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VEGETARIAN ACTION NEWSLETTER #30, Wednesday, September 14, 2016.
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of
Peace, Justice, and Ecology.
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Contents:
OMNI Vegetarian Action Newsletter, September
14, 2016.
VEGETARIAN
AND VEGAN ORGANIZATIONS
Looking Ahead to October 1,
Vegetarian Day, October Vegetarian Month
World Vegetarian Day - NAVS:
North American Vegetarian Sociiety
Vegetarian Resource
Group, Vegetarian
Journal
Vegnews
Magazine
Top Vegan Blogs
Health,
Nutrition
3 Vegan Cookbooks
Mark Hawthorne’s Book vs. Industrial
Food System
Oatman, Too Much Protein
Animal
Rights and Protection, Compassion for Sentient Creatures,
Dick: Truck Hauling Chickens Turns
Over
Tyson Fires 10 Lowest Level Workers
for Chicken Abuse
Green Party Has Animal Rights
Committee
Two Books by Mark Hawthorne: A Vegan Ethic and Animal Suffering
Book from Humane Society
Center for Biological
Diversity: Meat Industry and USDA v.
Wild Animals
Global
Warming, Industrial Agriculture, Population, Consumption, Growth
Lolly Tindol and Jeanne Neath on
Industrial Agriculture
Jeanne Neath on Small Scale Farming
Cooling the Earth
Gary Gardner in There Is Still Time!
Scott McNall, Rapid Climate Change
Dauvergne, The Shadows of Consumption
Center for Biological Diversity:
Wildlife, Population, Climate
Growth
OMNI Growth Newsletters #3 was published July 10, 2016.
VEGETARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
World Vegetarian Day - NAVS, Google Search, September 7, 2016
www.worldvegetarianday.org/
World Vegetarian Day
World Vegetarian Day endorsement and
schedule on nearby date instead ... World
Vegetarian Day, October 1, is the
annual kick-off of Vegetarian Awareness ...
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Founded in 1974, the North American Vegetarian Society ...
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Non-vegetarians Welcome. Non-vegetarians can
also join in the ...
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Vegetarian diets help people, ... Use our
Vegetarian Pledge ...
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world vegen logo, link to WVD home page ·
link to What you ...
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Free Vegetarian Poster Order. poster. Please
send me free ...
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Non-vegetarians pledging to go meat-free
during Vegetarian ...
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www.vrg.org/journal/index.php
Vegetarian Journal is the practical
magazine for those interested in Vegetarian Health, Ecology, and Ethics. The
Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is a ...
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Subscribe to the Vegetarian Journal ... The 36-page Journal ...
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Guide to grains, including a table comparing
the nutritional ...
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VJ 2016 issue 2 cover, Click the cover image
to view or ...
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To join VRG and receive Vegetarian ...
Vegetarian ...
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[Despite its claim to be a Vegetarian Health, Ecology, and
Ethics Journal and Resource Group, apparently (I haven’t subscribed to it) it
is mainly a nutrition/health vegan organization and magazine. Of course, a vegan life style is inherently
ecological and ethical. So I mean that
the contents of the magazine, according to the tables of content, do not
directly engage in the ethical (protection of animals, rejection of cruelty) or
ecological (the climate consequences of eating meat). --Dick]
VegNews Magazine, Google Search,
September 7, 2016
Vegan Recipes, Food, News, Travel, Health ... Google Search, September 7, 2016
Vegan Recipes, Food, News, Travel, Health ... Google Search, September 7, 2016
vegnews.com/
VegNews is an
award-winning vegan magazine and website packed with recipes, travel, news,
food, reviews, and so much more.
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The July+August Summer Fun Issue of VegNews
is here and ...
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History. The premier vegan lifestyle
magazine, VegNews ...
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Get VegNews Magazine delivered straight to
your door, hot off the ...
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National Pizza Chain Now Offers Vegan Cheese.
By Veronica ...
