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So why on earth would this Jamie Oliver show hold any appeal—since it's a mashup of the two television genres I most detest?

60,000 chickens were found dead this week at a North Carolina factory farm, a result of a failed generator powering the facility’s ventilation system. This sort of tragedy is totally preventable, and, as we’ll see, the owners of this farm ought to be criminally prosecuted. It’s also far from the first time an equipment failure […]

Do a Google search for famous vegans and you’re likely to find all sorts of lists naming historical figures like Plato, Pythagoras, Da Vinci, the Buddha, and even Jesus.

You know what kills me about publishing Vegan.com? Every morning, I see the books my readers purchase through the Amazon.com links, and I’d say that for every activist-oriented book that sells, people buy at least fifty vegan cookbooks. We all want a vegan world, but only a tiny handful of us have realized the enormous […]

Two weeks ago, I jeered at the USDA for releasing new nutrition guidelines that called for increased milk consumption. Now other experts are weighing in. In today’s Los Angeles Times, Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard’s nutrition department, writes: … the recommendation for three servings of milk per day is not justified and is likely […]

Forget about the Yahoo/Huffington Post video I blogged last week that featured Bill Clinton talking about his near-vegan diet. I’m now wishing it was never released, because it sort of stole the thunder from this new video with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that is a hundred times better. I hope you’ll do everything possible to share […]

There are few celebrities as passionately dedicated to the vegan lifestyle as American actress Alicia Silverstone. Vegan.com

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s newest cookbook, The Vegan Table, just hit Amazon.com. It’s jammed with gorgeous color photos, and offers 200 recipes, including: Pumpkin Curry Roasted Red Pepper, Artichoke, and Pesto Sandwiches Creamy Macaroni and Cashew Cheese Elegantly Simple Stuffed Bell Peppers Pasta Primavera with Fresh Veggies and Herbs Tempeh and Eggplant Pot Pies African Sweet Potato […]