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  • What’s Wrong with Backyard Eggs?

    What's Wrong with Backyard Eggs?

    As we look more closely at the reality of the backyard chicken trend, it becomes increasingly clear that it is the same commodification of animals, packaged in niche marketing to appeal to the modern “conscious consumer”.

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  • Freedom’s New Frontier: A Guide to Animal Rights

    Freedom’s New Frontier: A Guide to Animal Rights

    Shifting away from the common belief that other animals are renewable resources will lead to a new perception that recognizes animals as the conscious, feeling, innocent individuals they are.

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    Is Your Alcohol Vegan?

    Many people, vegan or not, are surprised to discover that there is a plethora of animal-based products that can be found in alcoholic beverages.

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  • Good Nutrition for Healthy Vegan Dogs

    Good Nutrition for Healthy Vegan Dogs

    Many people are surprised to learn that not only can vegan dogs enjoy vibrant health, but their physical condition can actually improve as a result of eliminating animal foods.

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  • 10 Things Everyone Should Know About Free-Range Turkeys

    10 Things Everyone Should Know About Free-Range Turkeys

    Many people don’t realize that animals raised as 'free-range' suffer much of the same torment as those in standard operations.

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  • Waking Up: Vegetarian to Vegan

    Waking Up: Vegetarian to Vegan

    As I look back over the last 26 years of my life, I wonder how it took me so long to live my life the way I’ve always wanted to: with love, kindness and honesty.

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  • An Irrefutable Truth

    An Irrefutable Truth

    "What a boost to my self-esteem to discover that I knew something that was absolutely right; something that no one, no matter their station in life, could convince me was wrong."

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  • Legal Slavery in the 21st Century

    Legal Slavery in the 21st Century

    Widespread veganism is the only way to achieve animal rights, and to end the legal slavery that is the foundation of industrial animal exploitation.

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  • Beginner’s Guide to Veganic Gardening

    Beginner's Guide to Veganic Gardening

    Just as vegans avoid animal products in the rest of our lives, we also avoid them in the garden, as many fertilizers come from industries of exploitation.

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  • Rewarded for Being Vegan

    Rewarded for Being Vegan

    From eliminating asthma and hayfever to curing chronic conditions and diseases, a vegan diet offers benefits to anyone and everyone.

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  • A Newer Age

    A Newer Age

    The vegan evolution will inspire a heightened spiritual awareness, purify the body, and make possible personal and planetary healing unprecedented in human history.

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  • 10 Protein-Packed Plants

    10 Protein-Packed Plants

    When most people think of protein, images of cheese, eggs and a leg of lamb pop into their head. Did you know though that every single whole food contains protein?

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  • 3 Reasons Not to Eat Honey

    3 Reasons Not to Eat Honey

    To make one pound of honey, a colony must visit over two million flowers, flying over 55,000 miles, at up to 15 miles per hour to do so.

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  • The Power of Ahimsa

    The Power of Ahimsa

    Prescribed by sages throughout history as the most effective way to temper the bestial nature in man, taking the vow of Ahimsa means resolving to refrain from causing any harm to any living creature.

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  • The Importance of Being Vegan

    The Importance of Being Vegan

    Veganism is not a fringe philosophy – it is a moral baseline that is consistent with beliefs that most of us already hold.

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  • Natural Flavors & Castoreum

    Natural Flavors & Castoreum

    Natural Flavors… The name sounds innocent enough, but these mild-sounding words are an umbrella term for some pretty horrible stuff, including certain ingredients that come from extreme animal abuse.

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  • A Beginner’s Guide to Traveling as a Vegan

    A Beginner’s Guide to Traveling as a Vegan

    As you travel to new places as a vegan, a bit of planning and forethought can help you overcome the small inconveniences you may encounter.

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  • Bruno: A New Perspective on Happy Cows

    Bruno: A New Perspective on Happy Cows

    This is not the story of a factory farm; it is the story of a beautiful farm with free range animals who seemed to be happy.

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  • Occupy Humanity

    Occupy Humanity

    As we, the people, occupy cities and institutions all over the world to protest injustice, it may be a good time to ask ourselves if we are in any way perpetrating the very injustices we are opposing.