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Food. Vegan Three Bean Dal. This bean medley
mixed with all the ...
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Vegan Weddings 2016 (Jac ... Jac Reasor
& Jae Russell
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Top 21 VEGAN BLOGS, VEGNEWS (July-Aug.2016) p. 38
Health, Nutrition
Vegan Cooking
Kelly Peloza, The Vegan
Cookie Connoisseur.
The Little Vegan
Cookbook. 500 global recipes.
Steen and Newman, Vegans
Go Nuts (and seeds).
MARK HAWTHORNE, “THE WAY WE EAT.” VEGNEWS
(July Aug. 2016). An intense,
comprehensive attack on the US industrial food system, and “how we’ve become
the sickest country on the planet.”
FOR HEALTH EAT PLANTS NOT MEAT
When will your producers include in
the climate and environmental discourse the incalculable emissions of methane , CO2, and other GHG's from farmed animal production, said to be 51%
of all global emissions. Given the scientific and medical FACT that we'd be far
healthier on the ideal diet for human beings, from plant based foods, isn't it
literally insane to continue promoting, marketing and subsidizing animal
agribusiness and livestock feed? See Dr. Richard Oppenlander discuss "Your
Role in Global Depletion."
As long as we live the lie, that we
need animals as vectors for nutrients far better absorbed through plant foods,
we remain the only species that poisons its own environment and has little
remorse about doing it to every other species we share it with. From The
Diane Rehm Show, July 1, 2015, discussant.
Oatman, Maddie.
“The Case for Lo Pro.” Mother Jones.
September 1, 2016. You might notice, the next time you go grocery
shopping, that supermarket aisles are turning into one big advertisement for
protein. The health claims are everywhere. Wheyhey ice cream-"20 g of
protein per pot"-promises to help with "losing weight" and
"skin anti-aging." P28 high-protein sliced bread wants to be
"part of your journey to a healthy lifestyle." Kellogg's Special K
Protein cereal "satisfies hunger longer." Everyone at work seems to
be on a high-protein Paleo diet. And
American consumers, according to one business analytics firm, spend about $250
million a year on protein powder alone.
Given all the hype, it might come as no
surprise that American adults are eating roughly double the average daily
protein recommendation of 60 grams for women and 70 grams for men. …
Dick’s summary: A
balanced plant diet provides plenty of protein and significantly reduces
greenhouse gas emissions.]
Animal Rights and Protection, Compassion for Sentient Creatures
DICK: NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED
On August 25, 2016 (NADG), a truck loaded with full cages of
chickens overturned on a curve in Gentry.
“No serious injuries were reported, but cleanup was expected to take
some time.” The accompanying photo
showed a pile of dead chickens.
Progress for Humans, Long Way to Go
for Chickens:
In Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn, news came of a
riverboat explosion.
Aunt Sally asked: “Anybody hurt?”
Huckleberry answered: “No’m. Killed a nigger.”
Although the struggle continues for
blacks (Black Lives Matter movement), constitutionally and legally they now
receive full rights and respect. No
chickens seriously injured in 2016.
U.S. | Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:15pm EDT
Tyson fires 10 U.S.
workers after video captures chicken abuse
By Tom Polansek. CHICAGO,
Reuters. [Also appeared in NADG, Stephen Steed, “Tyson Fires 10 in Chicken-abuse
Video (8-13-16)]. Tyson Foods Inc said it has fired 10
workers who were captured abusing breeder chickens in Virginia in a secretly
recorded video released by an animal rights group on Thursday.The company also
said it will retrain workers who handle live poultry on animal welfare policies
after the latest instances of abuse came to light.The video by the activist
group Compassion Over
Killing showed Tyson workers at several facilities
punching, kicking and flinging live birds. One employee was shown crushing the
head of a live chicken under his boot.The footage, recorded in May and June,
was posted on the website of the activist group, which fights for animal rights
and encourages vegetarianism. (cok.net/)Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson, one
of the world's largest meat processors, said it was "disgusted by the
actions of the individuals in the video."Tyson said it believed it had not
gone far enough to stop the mistreatment of animals at its facilities and was
evaluating other steps to ensure its policies were being followed.The video
marks at least the fifth time since 2015 that animal activists have secretly
filmed abuse at Tyson farms.
