The Ethics of Veganism
David Cassuto
In keeping with my earlier promise to highlight well-argued pieces on both sides of the veganism debate, here is a piece by former vegan and author George Monbiot, which explains why he has now concluded that meat-eating (not, however, the factory farm system) is ok. There have been a number of thoughtful responses to Monbiot. Here is one and here’s another.
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Contents
- Staying Healthy – Health and nutrition information, including recommended daily intakes of important nutrients.
- What Do Vegans Eat?
- Simple Meal Ideas
- Vegan Foods Glossary
- Meat, Egg, and Dairy Substitutes – Links to some popular vegan products.
- Favorite Products – Compilation of our enewsletter’s “Products of the Week.”
- Cooking
- Recipes
- Breakfast
- Sandwiches and Wraps
- Salads and Side Dishes
- Sauces, Dips, and Spreads
- Soups, Stews, and Chili
- Pasta and Rice Dishes
- Seitan
- Desserts
- Product Recipes – Links to recipes using some of the vegan products available at many supermarkets and natural food stores.
- More Recipes – Additional online resources for vegan recipes.
- Cookbooks and Videos
- Further Reading and Resources
- On Living with Compassion – With the Why addressed, this piece examines the What and How (more essays available here).
- Defining “Vegan” – What “vegan” means to some people.
- FAQ – Answers to some of the frequently asked questions we receive.
- Contacts and Email Discussion Groups – Links to organizations, individual volunteers, and email discussion groups, listed by region.
Were Humans Meant to Eat Meat?
By Sally Deneen
E.Magazine.com
- Cardiologist William C. Roberts hails from the famed cattle state of Texas, but he says this without hesitation: Humans aren’t physiologically designed to eat meat. “I think the evidence is pretty clear. If you look at various characteristics of carnivores versus herbivores, it doesn’t take a genius to see where humans line up,” says Roberts, editor in chief of The American Journal of Cardiology and medical director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. © Stephen Kroninger
- As further evidence, Roberts cites the carnivore’s short intestinal tract, which reaches about three times its body length. An herbivore’s intestines are 12 times its body length, and humans are closer to herbivores, he says. Roberts rattles off other similarities between human beings and herbivores. Both get vitamin C from their diets (carnivores make it internally). Both sip water, not lap it up with their tongues. Both cool their bodies by perspiring (carnivores pant).
- Human beings and herbivorous animals have little mouths in relation to their head sizes, unlike carnivores, whose big mouths are all the better for “seizing, killing and dismembering prey,” argues nutrition specialist Dr. Milton R. Mills, associate director of preventive medicine for the Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). People and herbivores extensively chew their food, he says, whereas swallowing food whole is the preferred method of carnivores and omnivores.
- Got Milk?
- Dr. Neal D. Barnard, PCRM’s founder and president, says humans lack the raw abilities to be good hunters. “We are not quick, like cats, hawks or other predators,” he says. “It was not until the advent of arrowheads, hatchets and other implements that killing and capturing prey became possible.”…………..
Vegetarian/Vegan Societies and Organizations including Raw Food Groups
(Great places to meet fellow vegetarians and/or learn more about vegetarian/vegan diets)
[3/8/07 Some listings on this page may be outdated. }
USA:
*EarthSave Int’l Advocates of a plant-based diet. Include monthly dine-out evenings, membership potluck dinners, The Taste of Health http://www.earthsave.org
Alabama
Vegetarian Society of Alabama http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2492/
Alaska
EarthSave Anchorage – APU Box 11, 4101 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508 (907) 566-3622
Vegetarian Society of Alaska akvegan@hotmail.com (907) 301-9672.
Arizona
Vegan Action Canebeds, AZ – essene@crosswinds.net
Arkansas
Vegan Action Conway, AR – kooncejm@mercury.hendrix.edu
Vegan Action Fayetteville, AR – megancha@hotbot.com
California
Bay Area Vegetarians (BAV) is a San Francisco Bay Area wide group for vegans, vegetarians, veg*n-inclined and interested people to find community & support with like-minded folks. We support, encourage & connect the local veg*n community through planned monthly events and our online discussion forum and mailing lists (“SFBAVeg”, “SFBAVeg-Events”). In the community spirit, all of our events are organized by volunteers, and membership is free.