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  • The Magic of Frozen Bananas

    The Magic of Frozen Bananas

    For an instant energy boost that is long lasting, yet light on the digestion, frozen bananas are fantastic for smoothies, snacks and even raw vegan desserts.

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  • What’s Wrong with Wool?

    What's Wrong with Wool?

    Wool often tends to be overlooked by animal advocates because its cultivation does not necessitate the death of the animal. However, the cultivation of wool is far from the pastoral idyll one might imagine.

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  • A Beginner’s Guide to Vegan Advocacy

    A Beginner’s Guide to Vegan Advocacy

    Given the burgeoning opportunities, advocates can pick and choose what methods and media suit their talents, personalities, preferences, and geographic locations.

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  • The Vegan Evolution

    The Vegan Evolution

    The vegan ideal represents nothing less than the next evolutionary step for humankind. This quantum leap may seem far-fetched from the position we are in today, but it is within this very change that we will ultimately find our hope for the world of tomorrow.

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  • Seven Delicious Vegan Cookie Recipes

    Seven Delicious Vegan Cookie Recipes

    Although our diet is based around organic whole foods, anyone who knows us will attest to the fact that we are somewhat obsessed with sweet treats and baked goods.

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  • The Myth of Eco-Friendly Animal Products

    The Myth of Eco-Friendly Animal Products

    What do "humanely-raised", "free-range", "grass-fed", "organic” or “cruelty-free" animal products really mean for the environment?

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  • Keeping Animal Bones Out of Sugar

    Keeping Animal Bones Out of Sugar

    Sugar seems vegan at a glance; it comes from a plant after all. But when the natural sugars from the plant are refined in a factory, they are often filtered through bone char.

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A Foundation for Inner Security

May 23, 2012 ethics
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  “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the ‘Universe’, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us [...]

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Satisfy Your Soul

April 30, 2012 ethics
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When the world and its religions can’t quite satisfy your soul, and the hymns and prayers and chanting sound like one droll rigmarole…

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A Vegan Celebration for Earth Day!

April 30, 2012 Gentle World
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Earlier this month, Gentle World volunteers participated in a local Earth Day celebration, which brought the magic of plant-based healing to hundreds of people… What were we doing there? Serving food, of course!

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8 Creative Picnic Salads

April 29, 2012 food & recipes
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As spring approaches, so does a new season of fresh greens and garden fare ready to make into delicious dishes. Whether you’re looking for the perfect picnic, potluck salad or a simple delicious fresh dish for dinner, these vibrant salads are sure to satisfy. All eight recipes are 100% vegan and incorporate a mixture of [...]

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The Myth of Eco-Friendly Animal Products

April 29, 2012 ethics
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What do “humanely-raised”, “free-range”, “grass-fed”, “organic” or “cruelty-free” animal products really mean for the environment?

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“Dog, Horse… It’s Good Food for Us”

April 23, 2012 ethics
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Dog = Family Member. Lamb = Food. So we have been taught.

To the vast majority of people, animals are judged edible and inedible according to irrelevant characteristics.

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Tantalizing Tahini Recipes

April 8, 2012 food & recipes
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Tahini has to be my favorite seed butter because it gives any dish or sauce an excellent creamy, nutty and earthy flavor, making it surprisingly delicious in desserts and scrumptious in sautés. But if you’ve never heard about tahini, its health benefits and many uses, then you’re in luck. The Talents of Tahini will tell [...]

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Ode to Joy

March 31, 2012 ethics
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When I was five years old, I unhappily discovered that I was the only girl in my kindergarten class who didn’t have a middle name.  Feeling deprived of what I perceived to be an important clue to my identity, I asked my mother why.  She wisely explained that the reason she didn’t give me one at birth [...]

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What’s Wrong with Backyard Eggs?

March 31, 2012 ethics
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As we look more closely at the reality of the backyard chicken trend, it becomes increasingly clear that it is the same commodification of animals, packaged in niche marketing to appeal to the modern “conscious consumer”.

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Freedom’s New Frontier: A Guide to Animal Rights

March 31, 2012 ethics
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Shifting away from the common belief that other animals are renewable resources will lead to a new perception that recognizes animals as the conscious, feeling, innocent individuals they are.

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