARKET IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS


GreenPeople
Food Co-op Directory
Farmers Market Directory
National Directory of Fruit Stands & Farmers Markets








LOOKING FOR VEGAN RESTAURANT GUIDES OR A LIST OF VEGAN BEERS & WINE? GO TO THE LINKS PAGE








JOB OPENING IN UPSTATE NY FOR A VISIONARY VEGAN CHEF


Catskill Animal Sanctuary











THE SECRET ELIXIR FOR A STRONG BODY


Revolutionary, remarkably simple, and very yummy.
Drink it daily and put your doctor out of business.


Pick up a copy for your bookshelf or to donate to your public library.











WINNER OF THE “SPIRIT OF MOONDANCE” AWARD
FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AT
THE 2009 MOONDANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL


For details about the film, click here. Sign up on the mailing list so you’ll know when the film is coming to your region and when it will be out on DVD.








CREATE YOUR OWN VEGAN DINNER LOAF


The Magical Loaf Studio


Vegan Lunch Box author Jennifer McCann helps you invent your own loaf recipe. Just give your recipe a name, choose ingredients from the provided list, and press “submit.” Watch your recipe pop up before you can say abracadabra.















CELEBRATE A DECADENT TURKEY-FREE HOLIDAY

View more photos by Arthur Morris here.






YUMMIER ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUR FEAST


Celebration Loaf and Other Field Roast Goodies (Vegan Grub’s favorite)
Check out the delicious photo and ingredients list of Celebration Loaf.


Cary Brown’s Country Smoked Chicken Free Chicken


Gardein Mock Meats


Match Mock Meats
Even mock crab cakes!


Tofurky & More


Vegan “Black Lumpfish” Caviar


Creamy Butternut Squash Soup


Creamy Acorn Squash & Mango Soup


Bistro Corn Chipotle Bisque


Wholly Wholesome Fruit Pies & Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie


Marie Callender’s Dutch Apple Pie


Soyatoo! Whipped Cream
(Gotta top off the pumpkin pie, right? Your choice of soy or rice cream. Available in some supermarkets.)


R.W. Knudsen’s Natural Cranberry Sauce


Organic Mulling Spices for Apple Cider




Check out any of these trusty cookbooks for endless combinations of special dishes and desserts you can make to start your own new holiday traditions…


Vive Le Vegan!: Simple, Delectable Recipes For The Everyday Vegan Family


Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistible Recipes with Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World.


Professional Vegetarian Cooking
This is actually a 100% vegan cookbook by award-winning Chef Ken Bergeron.











Looking for a little cookbook? Handy e-book compiled by Nava Atlas features 65 recipes by vegan cookbook authors:


A Bountiful Vegan Thanksgiving








WHO’S THE REAL “BIRDBRAIN”?


Wild turkeys are known to confuse and outsmart hunters by imitating the behavior of domesticated turkeys. They casually stroll out of shooting-range, then suddenly burst into flight and escape. (Yep, wild turkeys fly. Poor domesticated turkeys can’t because they are bred to be extra heavy.)






MORE INTRIGUING FACTS ABOUT TURKEYS






SEE WHY SKIPPING TURKEY IS GREAT FOR THE TURKEY–AND YOU

See more Dan Piraro cartoons here.















21-DAY VEGAN KICKSTART BEGINS JANUARY 1, 2010


PCRM’s meal plan to help newbies make a delicious transition.








BUILD A STRONG BODY IN ONE MONTH WITH 12 FREE LESSONS FROM IRONMAN BRENDAN BRAZIER


Thrive in 30











THE SMOOTHEST AND MOST VERSATILE VEGAN CREAM


MimicCreme


Made from almonds and cashews, you can use the unsweetened version to replace dairy cream in recipes for gravies, sauces, pancakes, crepes, cakes, muffins, and more. Use the sweetened version to make smoothies and ice cream. There’s also a coffee creamer version.











VIEW THE TRAILER FOR THE DOCUMENTARY


At the Edge of the World


Follow the fearless warriors of two Sea Shepherd ships on their extraordinary against-all-odds quest to protect whales in the wilderness of Antarctica.








ADD THE AZTEC SUPERFOOD CHIA TO YOUR LIST OF 6000 VEGAN EDIBLES


Seeds
Powder








YOUR DAILY NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS


Vegan Food Pyramid











THE DEER OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS ARE ABOUT TO BE SHOT…FOR A TULIP


To prevent the killing of the deer, sign petition here. Thanks for lending your voice.


For more details, see Save Deer.








WHEN SOCIETY IS ORDERLY, YOU PROTECT YOURSELF WITH JUSTICE;
WHEN SOCIETY IS CONFUSED, YOU PROTECT JUSTICE BY YOURSELF.


–Taoist sages
from the book Huainanzi
second century B.C.E.








A PHOTO ESSAY ABOUT TWO VEGAN FILMMAKERS BEFRIENDING WILD HORSES AND FERAL DOGS IN ARMENIA


Apogee Photo Magazine








LOOK WHO’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THEIR PROTEIN


Buffalo, elephants, hippos, rhinos, and gorillas are all vegetarians. These strong, massive animals get their protein directly from plants. The Western Lowland gorilla is small for a gorilla but still weighs in at about 300 pounds. This gorilla has mighty jaws and enormous canine teeth perfectly evolved to rip into…nice leafy greens in the forests of Cameroon.