EarthSave Inland Empire: 3243 Spring Garden St. Riverside, CA 92501 (909) 682-1196 Email: dmorris@pe.net Fax: 909-784-4973 http://inlandempire.earthsave.org
EarthSave Marin: PO Box 2086 Mill Valley, CA 94942 (415) 383-9143 Email: 102565.3666@compuserve.com
EarthSave Orange County – Orange County: (877) 258-5696 Email: esorangecounty@yahoo.com http://www.orangecounty.earthsave.org/
EarthSave Sacramento: PO Box 188099 Sacramento, CA 95818-8099 (916) 733-2165 Email: argus@ns.net Fax: (916) 444-2384
EarthSave San Diego: 619-516-1240 Email: ivegout@home.com http://sandiego.earthsave.org
EarthSave Santa Barbara: 2022 Cliff Dr #259 Santa Barbara, CA 93109 (805) 566-7506
San Diego County (SDC) Living Foods – Vegetarian Raw Foods Support Group of San Diego County 619/260-6968 betazoid@home.com
San Francisco Vegetarian Society http://www.sfvs.org
Southern California Vegetarians is an organization that educates on the benefits of a plant-based diet on the environment, human health, treatment of animals and world hunger. It also serves as a social and support organization for the members and their concerns (health issues, mistreatment of fellow earthlings, etc). http://aouie.net/veg
Living & Raw Foods for Healthy Living – Santa Cruz http://www.rawfoodists.com
Vegan Action Lynwood, CA – wonderwomyn8@yahoo.com
Vegan Action Sacramento, CA – GraphSide@aol.com
Vegan Action San Francisco Bay Area, CA – liaevans@hotmail.com
Vegan Action San Diego, CA – enlighten_up@hotmail.com
Vegan Action Santa Cruz, CA – vegannerd@xmulletx.com
Vegan Action Santa Monica, CA – vegan.action@labridge.com
Vegan Action Stanford, CA – ksayres@leland.stanford.edu, jskopek@stanford.edu
Colorado
Vegan Action Boulder, CO – moellere@colorado.edu
Vegetarian Society of Colorado http://www.vsc.org
Connecticut
EarthSave P.O. Box 331 N. Branford, CT 06471 (203) 985-1135 Email: lanna@imcinternet.net
The Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society http://www.northctveg.org
District of Columbia
The Vegetarian Society of the District of Columbia http://www.vsdc.org
Florida
EarthSave Miami – Miami: PO Box 160191 Miami, FL 33116-0191 (305) 228-1116 Email: mvegan@AOL.COM Web site: http://miami.earthsave.org
EarthSave Space coast: 164 Jamaica Drive Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 321-799-0253 email: spacecoast@earthsave.org http://spacecoast.earthsave.org
Miami-Live! Living Food Support Group http://www.gardenofhealth.com/miamilive/
Vegan Action Dunedin, FL – Aguaazul@gte.net
Vegan Action South Florida – Meatstnks@aol.com
A Vegetarian Dinner Club is forming in the Sarasota/Venice area. Members alternate turns hosting monthly themed (i.e. “Mexican Fiesta”) dinners. Space is limited. For information, please email AfterFiveClub@hotmail.com
Vegetarian Events – Vegetarian Events was founded in 1987 as an educational and activists non-profit organization to promote vegetarianism, environmentalism, and animal liberation. http://www.vegetarianevents.com
Georgia
The Black Vegetarian Society of Georgia, BVSGA@yahoo.com, (770) 621 5056
Vegan Action Atlanta, GA – Punk182XXX@aol.com
Vegetarian Society of Georgia http://www.vegsocietyofga.org
Hawaii
Vegetarian Society of Hawaii http://www.vsh.org
Illinois
Chicago Vegetarian Society http://www.chicagovegetariansoc.org
CVS – Campus Vegetarian Society (Univ. Illinois at Champaign-Urbana) http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/cvs
Go Veggie! was formed to serve the educational and social needs of committed vegetarians as well as those who are just beginning to explore the many benefits of this lifestyle. Go Veggie! is dedicated to promoting the advantages of vegetarianism for human health, our environment, and the well being of all life on our planet. http://www.go-veggie.org
Indiana
