I try not to be too preachy about my vegetarianism. It’s a lifestyle choice, for sure, but, more importantly for me, it’s also a moral choice. Still, it’s MY choice and I’m not judgmental of others. That said, I was reading an interesting Daily Kos diary by Beach Babe in Florida and came across this shocking statistic: Americans eat one […]

Vegetarians save money on their car insurance? What the…? Seriously. This was one of the ads I saw on my Facebook page: I clicked through and it was even more ridiculous: Entering my zip code and clicking through took me to an insurance company’s webpage which, of course, had nothing to do with me being a vegetarian. So it’s a […]

I wasn’t sure how to break THIS NEWS to my two dogs. [S]pecialists in sustainable living at Victoria University of Wellington, analysed popular brands of pet food and calculated that a medium-sized dog eats around 164 kilos (360 pounds) of meat and 95 kilos of cereal a year. Combine the land required to generate its food and a “medium” sized […]

Last weekend’s harvest of bell peppers and Beaver Dam peppers got turned into “Mexican” stuffed peppers that now reside in the freezer. It started with a sinkful of deliciousness: The day before we had made a huge pot of stuffing that’s mainly peppers, onions, chilies, black beans, more chilies, tomatoes, rice and more chiles along with some awesome spices, vegetable […]

Oh, yeah… Thank you, PETA. I needed that. Oh, and how about a bonus cut? I’m just sayin’…

This is something I’ve always suspected but now researchers have proven it: a vegetarian diet is the single most effective dietary choice you can make to reduce the output of greenhouse gases that lead to global climate changes. Despite significant recent public concern and media attention to the environmental impacts of food, few studies in the United States have systematically […]

Hah! I knew it!!! Vegetarians Live LongerThe battle has long been waged, and will certainly continue in spite of this study. Are humans designed/evolved to eat everything and at risk of malnutrition as vegetarians? Or is vegetarianism the healthy and ethical choice? The most impressive data arises from a study of 1904 vegetarians over 21 years by the German Cancer […]