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Colorado's governor took a step in the right direction. Those reacting with vitriol are just plain wrong. "Plant-based diets do help protect the environment, but that's merely a more pleasing spin on the main, terrifying fact: Meat-based diets are having devastating consequences on the environment and climate. The emissions alone from the meat industry are reason enough to curb our meat intake. The livestock sector is responsible for 16.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and is currently on target to account for nearly half of the total amount of greenhouse gases that global human activity can emit into the atmosphere from now until 2030if we are to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius maximum temperature increase outlined by the Paris climate agreement."

It is very clear that we humans are far from the only beings on this planet who can appreciate beauty.

The recipes are presented step by step in video form.

"Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals. A study by an Israeli-German research team has revealed alterations to the social and hygienic behavior of ants that had been isolated from their group. The research team was particularly surprised by the fact that immune and stress genes were downregulated in the brains of the isolated ants. This makes the immune system less efficient, a phenomenon that is also apparent in socially isolating humans notably at present during the COVID-19 crisis, said Professor Susanne Foitzik, who headed up the study."

"Daniel Green is a world traveler and celebrity chef known for his nutritious take on famous dishes from across the globe. He brings the best of the world to any kitchen with practical, easy to follow recipes."

"Factory farm biogas isn’t even a bandaid on a much larger problem. This technology will further entrench the factory farm industry into our landscape and we will likely see factory farms larger than we've ever seen."

"Freston has 72 reasons to go plant-based today, including the fact that it helps you lower your risk of diseases like cancer, and it's better for the planet and farmed animals."

Don't miss this very informative talk by Animal Justice's Camille Labchuk. 4:00 pm Pacific, 7:00 pm Eastern on April 15th!

"It’s a catastrophic risk to the future of our planet, food security for future generations, and to our healthcare system to continue to irresponsibly consume animals, says Garcés, author of Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry. It’s really a math problem. We don’t have enough land to keep raising animals in this way, and instead, we should be using the land to raise crops directly to feed ourselves. And we should be thinking very, very clearly about future generations and protecting the environment and the health of ourselves and others as we move forward. And the way forward, some argue, is to make giving up meat feel less like a sacrifice and more like participating in a movement."

"Food scientists and marketers are creating healthy, plant-based, imitation tuna, crab, and shrimp that look and taste like the real thing. Better yet, switching to faux seafood will help curb our reliance on an international fishing industry that has become an environmental and human-rights disaster."

"Global plant-based pork sales are predicted to surge from $1.2 billion in 2020 to $10.6 billion by 2030, according to market research firm Future Market Insights (FMI). The nearly nine-fold increase is driven by growing awareness among global consumers of welfare issues within the animal agriculture industry and the threat of disease posed by raising animals for food."

"This apple oatmeal bread is the perfect vegan bread machine recipe. It combines healthy oatmeal, flaxseed, and apples with a touch of cinnamon and vanilla for a sweet treat you can feel good about."

"Turns out, turkeys can fly. Plus, 11 other interesting facts to celebrate these social and intelligent birds."

Becoming vegan is by far the best.

It is not their intelligence, even, that matters. It is their sentience. That we can treat 10s of billions of innocent sentient beings - each and every year - in such horrific ways, only to grossly inefficiently feed ourselves speaks terrible volumes about us. That it is in the service of minor gustatory pleasure all the more emphasizes that fact.

Being vegan dramatically reduces men's risk for prostate cancer.

Were working to get our home town of Vancouver, BC to sign on to the Good Food City declaration - which would include the promotion of plant-based diets. Toronto is already a signatory.

Pigs are intelligent and highly social. They love running around and playing, grunting and snorting as they do.

Easy! And delicious!

Perhaps in the back of our minds we already understand, without all the science I've discussed, that something terribly wrong is happening. Our sustenance now comes from misery. We know that if someone offers to show us a film on how our meat is produced, it will be a horror film. We perhaps know more than we care to admit, keeping it down in the dark places of our memory-- disavowed. When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. --- Jonathan Safran Foer

"The researchers concluded that this two-way connection between the web and the spiders behavior suggests that the web is indeed a way for the spider to process information, reserving precious brain power for other necessary and complex tasks like the actual capture of prey. For tasks that are more memory-intensive, like navigating or relocating prey, they dont need to remember every single thread they have spun just a few previous steps."

By oriental, in this case, they mean North African and Middle Eastern. "Valuable references can also be found in some older texts. Shehrazad Siraj, likes to share the words of the Syrian poet Al Maari from the eleventh century: I will not steal Nature anymore [] Come to me that you may hear a healthy truth. Dont eat unjustly the fish that the sea has rejected, and dont desire as food the flesh of animals that have had their throats cut. Contrary to popular belief, in North Africa as in the Middle East, sensitivity to the animal cause is not new!"

