Medi-Studies info for Vegetarians and Vegans

Guerilla investigators are on the trail of a cargo truck to check if it meets up with laws and regulations for transporting livestock.There’s something not quite right though…

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Synopsis of UN FAO’s “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” (FAO 2006) report on the effects of meat consumption on the environment. Includes information related to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, factory farming, animal agriculture, environmental destruction and acid rain.

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Help protect my family’s farm and others like it by voting YES on Ohio Issue 2!

We farmers care about our animals or we wouldn’t be farming. We don’t own or work on mega farms because we don’t believe in them. In fact, you won’t find a mega farm in Ohio – they’re all family owned. We raise our pigs in a way that makes it easier to provide them with protection and a comfortable environment in which to live. We believe that we’re the ones who know what’s best for our animals since we work with them literally every day of the year. Wouldn’t you rather have someone that committed making decision about how your food is raised than someone thousands of miles away who only wants to create a vegan society?

This isn’t my family’s farm but like them we care about our animals and love every minute of what we do.

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Media report: The many gifts of vegan cuisine at venues such as Loving Hut. The plant-based diet has been gaining popularity worldwide for its healthy, cruelty-free, eco-friendly, and delectable qualities. Now, in the midst of the feast-filled holiday season, more and more media outlets are featuring vegan foods as a rewarding choice for family festivities. In a recent article published in CNNGo, which is CNN’s insider guide to Asian cities, Hong Kong journalist Edison Hung described his experience at the Earth-conscious vegan Loving Hut Wan Chai in the article “Celebrate World Vegan Day by becoming a super hero at Loving Hut.”

The following is an excerpt. Different people have different reasons for being a vegetarian… Some would tell you they turn into a vegan just because they want to save our endangered world as Superman does. Those are the people who visit vegetarian restaurant Loving Hut for their meal. Loving Hut is a global chain restaurant that has branches in over 19 countries. Hong Kong is lucky enough to have four… Eating is not only about helping individuals from hunger, but it is also a “rescue mission” for all the creatures on Earth… We all know the harmful consequences of global warming caused by various kinds of greenhouse gases, but seldom do we understand that some of the gas emissions, including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are closely associated with livestock farming.

VOICE: Loving Hut International, whose concept is based on upreme Master Ching Hai’s vision of providing tasty, cruelty-free meals at affordable prices, is further described by Mr. Hung as a sure way to wholesome culinary satisfaction due to its diverse, scrumptious menu: Apart from being meat-free, Loving Hut also emphasizes that there is no egg, no dairy, no alcohol in the food, nor GMO (genetically modified organism) food… … Being an international chain restaurant, Loving Hut offers its hero a wide range of cuisine. You can try Taiwanese noodles… or an American-style veggie burger with Japanese sushi, or have a tiramisu for afternoon tea.

VOICE: Other journalists reporting through mainstream media also looked at veganism as a compassionate way to celebrate this holiday season. One such article by Jesse Schiewe, titled “Tofurky day? L.A.’s vegetarian, vegan and raw Thanksgiving options” was published in the widely read Brand X Daily of the US-based Los Angeles Times. The article informs readers of restaurants throughout the popular California city of Los Angeles, USA that offer complete plant-based feasts for pick-up before holidays like Thanksgiving. Among the mentioned eateries was Green Earth Vegan Cuisine, which is owned by a Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association member and also upholds the vegan ideals of compassionate living.

VOICE: Our appreciation, Edison Hung, Jesse Schiewe, CNN and Los Angeles Times for sharing the green goodness and palatable benefits of plant-based fare. May more and more people join the ever-fulfilling and planet-sustaining veg trend, this holiday season and always!

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Help protect my family’s farm and others like it by voting YES on Ohio Issue 2!

We farmers love what we do. Would we honestly work weekends, holidays and 365 days a year, barely making a profit, if we didn’t care about what was best for the animals we’re raising? In my opinion, only people this committed to animals and agriculture should be allowed to make the decisions that decide how farms operate, not some lobbyist whose main goal is to transform us into a completely vegan society.

This isn’t my familys farm but as a fellow 5th generation family farmer I’m proud of what this family is doing.