EarthSave Bloomington – Bloomington: P.O. Box 611 Ellersville, IN 47429-0611 (812) 876-6452 Email: earthsave@yahoo.com http://bloomington.earthsave.org
Kentucky
EarthSave Lexington: PO Box 8414 Lexington, KY 40533 (606) 293-8966
EarthSave Louisville – Louisville: 600 Distillery Commons, Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40204 (502) 569-1876 Email: louisville@earthsave.org Web site: http://louisville.earthsave.org
Maryland
EarthSave Baltimore: 517 Talbott Ave., Lutherville, MD 21093-4947, (410) 252-3043 Email: earthsaverdon@hotmail.com
Massachusetts
EarthSave Boston – EarthSave Boston has a monthly “Sunday Speaker Series & Social” with a fascinating variety of topics, good discussion, delicious meals, and it’s open to the public. Please see the EarthSave Boston website for more information. And please come join in on the ongoing conversation on our email list. We’d love to meet you. Email: earthsaveboston@bigfoot.com Phone: 617-824-4225 Fax: 603-372-7987 Email list: http://www.egroups.com/group/earthsave-boston – http://boston.earthsave.org
MIT Vegetarian Group http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/vsg/home.html
Boston Vegetarian Society http://www.bostonveg.org
Vegan Enlightenment Center – The future is Evolution….vegetarian and more…. POB 1139 Orleans, MA 02653 http://cbus123.org
Minnesota
EarthSave Minneapolis/St. Paul: 612-926-5032
Vegetarian Society of Minnesota http://www.vsm.org
Montana
EarthSave Missoula: 406-549-1143 Email: vegan@marsweb.com
Nevada
Vegan Action Reno, NV – veganYES@aol.com
New Jersey
Jersey Shore Vegan Association – smeagolisgod@yahoo.com
Vegetarian Society of South Jersey http://www.vssj.com
New Mexico
New Mexico Living Foods Community – Serving the Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos Living Foods Community http://www.cnsp.com/dodger/nmraw
Vegetarian Society of New Mexico http://www.unm.edu/~patric/vsnm.html
New York
EarthSave Hudson Valley – 2 Jefferson Rd Scarsdale, NY 10583 (914) 472-7392 Email: gleaf@westnet.com Website: http://hudson.earthsave.org
EarthSave Long Island: PO Box 292 Huntington, NY 11743 (631) 421-3791 (Phone and FAX) Email: EarthSaves@aol.com
EarthSave NYC – PO Box 96 New York, NY 10108 Tel: 212.696.7986 Email: nyc@earthsave.org
Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society, Inc. http://www.mhvs.org/index.html
The Rochester Area Vegetarian Society http://www.enviroweb.org/ravs
VivaVegie Society http://www.vivavegie.org
The Raw Energy Telephone Hotline – based in New York City, provides timely information for the vegetarian, raw/living food community. If you reside in or are visiting the New Yok City area, you can call the Hotline toll free at: (212) 343-1152
Ohio
EarthSave Cincinnati: P.O. Box 3125 Cincinnati, OH 45201-3125 (513) 929-2500 Email: earthgirl@fuse.net
EarthSave Cleveland: PO Box 16271 Rocky River, OH 44116 (216) 556-3701
Vegan Action Loveland, OH – jaredboone@mail.com
Oregon
EarthSave Southern Oregon: 472 Walker Ave. Ashland, OR 97520 (541) 482-5330
Eugene Raw Foods Community, Eugene, Oregon, http://www.homestead.com/raweugene
Eugene Veg Education Network (EVEN) – 1574 Coburg Rd., #120, Eugene OR 97401, (541) 343-8055
Northwest VEG – 24305 NE Elkhorn Rd., Brush Prairie, WA 98606, (503) 224-7380 http://nwveg.org
Vegetarian Survival Guide for the Eugene area [even though specific to the Eugene area, this site has lots of articles and good information. The restaurant information made me salivate. If you have a chance to visit the Tofu Palace… Yum!] http://www.efn.org/~goveg/index.html
Pennsylvania
EarthSave Central Pennsylvania: PO Box 459 Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 245-2329 Email: pacourt@kns.net. We currently serve the area of Carlisle, Harrisburg, and Lancaster, Penn.