"In 2018, the latest year for which accurate data is available from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, livestock on EU farms (including the UK) were responsible for the equivalent of about 502m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, mostly through the methane they release. That compares with 656m of carbon dioxide from Europes cars and vans in the same year. But when the indirect greenhouse gas emissions are calculated, using established methods to estimate the deforestation and land use changes associated with growing animal feed, then the total annual emissions are equivalent to 704m tonnes of carbon dioxide."

Across the world, more and more people are eliminating animal products from their diets.

It is so very easy to get the protein we need on a vegan diet. "In short, as long as a plant-based diet remains rich enough in calories and offers a good variety of protein sources, theres little reason to worry about getting too little complete protein on a vegetarian or vegan diet."

Enjoy much more ethical cheeseburgers!

"Its clear that dogs will without question, as a species and as individuals, alter their form and capacities to fit alongside humans, he said. But, as Tedeschi noted, most people dont need all this science to prove the realness of their dog's love. All we have to do is look. Chances are, they are looking back."

We're working to get our home town of Vancouver, BC to sign on to the Good Food City declaration - which would include the promotion of plant-based diets. Toronto is already a signatory.

"Factory farms rely on appalling animal suffering, worker hardship and misuse of our planets resources yet it is not looking to phase itself out. This is despite a 2020 UN report that has found that intensive farming is responsible for more than half of all infectious diseases such as Swine Flu, Bird Flu and Nipah virus, that have moved between animals and people since 1940. The current Covid-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for factory farming and its regulators around ...the world. The virus has changed our shopping habits and disrupted complex food supply chains. World Animal Protection found Superbugs in the food chain in Brazil, Spain, Thailand and United States. A review of research work done on the African food chain has confirmed that the situation is not any different here. Superbugs make antibiotics less effective in treating sick people there by having the potential of triggering a global health crisis."

Fish farms are the very worst of the horrific factory farms that so dominate our meat-centric food system. And the damage they do in so many ways is as bad or worse than the rest of them.

In so very many ways, plant-based meats are wildly better for the world.

Its kinda hard to argue that vegans dont get enough protein!

"These versatile creations are found in the cuisine of many different cultures in all different forms, and theyre tasty no matter how you make them."

"Our lab experiments find that the hawkmoth can learn to like floral smells that have been changed by air pollution, Brynn Cook, the studys lead author, said. The ability to learn polluted floral scents could be critical in helping the hawkmoth, and potentially other pollinators, recognize and locate their preferred flowers, a key step for continued pollination of wild and agricultural systems alike."

Well done. One could go into much more detail on the subject, but this captures the basics well - and in an entertaining way.

This is me at the age of 2. The picture was taken 2005 in France. Since then about one third of ALL the worlds fossil fuel CO2 emissions have occurred. Over ha...lf of our CO2 emissions have taken place since 1990. That sort of gives you an idea of how fast were racing in the wrong direction. Our annual emissions are now so high that every single year of Business As Usual will impact future living conditions for countless generations. Join us this Friday, September 25th for the global climate strike. #FridaysForFuture #facetheclimateemergency

"A trick may be astounding to a human, "but its only great because you understand that I mean you no harm," Garcia-Pelegrin says. The trickery of a magician, then, could yield very different reactions in animals. By default, using food for tricks with animals makes sense, as a means of capturing attention. "However if you make food disappear in front of them, they might get more annoyed than surprised," Garcia-Pelegrin says.... That doesnt mean the magic didnt work its just a different outcome."lab.

"Its the kind of disrespect for animals and, it turns out, our own health that has spread disease in the past and could do so again in the future."

Data from Google Trends show that the popularity of veganism is at an all-time high, surpassing the prior all-time high registered in 2019, the report states. To put things into perspective, veganism is now twice as popular as it was just five years ago, and it doesnt show any sign of slowing down."

"When it comes to spreading awareness and bringing about change, social media plays an undeniable role. The surge in videos showing cruelty inflicted on animals in the dairy and meat industries is one of the reasons behind the quick uptake of the vegan cause, as the continuous growth of pages like Arvind Animal Activist and Vegan Outreach India goes to show. For example, Arvind Animal Activists video debunking the argument that plants feel pain garnered almost four million views on Facebook alone since it was posted two months ago."

To face animal suffering is to face our responsibility in their suffering. --- Jo-Anne McArthur Photojournalist and founder of We Animals Media

Thanksgiving in Canada is just over three weeks away.