Tyson sells meat in grocery stores and supplies chicken to major
restaurant chains, including McDonald's Corp and Yum Brands Inc's KFC. It also
makes Ball Park hot dogs, Jimmy Dean sausages and Sara Lee cold cuts.
"Animal cruelty
is not the product of a few bad actors. It's a systemic issue that the company
needs to address," the executive
director of Compassion Over
Killing, Erica Meier, said in an interview.
Tyson and Compassion Over Killing said separately they had
contacted law enforcement who will determine whether to pursue criminal charges
against the workers.
"Tyson should be held accountable for the horrors inflicted
upon these animals," Meier said in a statement.
Tyson also said it has stopped a practice shown in the video
that involves pushing a piece of plastic through the beaks of live male
chickens.
The practice, known as boning or beak modification, was "a
historical way the industry has used to keep males from eating food intended
for females," according to Tyson. The company said it immediately stopped
boning at the final two locations where it was performed, after previously
eliminating it at other facilities.
On Monday, Tyson reported record operating margins in its
chicken segment in the quarter ended on July 2. The unit had sales of $11.4
billion in 2015. (Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
[One thing stands out:
Only the lowest level worker is punished.
No foreman, no middle level, no VP is fired or even referred to. Apparently nobody above the line worker is
responsible for Tyson’s corporate system.
–Dick]
GREEN PARTY TAKES THE LEAD FOR ANIMALS
The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) has
“created an animal-rights committee to bring animal issues to the national
political stage. . . .The move marks the first time in American history that a
major political party has placed animal welfare as a priority.” In VEGNEWS
(July Aug 2016) p. 23. --Dick
TWO
BOOKS BY MARK HAWTHORNE
Mark Hawthorne, A Vegan Ethic: Embracing a Life of Compassion Toward All. Highly
praised in a brief rev. VEGNEWS (July Aug., 2016) p. 73. “the interconnectedness of all compassionate
movements” and “veganism as the path to ensure a kinder world.” --Dick
Also:
https://www.amazon.com/Bleating.../1780998511
Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, ....
fundamentally change the way you look not just at animals, but the world we share with
... Mark Hawthorne is the author of two books on animal rights: Bleating
Hearts:
NEW BOOK FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY
The Humane
Economy : Animal Protection 2.0., How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of
Animals., by Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Human Society
of the US. Visit humaneeconomy.org. In VEGNEWS (July August 2016).
VEGNEWS (July August 2016)
Inside front cover 2 pp. ad for “Shop the Best
of Cruelty-Free Beauty and Lifestyle.”
That’s about all on animals in this no. of Vegnews.
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,
POPX: POPULATION, SUSTAINABILILITY, AND A WILDER FUTURE FOR ALL
RELATED PROBLEM: MEAT INDUSTRY AND
USDA VS. WILD ANIMALS
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Population Growth, Affluent Consumption, Global Warming,
Environmental Extremes, Climate Catastrophe
Population Growth, Consumption, and Waste:
JUNE 24, 2016 world population is: 7,436,878,650.
