Controversial Billboard Equates Hot Dogs with Cigarettes
A new and controversial billboard in Indianapolis, Ind., questions the safety of eating hot dogs, basically equating them with cigarettes when it comes to cancer risk. (more…)...
Anne Hathaway and Vegan Desserts, Meant for One Another
From acting to singing to hosting the Academy Awards, Anne Hathaway needs her sweets, but not if concocted from animal products. (more…)...
Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables
By Mark Bittman WHAT will it take to get Americans to change our eating habits? The need is indisputable, since heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all in large part caused by the Standard American Diet. (Ye...
That’s Not Trash, That’s Dinner
By JULIA MOSKIN LAST week in Chelsea, Mich., as people wilted and vegetables flourished in the intense heat, Anne Elder ran through some of he (more…)...
McDonald’s to Change Happy Meals to Include Fruit or Vegetables
Global fast food giant McDonald's will announce plans Tuesday to provide a serving of fruit or vegetable with every Happy Meal sold in the U.S., the Chicago Tribune reported. The Chicago-based chain also...
Is an Organic, Gluten-Free Diet Worth It?
Scanning the shelves of the grocery store, you’re often bombarded with food labels packed with nutritional information you don’t quite understand. We’ve all heard the terms organic and gluten-free, but what exa...
Alicia Silverstone to Raise Her Son as a Vegan
By Jennifer Mishler Alicia Silverstone has announced that she and husband Christopher Jarecki plan to raise their son, Bear Blu, as a vegan. Bear was born in May and has already been on a plant-based diet fro...
Vegan Blogger Starts Petition Against Foie Gras Donuts
Animal advocate and blogger Annie Hartnett has started a petition against foie gras donuts being sold at a New York restaurant.Do or Dine in Brooklyn announced that they would sell foie gras donuts, (more&he...
Companies Propose Curbing Junk Food Ads for Kids
The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the fe...
New Vegan Documentary Helps the World Get Vegucated
By Michael dEstries By now, many have learned that switching to a plant-based diet is ideal for the health of our planet, but making that transition from a Standard American Diet isn’t always easy. A...