Vegan Action Bethelem, PA – BiffTanen@aol.com
Tennessee
EarthSave Nashville: PO Box 3469 Brentwood, TN 37024-3469 (615) 366-3323 Email: joeshedlock@mindspring.com http://nashville.earthsave.org
East Tennessee Vegetarian Society http://www.korrnet.org/etvs/contacts.html
Texas
Black Vegetarian Society of Texas, BVStx@aol.com http://www.BVStx.com
The RiceVegetarian Club http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~veggie
Vegan Action Fortworth, TX – artisto@spacewar.com
Vegetarian Society of Houston http://www.geocities.com/vshouston
Utah
EarthSave Salt Lake City: PO Box 526164 Salt Lake City, UT 84152-6164 (435) 647-0961 Email: foulks001@aol.com
Utah’s Living Food Diet, Support and Education Website! Our mission is to bring together people who are interested in the raw food movement. http://www.msnusers.com/LivingFoodUtah/_whatsnew.msnw
Vermont
Vermont Vegetarian Society http://www.ivu.org/vvs
Virginia
Vegan Action Richmond, VA – vegan4life@animail.net
Vegetarian Society of Richmond http://www.ivu.org/vsr/index2.htm
Washington
EarthSave Seattle – http://www.seattle.earthsave.org
Seattle Raw Foods Community http://www.rawseattle.org
Vancouver: See Oregon: “Portland/Vancouver”
Vegetarians of Washington http://www.vegofwa.org
The Calgary Vegetarian Society http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~knepperm/gaia/veggie/homepage.html
EarthSave Canada : A nonprofit educational organization promoting awareness of the health, environmental and ethical consequences of our food choices. We advocate the move to plant-based diet choices for better health, environmental sustainability and compassion toward non-human animals. http://www.earthsave.bc.ca
Halifax Association of Vegetarians http://www.ivu.org/hav
Northern Vegetarian Society http://www.ivu.org/nvs
Raw Food Society of British Columbia http://www.rawbc.org
Toronto Vegetarian Association Canada’s largest and oldest vegetarian organization http://www.veg.ca
Toronto Vegetarian Association http://www.veg.on.ca
Vancouver Island Vegetarian Association http://www.islandnet.com/~viva/homepage.htm
Vegan Action Toronto – Vmunoz@artisticliving.com
Vegan Québec http://www.veganquebec.cjb.net
Vegan Voices – Vegan Activist Group based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Organizes vegan/vegetarian social events, animal rights protests, information tables, etc. http://www.veganvoices.org
Vegetarians of Alberta – “If we see the vegetarian issue beyond simply our personal health and well-being to its direct impact on the destiny of our planet, then I think it’s good for us to give a little service to the veggie cause.”
— Glen McLean, founder VOA http://www.planet.eon.net/~voa
Winnipeg Vegetarian Association http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~wva/index.html
Act Vegetarian Society http://www.veg-soc.org
Asian Vegetarian Union http://www.ivu.org/avu
Australia News and Coming Events of Interest to Vegans http://www.users.bigpond.com/evespen/news.html
Australian Vegetarian Society http://www.veg-soc.org
EarthSave Int’l Advocates of a pland-based diet. Include monthly dine-out evenings, membership potluck dinners, The Taste of Health http://www.earthsave.org
EarthSave Australia – promotes food choices that are healthy for people and the planet. We educate, inspire and empower people to shift towards a plant based diet and to take compassionate action for all life on earth. http://australia.earthsave.org
EarthSave Montreal – http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/qpirg/earthsave.html
EarthSave UK – http://www.earthsave.co.uk
European Vegetarian Union – he European Vegetarian Union (EVU) is an ‘umbrella’ organisation for most vegetarian groups in Europe. The aims of the EVU include keeping the vegetarian groups in Europe in touch with each other and to inform the public about the European developments.http://www.ivu.org/evu
Finnish Vegan Society http://www.sci.fi/~vegan
France Veg is the French vegan society http://www.geocities.com/vegorg02/index.html
The Fresh Network is a unique organisation based in the UK, promoting a diet high in raw & living foods http://www.fresh-network.com
The Indonesian Vegan Society – The Indonesian Vegan Society exists to promote a lifestyle that is free from animal products. http://www.i-v-s.org
International Vegetarian Union – Promoting Vegetarianism Worldwide Since 1908 http://www.ivu.org
Japan Vegetarian Society (JPVS) http://www.jpvs.org
Jewish Vegetarians of North America http://www.orbyss.com/jvna.htm
New Zealand Vegetarian Society Inc. – Wellington Branch http://vegsoc.wellington.net.nz
The North American Vegetarian Society! http://www.cyberveg.org/navs
Österreichische Vegetarier Union http://www.vegetarier.at
Sheffield Vegan Society Promoting a compassionate and ecologically sound life-style http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/personal/md1akj/veg/akj_svs.htm
Vegan Action Argentina – xmflorenciax@hotmail.com
Vegan Action France – Sebastian Gonnot, 8 Crs Gambetta, 69007 Lyon
Vegan Action Indonesia – okipwn@bdg.centrin.net.id
Vegan Action New Zealand – veganactionChCh@hotmail.com
Vegan Action Poland – Maciej Dziegielewski, Kietcrew I 19, 62-633 Wizaca Wlk.