AGAINST INDUSTRIAL
AGRICULTURE: LOLLY TINDAL AND JEANNE NEATH
And then a different topic:
Agriculture is one of the biggest users of fossil fuels in the world and Monsanto (Dow, Syngenta, and other chemical companies posing as seed companies, along with all the major agribusiness suppliers such as Cargill, ADM, etc) is the evil twin to Exxon-Mobil in the world of dirt. Last year was the UN's Year of the Soil. And if we just took stock of how many ways agribusiness uses fossil fuels, it would be right up there with transportation and energy production for electricity. Monsanto et.al. is forcing (in one sense that this is the current accepted practice in agribusiness) farmers worldwide to buy into GMOs which require Round-up. So not only is agribusiness a big fossil fuel user but it also is forcing the use of the most widely used agricultural toxin, glyphosate. Fossil fuel is used in the synthetic fertilizers that agribusiness applies to the soil; natural gas is turned into ammonium nitrate, the chemical nitorgen component. Unfortunately for people who eat, this synthetic nitrogen is a soil killer and plowing from fence row to fence row only makes it worse (we've lost 60% of our topsoil down the Mississippi to the Gulf, plus the excess synthetic nitrogen has created a dead zone from algal blooms in the Gulf---carry that picture to every major river in every world country that uses current agricultural practices). Current methodology kills soil structure, kills good soil bacteria, kills the microrrihizae that are the soil communicators. This is all for money and the supposed advantage of extra production. But the so-called extra production is mostly because there are more fields in production and because of the momentary (in the eyeblink of agriculture's 10,000 year history) aid of fossil fuels in general, not because GMOs actually produce more food. Weeds are becoming resistant to Round-up, they're smart and we thought it was just us humans! Think of all the monocultures this type of agriculture produces! Think of all the species on the brink because we've cleared all that land! Think of all the corporate handouts because of federal subsidies!
And then a different topic:
Agriculture is one of the biggest users of fossil fuels in the world and Monsanto (Dow, Syngenta, and other chemical companies posing as seed companies, along with all the major agribusiness suppliers such as Cargill, ADM, etc) is the evil twin to Exxon-Mobil in the world of dirt. Last year was the UN's Year of the Soil. And if we just took stock of how many ways agribusiness uses fossil fuels, it would be right up there with transportation and energy production for electricity. Monsanto et.al. is forcing (in one sense that this is the current accepted practice in agribusiness) farmers worldwide to buy into GMOs which require Round-up. So not only is agribusiness a big fossil fuel user but it also is forcing the use of the most widely used agricultural toxin, glyphosate. Fossil fuel is used in the synthetic fertilizers that agribusiness applies to the soil; natural gas is turned into ammonium nitrate, the chemical nitorgen component. Unfortunately for people who eat, this synthetic nitrogen is a soil killer and plowing from fence row to fence row only makes it worse (we've lost 60% of our topsoil down the Mississippi to the Gulf, plus the excess synthetic nitrogen has created a dead zone from algal blooms in the Gulf---carry that picture to every major river in every world country that uses current agricultural practices). Current methodology kills soil structure, kills good soil bacteria, kills the microrrihizae that are the soil communicators. This is all for money and the supposed advantage of extra production. But the so-called extra production is mostly because there are more fields in production and because of the momentary (in the eyeblink of agriculture's 10,000 year history) aid of fossil fuels in general, not because GMOs actually produce more food. Weeds are becoming resistant to Round-up, they're smart and we thought it was just us humans! Think of all the monocultures this type of agriculture produces! Think of all the species on the brink because we've cleared all that land! Think of all the corporate handouts because of federal subsidies!
Then there's the question of globalization: soy
grown in Brazil after cutting down the rainforest is shipped thousands of miles
to fatten cattle for McDonald's. Third world countries, China is a great
example, as their middle class grows, are eating more meat. China has just
instituted an eat less meat national plan; they can do that from the top down
unlike our "democratic method" with a dysfunctional Congress. Think
of the air miles and truck miles used to move a mango from India to the
US!
There's more, this is just a start, I don't have
the staistics at hand just lots of reading on the topic of agribusiness since
I'm an organic grower. We have emphasized CO2 emissions because they are
quantifiable, but we've only applied that to transportation and electric
energy production, not to food/soil/agribusiness. Everybody has to eat! FDR
said "the country that kills its soil, kills the country."
Thanks, Dick and everybody. I would welcome
feedback and support.