ANOTHER LUSCIOUS ALTERNATIVE TO DAIRY MILK













GIVE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM A BOOST NOW AND THEN DURING WINTER


High Potency Vegan Vitamin D 2000 i.u.
Black Elderberry Extract (up to five bucks cheaper in Rite Aid drugstores)








EDDIE LAMA AND RESCUED ANIMALS NEED YOUR HELP NOW


Oasis Sanctuary


You gotta remember Eddie from the bittersweet documentary, The Witness. He’s the construction worker who transformed an ordinary van into a media mobile with undercover film footage to educate the public about the fur industry and factory farming. He will continue to do that vital work but has exhausted his personal resources for the sanctuary he created for cats, dogs, turkeys, pigs, goats, and many others.


Luckily, all the farm animals have found new homes.


Love someone who no doubt will love you back. Consider adopting a dog buddy or cat buddy from the sanctuary.


No donation is too small. Pitch in whatever ya can. Putting our dollars together is how we always change our world.


















THE ULTIMATE HOW-TO GUIDE FOR VEGANIC AGRICULTURE


Growing Green








EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA):
AN ANIMAL-FREE PRODUCE FARM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA


Featherstone








CREATE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY GARDEN


Free Start-Up Guide








GREATEST GOURMET-STYLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES IN THE GALAXY


Compassionate Cooks


And try sample recipes such as Decadent Chocolate Truffles from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s new cookbook.











EARN YOUR CERTIFICATE IN VEGAN NUTRITION
Program begins in Winter 2009


Cornell University











WHALE SHARKS ROAM THOUSANDS OF MILES IN THE WILD AND CAN LIVE 100 YEARS. KEEP THEM FREE IN THE OCEAN AND OUT OF THE AQUARIUM IN SINGAPORE.


Sign petition.








WANNA GIVE YOUR BODY EXTRA ENERGY?


Soak seeds and nuts overnight in filtered water to release maximum nutrients.
Then eat them raw.








RAW FOODS ROCK, GROW YOUR OWN SPROUTS


SproutPeople


Go to “Growing” at the top of the page to learn the basics. For detailed instructions, click here and scroll down to “Sprouting Seeds by Family” on the right.

















WHY WE GOTTA HELP ANIMALS RIGHT NOW


Animal exploitation industries use the same sneaky-bastard approach as the tobacco industry:


1) Deny there is a problem.


2) When denial no longer works, dismiss the problem by trivializing it.
Insist the problem is insignificant and irrelevant.


3) When dismissal fails, promise to make changes.
Then just make token changes, if any, and delay real changes indefinitely.


Animal welfarists who aid and abet the meat industry play perfectly into this delay tactic. The best antidote? Let your own life be a clear example of change. End the agony of animals by not eating or using any product manufactured from animals.








DON’T BE FOOLED.
TORTURE IS TORTURE.





Tribe of Heart’s myth-busting site deconstructs the most dangerous lie.
Learn how you can take action in your community.
The site offers excellent slideshows and other downloadable resources.








CERTIFIED HUMANE, CAGE-FREE, ANIMAL WELFARE APPROVED, FREE-RANGE… UNRAVEL THE MEAT EMPIRE’S LANGUAGE OF LIES









Wear this kick-ass mini button.








LIVE THE TRUE WAY OF THE WARRIOR AND KEEP FIGHTING FOR EARTH.
TRAVEL STRONG ON YOUR QUEST.


Protect Yellowstone Buffalo


Rescue Elephants and Rhinos


Defend Dolphins, Seals, & Whales


Farm Animal Rights Movement


Animal Liberation Victoria


Every time you use the search engine Good Search (powered by Yahoo!), the nonprofit organization of your choice gets cash.















SUPPORT THESE SMALL BUT GREAT ANIMAL SANCTUARIES


Catskill Animal Sanctuary


Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary


Maple Farm Sanctuary


Mission: Wolf








WHAT IS AN OPEN RESCUE?


E-mail Noah for your how-to guide.








FOR COOL BOOKS & MOVIES, SEE RESOURCES




CLICK FACTORY FARMING FOR A CRASH COURSE
Don’t gotta hold your breath before clicking. No gory images.




FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM TRIBE OF HEART ABOUT THE MYTH OF “HUMANE MEAT”




FOR ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION 411, GO TO VIVISECTION
Again, no gory images.




GOT ANTS OR A MOUSE IN YOUR HOUSE? SEE BOTTOM OF TIPS PAGE FOR NO-KILL IDEAS




DISCOVER THE REAL FOUR FOOD GROUPS




SEE FAMOUS PAGE TO TRAIN AND THRIVE AS A VEGAN ATHLETE




FOR ANSWERS TO MEDICAL QUESTIONS, JUMP TO PCRM
Includes information about preventing and reversing illnesses.