Vegan Action Sweden – veganaction_s@hotmail.com
Vegan Society UK – Promoting ways of living which avoid the use of animal products- for the benefit of people, animals and the environment http://www.vegansociety.com
Planet Veggie UK – a guide to restaurants, shops and groups in East London. It also contains exclusive jewelry, vegan info, links, a messageboard and a guestbook. http://www.planetveggie.co.uk
Vegetarian Network Victoria (VNV), established in 1998, is a volunteer-based, non-profit organisation in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is run by people who care about human health, animal welfare and the environment. Our aim is to promote the many benefits of vegetarianism, and provide quality service, information and support to vegetarians. http://www.vnv.org.au
Vegetarian Society of Singapore http://www.vegetarian-society.org
Vegetarian Society of Western Australia http://www.ivu.org/vswa
Vegetarian Society UK http://www.vegsoc.org
Vegetarian Union of North America http://www.ivu.org/vuna
The Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland is located in Queensland, the northeastern state of Australia. The aims of the Society are to: encourage vegetarianism as a humane and responsible lifestyle. provide information relating to vegetarianism. foster social contact among vegetarians and people interested in vegetarianism. http://cwpp.slq.qld.gov.au/vvsq
Vegetarian World – To set up a traditional annual forum of vegetarians of Russia and other countries and ? showcase of vegetarian foodstuffs and services. http://www.vegworld.ru/defaulteng.stm
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Vegan – Vegetarian Recipe Book
How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat
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Recipes (Animal Liberation Victoria) click title for more recipes
Breakfast
Fruit salad
Muesli with Soy Milk and Yoghurt
BLT
Strawberry & Banana Smoothie
Porridge with Banana and Wheatgerm
Toasted fruit muffin
Berry Smoothie with Greens
Cereal Bar
Toast with Soy Chai
Scrambled Tofu
Cereal – Brekky Blast
Blueberry Muffins
Home made beans on toast
Calcium rich Banana & Berry Smoothie
French Toast
Pancakes with berries
Cereal – Healthy start
Chocolate Banana Smoothie
Banana and Walnut Muffins
Muesli and Cherry Nectar
Fruit Cups
Porridge with Berries
Toast with a choice of toppings
Breakfast bread with Maple Syrup
Big Cooked Breakfast
Green Smoothie
Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins
Cereal – Sultana Flakes
Waffles with Fruit & Maple Syrup
Breakfast Wrap
sides / dips
Garlic Bread
Guacamole
Houmous
Potato Wedges
Parmigiana Sauce
Lunch
Falafel & Hommus wrap
Leek Potato and Lentil soup
Fry’s Schnitzel Sandwich
Potato, Squash & Asparagus Frittata
Adzuki Bean Burgers & Potato Wedges
Baked Potatoes with Home Made Coleslaw
Roasted Vegetable and Pesto Sandwich
Peking ‘Duck’ Pancakes
Vegetable Fritters
Tempeh and Parsnip Rolls
sweets / desserts
Anzac Biscuits
Carrot Cake
Lemon Cheesecake
Macadamia & White Choc Biscuits
Sticky Date Pudding
Trifle
Wonderful World of Non Human Animals 