Lolly Tindol
I know you are very
familiar with La Via Campesina, Lolly, but others may not be, so I recommend
their article Small Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling
Down the Earth to everyone
interested in reducing carbon. Ending industrial agriculture is essential to
climate change efforts. (Link to the La Via Campesina article is at the end of
my email.)
According to La Via
Campesina, the organization representing the global peasant movement:
"Industrial agriculture and the
industrial food system are major causes of the climate crisis:
Agricultural activities are responsible for 11
to 15%
Land clearing and deforestation cause an
additional 15 to 18%
Food processing,packing and transportation
cause 15 to 20%
Decomposition of organic waste: 3 to 4%
Total emissions of the food system: 44 to 57%
of total global greenhouse emissions"
La Via Campesina say in their paper that by
eliminating industrial agriculture and having small scale sustainable farmers
producing food globally:
"Emissions would be reduced or
offset as follows:
By recuperating soil organic matter: 20 to 35%
By reversing the concentration of meat
production and reintegrating animal and crop production: 5 to 9%
By putting local markets and fresh food back
in the center of the food system: 10 to 12%
By halting and clearing and deforestation: 15
to 18%
In total, these changes would provoke a
reduction of ½ to ¾ of current global emissions. If this is complemented by
serious saving and reduction strategies in other economic sectors, the goal of
zero emissions and even reducing current concentration of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere would become feasible.
The solutions are not just technical or
biological. The necessary forms of organizing and carrying out these forms of
agriculture require decentralized tasks and millions of people, communities and
organizations involved and making decisions on how to make the change possible.
They also require a sharp knowledge of local
ecosystems and conditions, of seeds and biodiversity.
Only small farmers and indigenous peoples
around the world can fulfill such needs."
(Download their online paper from http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/publications-mainmenu-30/863-la-via-campesina-position-paper-small-scale-sustenable-farmers-are-cooling-down-the-earth)
Jeanne Neath
See chapters on Population and Consumption in Gary Gardner’s “Our Planet Today,” in
Seidel, There Is Still Time. “Consumption is driven
in part by population growth (more people means more consumption), but also by
greater prosperity, which typically drives up consumption per person.” (126).
“Population growth can
cancel out everything we do to limit
the build-up of GHGs (Attenborough, “The Crowded Planet,” 2009), and population
continues to increase at a rapid rate.” McNall, Rapid Climate
Change (58). But McNall recognizes also the importance
of excessive consumption in the
developed countries (59). Reduction of
both is essential.
Dauvergne, Peter.
The Shadows of Consumption:
Consequences for the Global Environment.
MIT P,
2009. The harms of over-consumption and
waste in affluent countries from the consumption of beef to the use of cars and
fridges.
China preparing to decrease meat
consumption
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Wildlife, Population, Renewable
Energy, Climate Catastrophe, ICLEIUSA, China
Welcome New Wild Energy Staff
We're excited to
welcome a new staff member to the Population and Sustainability team: Chad
Tudenggongbu, our new senior renewable energy campaigner. He'll be leading
the Center's "Wild Energy"
campaign to promote a wildlife-friendly renewable energy future. Chad brings
extensive experience working on renewable energy and climate change issues
with ICLEIUSA and the British Consulate-General in Chongqing, China. He
received his bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology from Duke University
and a master's degree in environmental policy from Bard College.
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GROWTH
See OMNI’s GROWTH
WATCH NEWSLETTERS. #3 was published July
10, 2016.
Contents
Vegetarian Action Newsletter #29
I. Nutrition, Health
Veganism for All, Brown Vegan
Vegan Recipes
Pollan’s 7 Words Plus 1
II. Animal Rights
Protecting Feral Cats
Tyson Video
Mercy for Animals
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Dick, Arkansas Makin’ Progress
Dick, Looking on the Bright Side
III. Climate Change,
Overpopulation, Carnivorism
Kunstler, Magic and the Fate of the Nation
Farm Bureau v. Cowspiracy
IV. Limits to Growth
McKibben, Eaarth
END VEGETARIAN
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