I think there are definitely scientists out there like Carl Safina, who commented on my Facebook post, who might argue that why not consider that such an altruistic act would also enhance survival of the chickadee. As that paper mentions that you shared, the chickadee depends on the more proficient bill of the warbler to open up buds. The survival of the warbler can help the survival of the chickadee. So why not that explanation for an altruistic act?

"Countries have to rapidly shift to restorative forms of agriculture and dramatically reduce meat production to save the planet from catastrophic climate change, according to a leaked version of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on land, the Guardian reports."

"People are starting to think about where their food comes from. And if you think about where food comes from, it's going to lead you to a more plant-based diet. Because animal products are terrible for you, terrible for the planet, and terrible for animals."

"Experts agree that a well-planned, varied vegan diet is suitable for everyone, including children."

It's kinda hard to argue that vegans don't get enough protein!

I cant think if anything that makes me happier than seeing an animals contentment, witnessing a creature allowed to be who he wants to be in the world and at peace. Its a thing of beauty. --- Jenny Brown

"These are perfect for lunch or dinner and you can even make them spicy."

The star of Alladin is vegan and has a new vegan cookbook out. "The Los Angeles-based actor started eating a plant-based diet in 2015 after he and his two best friends/roommates in Toronto looked into the effects of animal products on health and the environment. The three encouraged each other, and Massoud began by cutting out red meat, then eggs, chicken and other animal-derived foods."

Plain and simply, its far better for the world.

"A trick may be astounding to a human, "but it's only great because you understand that I mean you no harm," Garcia-Pelegrin says. The trickery of a magician, then, could yield very different reactions in animals. By default, using food for tricks with animals makes sense, as a means of capturing attention. "However if you make food disappear in front of them, they might get more annoyed than surprised," Garcia-Pelegrin says.... That doesn't mean the magic didn't work it's just a different outcome."lab.

"Its because the true cost of food is hidden, researchers from the University of Augsburg and the University of Greifswald have found. The real price tag would be much higher if the social and ecological impact of production were considered ... Minced meat would cost about three times as much, and the price for milk and gouda cheese would almost double if environmental costs were added,

The answer is yes. "Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, 94, has urged us to eat less meat to reduce our impact on the planet. Speaking ahead of his new Netflix documentary, A Life On Our Planet, the 94-year-old natural historian said: The true tragedy of our time is still unfolding the loss of biodiversity. The living world is our unique marvel. The natural world is fading. We must change our diet. The planet cant support billions of meat-eaters."

"They focused on the two most common calls, the caw and the chi that flock members exchange to keep in contact with each other. The research revealed that captive birds make caw and chi calls with at least two different syllables, while the wild El Yunque birds make entirely different calls, essentially a single syllable on repeat. Being exposed from an early age to the Hispaniolan parrots calls while being separated from elders of their own species likely set the stage for the captive-raised birds to develop new vocalizations, Martínez says."

"A 2016 Oxford University study found that a global switch to diets that rely less on meat and more on fruit and vegetables could save up to 8 million lives by 2050. A number of studies have found that plant-based diets are associated with health benefits, including reduced symptoms of arthritis and reduced blood sugar and cholesterol. More recently, five studies presented at a 2018 nutrition conference found that eating healthy, primarily vegetarian foods is associated with lower risk of chronic diseases, weight gain and death."

"Octopuses are indeed endearing, intelligent, and beautiful creatures, but they are not alien in any way, shape, or form. They are one version of life on this planet. And intelligent animals on this planet have emotions and motivations. Claims about their alien nature facilitate their exploitation by giving weight to false claims that they are so different from us that they could not possibly share humans properties of mind, like feelings."

To put it mildly, it would do enormous good for us all to move away from meat and other animal products!

This is standard practice across North America - and is tragically and horrifically more and more becoming the standard across the world. It must be stopped.

"With an unsettling matter-of-factness, she describes the suns deep red hue and the ash falling from the sky where she lives, due to the blazes engulfing the West Coast, whose unprecedented scale experts have attributed to climate change. Were running out of time, she says. Im trying to do something about it now before its too late."

"The sheer thought of making a practically homemade meal in five minutes is unthinkable in the present world of frozen dinners and canned soups, but it is possible. In fact, here are ten meals that prove just that!"

Veganism is growing so very fast in so many countries! Its strange, though, not to see India in the top 10 here - its very hard to believe that there are not more vegans there than in any other country as yet.

Know that the same spark of life that is within you, is within all of our animal friends, the desire to live is the same within all of us. --- Rai Aren

"Chameleons get silly even as adults, and fiddler crabs always wait for consent."