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Sam Kekovich has been put on notice! According to arch rival comedian Simon Kennovich, the marketing blitz by Meat and Livestock Australia to increase meat sales is not only un-Australian, but promotes global warming.

This Australia Day its time to stop the confusion and stop global warming!

Frys Vegetarian challenge Sam Kekovich, his meat eating cronies and all true blue Aussies to attend its Ultimate Vegetarian Fry Up at Bondi Surf Life Saving Club this Australia Day, January 26, 2010!

For a gold coin donation, enjoy a delicious Frys faux meat burger on freshly baked Bakers Delight bread, with your choice of MasterFoods sauce at Australias biggest Vegetarian BBQ.

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An intelligent talk about the philosophy and benefits of a vegetarian diet. From her own garden, Professor Donna Quesada talks about the disastrous meat industry, from misinformation about human health, to environmental destruction, and animal cruelty. March 2009.—-
Follow Prof Quesada on Twitter! http://twitter.com/donnaquesada

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Two Scousers – One Issue – and a message for Paul McCartney:

Dear Paul,
If you are reading this and really want to set an example for us all then please stop all of your concerts, do not travel unless it is by foot and grow your own veggies to save on transport of food.

If you can’t do this then please don’t expect us to be practising what you preach.

Thank You.

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Senator Barack Obama responds to a question from vegan, Nikki Benoit, during a public meeting at Gibbs High School, Saint Petersburg, Florida (August 1st, 2008)

The transcript of the conversation between Nikki and now president-elect Obama appears below…

Senator Barack Obama: The young lady in the t-shirt, right there.

Nikki Benoit: Thank you, Senator, very much for your strong environmental position.

The United Nations actually has reiterated that factory farming is contributing more to global greenhouse gas emissions than all of transportation. I think that as a global community we really need to be the leader and moving more towards non-factory farming animal agriculture. It’s very egregious. There’s 10 billion land animals that we are funnelling our precious water and grain through when 70 per cent of all of our grain could help feed the world’s hungry. So, as the next leader of the most amazing nation in the world, how can we set the example on the more nutritional, plant-based diet that’s more eco-friendly and sustainable, that can maintain our water resources and all of our grain. Thank you very much.

Senator Barack Obama: Okay. Well, it’s a great question.

Now, I have to say in the interests of full disclosure, that I do like a steak once in a while. I’m just being honest. I like barbecue. I’m not going to lie. But the young lady makes a very important point and that is this: right now, our food system world-wide is under enormous pressure. It’s under enormous pressure because as a consequence of climate change, you’ve had severe changes in weather patterns. We don’t fully understand what these effects are. But, for example, Australia’s had huge drought which has taken a lot of crops. Grain production has been much lower. And supplies are tight. You’re starting to see riots around food in places like Haiti and other poor countries around the world. And what is also true is that as countries like China and India become wealthier, they start changing their food habits; they start eating more meat, more animals. And what happens then is because it takes more grain to produce a pound of beef than if they were just eating the grain, what ends up happening is that it puts huge pressure on food supplies.

Americans would actually benefit from a change in diet. I don’t think that that’s something that we should legislate but I think that it is something that, as part of our overall health care system, we should encourage because, for example if we reduced obesity down to the rates that existed in 1980, we would save the medicare system a trillion dollars. We would reduce diabetes rates. We would reduce heart disease. So, the fact that we subsidise some of these big agribusiness operations that are not necessarily producing healthy food and we discourage, or we don’t subsidise, farmers who are producing fruits and vegetables and small scale farming that gets produce immediately to consumers as opposed to having it processed. The fact that we are not doing more to make sure that healthy food is in the schools. All those things don’t make sense. It is important for us to re-examine our overall food policy so that we’re encouraging good habits and not bad habits. For example, just making sure there are more fruits and vegetables in school lunch programs. That would make an enormous difference in how our children’s diets develop. That would make us healthier over the long term. It would cut our health care costs and maybe it would help people elsewhere in the world, who are in less wealthy countries, feed themselves as well. So, it’s a great question. It’s important.

Websites:
Barack Obama – www.barackobama.com
Nikki Benoit – www.myspace.com/nikki1sky
Vegan Future – www.myspace.com/veganfuture

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