Galen Rowell (Canada, 1993)








THE POETRY OF THE LIVES OF ANIMALS


Consider the endless debates about animals: what they feel, what they think, what their behaviors mean. Often myths and mere speculations serve as facts about animals until proven otherwise decades or centuries later. All we know for certain is that their lives, like ours, remain a great mystery. And the more we experience, the more the wonder of that mystery grows.


Every life is fascinating. Every life travels a river of unrepeatable moments.
Every animal has a right to live out his or her own remarkable odyssey.








VIEW NICK BRANDT’S PHOTOS


His soulful portraits of animals are beautifully haunting because he didn’t use a telephoto lens.








EACH YEAR IN THE U.S. OVER 27 BILLION LAND ANIMALS AND FISH ARE KILLED TO BE EATEN


Among the dead are more than 40 million cows, calves, and steers; more than 99 million pigs; and about 9 billion chickens. (Fish, crustaceans, turkeys, sheep, and other animals make up the remaining casualties.) Now we can understand how Hitler easily executed trainload after trainload after trainload of people during the Holocaust without the majority of the German population ever seeing or hearing a thing.


An example of what this rate of nonstop murder means mathematically: in slaughterhouses everywhere across America, about 1 million chickens are butchered…every hour.








A COW’S BRAIN HAS NEARLY THE SAME NUMBER OF CONVOLUTIONS AS A HUMAN BRAIN. AND LIKE US, COWS DREAM.








WHY FARMERS SHOOT SHEEP WHO LEARN HOW TO OPEN THE LATCH ON THE GATE OF THEIR CORRAL–SO THEY WON’T TEACH OTHER SHEEP TO DO THE SAME AND ESCAPE.








THE MYTH OF COMPASSIONATE MURDER


The trendy concept of “humane slaughter” is a seductive gimmick to absolve guilt and to sanction chowing down on a chicken’s leg or a cow’s rib or a pig’s belly.


When chain supermarkets such as Whole Foods and so-called animal welfare organizations propose “humane slaughter,” that’s actually like saying, “Let me offer you the world’s most comfortable electric chair or gas chamber.”


“Humane practices” aren’t nearly as cost-efficient as current gruesome methods, and cutting costs is always the first priority for any business. Even when the “commodity” is living, breathing, feeling, and suffering. Or thirsty, starving, and horribly mutilated. (Cruelty is old as history. Just recall the slave ships from Africa, their hellish hulls brimming with human “cargo.”)


At best, “humane slaughter” is nothing more than a pathetic fantasy. The staggering number of animals who must be murdered and packaged renders it physically impossible.


To advocate anything less than complete abolition of factory farming is to be an accomplice to the meat empire’s tradition of torture.








LULU: A PIG WHO’S LIKE LASSIE


Joanne Altsmann was suffering a heart attack. Luckily, Lulu was also in the kitchen. Lulu busted through the puny doggie door—ignoring painful bloody cuts and scrapes to herself—and dashed off to seek help for her friend. Lulu plopped down in the street to halt a car. Then she led the driver back to Joanne. Lulu was awarded a gold medal of honor for her bravery and quick-thinking.
(This story aired on 20/20, ABC TV, 9/27/99.)






INSIDE A FACTORY FARM A PIG NEVER SEES THE SUN.








HAVE YA EVER WONDERED…
WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THOSE PESKY SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND FUR FARMS AND LABORATORY ANIMAL SUPPLIERS IN THE U.S.?


Here’s a handy directory thanks to the mighty fine folks at The Final Nail.








AND WHERE ARE THE MAJOR U.S. “RESEARCH” DUNGEONS PERPETRATING MEDIEVAL EXPERIMENTS ON CHIMPANZEES?


Chimpanzees in Labs








SEEING THE UNSEEN UNIVERSE


There are fantastic wee creatures numbering more than the entire human population living in just one spoonful of healthy earth. Perhaps this was something Dr. Seuss was contemplating when he wrote the classic story, Horton Hears a Who!








EATING ALL VEGAN MEALS PREVENTS EVEN MORE CARBON POLLUTION THAN DRIVING A HYBRID TOYOTA PRIUS.








FACTORY FARMING CAUSES WORLD HUNGER AND UNNECESSARY MISERY


10 acres of healthy high-protein soybeans can easily feed 60 people.


But use the same 10 acres for growing animal feed to produce meat “products,” then the unhealthy yield of meat feeds only 2 people.


Remember the last time you missed a meal and thought you were starving? What if you were hungry all the time? At least 900 million people around the world are extremely undernourished. Every day more than 30,000 children die terrible deaths from starvation. Imagine feeling as despairing and helpless as the mother or the father of such a child.


Not eating animal flesh is the most sacred healing we have absolute power to successfully accomplish each day. What we choose gives us our power. When we choose against life and ourselves, we betray both.


When we choose in favor of our tribe—which is all earth—then we live right with ourselves and gather more strength. We are living our natural way.


We become the brilliant world we see in our vision.








FEED HUNGRY FOLKS AND END FAMINE WITHOUT EXPLOITING ANIMALS


Vegfam








OFFER FREE YUMMY VEGAN FOOD AT EVENTS IN YOUR REGION





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