OMNI
VEGETARIAN/VEGAN
ACTION NEWSLETTER #46,
WEDNESDAY (2ND
WEDNESDAYS), MARCH 14, 2018.
Edited by Dick Bennett
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OMNI’s MARCH VEGETARIAN/VEGAN
POTLUCK is Wednesday, MARCH 14, 2018, at OMNI, Center for Peace, Justice, and
Ecology (2ND Wednesdays).
We start eating at 6:00.
All are welcome.
VV IS
SPREADING, and OMNI’s Vegetarian Action and
OMNI members are reporting and advocating the good news. We are advancing the better future. This newsletter expresses the belief that
Vegetarianism/Veganism VV is a powerful force for change when all of its
principles are advocated: VV sustains
and improves health, the protection of animals, and the climate.
You may want to enjoy and discuss some old or new vegetarian or
vegan recipes, to talk about your experiments with VV cooking, or your
concerned about cruelty to animals or global warming and climate
catastrophe. OMNI’s director is Gladys Tiffany. OMNI is located at 3274 Lee Avenue parallel
to N. College southeast of the Village Inn and south of Liquor World.
More information: 935-4422; 442-4600.
Car directions to OMNI: Take College to Harold St (at Flying Burrito), turn east
(right if you’re heading north). Go one block to Lee and turn left. Go one block to Bertha and we’re the gray
brick on the corner, 2nd house south of Liquor World, solar panels on
roof!
VEGETARIAN SUMMERFEST 2018.
JULY 4-8, Johnstown, PA
NAVS, North American Vegetarian
Society
Contents: OMNI VEGETARIAN ACTION NEWSLETTER #46, MARCH
14, 2018
Health, Nutrition
6 Cookbooks
Protection of Animals from Torture and Death
“The Animals We Eat.” VegNews
(M/A 2018), 31. Statistics for 10 animals
Glenn Greenwald, Consumers vs. Animal Cruelty of Poultry Industry
Marla Rose, Eating Meat and Ethics
Climate Catastrophe Long-range Mitigation and Immediate Adaption
Vegetarianism, Veganism, and Climate Change, Google Search 3-14
TEXTS
Health, Nutrition
69%: The percentage of vegans and vegetarians
motivated by health concerns. VegNews
(March/April 2018), p. 30.
Cookbooks reviewed in VegNews (March-April 2018).
Vegan Comfort Classics by Lauren Toyota. You may know her popular YouTube
channel, Hot for Food.
channel, Hot for Food.
Chloe Favor by Chloe Coscarelli
Modern Vegan Baking by Gretchen Price.
Natural Feasts by Ella Mills
Power Vegan Meals by Maya Sozer. “75 internationally inspired, gluten- and
soy-
free, probiotic-rich recipes.”
free, probiotic-rich recipes.”
Vegan Cooking in Your Air Fryer by Kathy
Hester
Protection of Animals from Torture
and Death
68%: The percentage of vegans and vegetarians
motivated by animal protection (same p.).
“The Animals We Eat.” VegNews
(M/A 2018), 31. Statistics for 10
animals. Chickens “comprise a staggering
95 percent of the land animals raised and killed for food in the United States,
amounting to 9 billion chickens a year.”
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Glenn
Greenwald, Leighton Akio Woodhouse. “Consumers Are Revolting Against Animal Cruelty — So the Poultry Industry
Is Lobbying for Laws to Force Stores to Sell Their Eggs.” THE INTERCEPT, Feb. 25-March 3, 2018. Industrial agriculture
is now using its lobbying power to override consumers' ethical choices and
impose cruel and unhealthy food products in Iowa.
Marla Rose. “Why We Eat
Meat.” VegNews (March/April 2018). Eating consistently with our ethics.
Climate Catastrophe Long-range Mitigation
and Immediate Adaption
Vegetarianism, Veganism, and Climate Change,
Google Search, 3-14-18
|
Food, livestock production, energy, climate
change, … - McMichael - Cited by 933
… of food consumption patterns to climate
change– - Carlsson-Kanyama - Cited by 424
… -eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in
the UK - Scarborough - Cited by 176
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https://medium.com/.../is-going-vegan-actually-helping-battle-climate-change-733d94...
Oct 20, 2017 - Similarly, an Oxford study published in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences suggests that the adoption of plant-based diets
could significantly reduce diet-based contributions to climate change. In line with the
NRDC study, the Oxford study found that primarily eliminating red meat
and ...
time.com › Science › climate change
Mar 21, 2016 - Evangelists of vegetarian and vegan diets are quick to cite growing evidence that reducing
meat consumption improves human health in attempt to win over converts.
Likewise, climate change activists often cite the strain that animal products place
on the environment to advocate for changed practices.
fortune.com › Commentary › Climate Change
Jul 19, 2017 - Today, a whopping 30% of Earth’s landmass goes to meat, dairy,
and egg production, according to the United Nations. ... On the whole,
“the production of animal-based foods is associated with higher greenhouse gas
emissions than plant-based foods,” confirms a study published in ...
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/global-warming/
Climate change has been called humankind's greatest challenge and the
world's gravest environmental threat. According to the United Nations (U.N.)
report Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, climate change is having an
impact on every continent, affecting agriculture, human health,
ecosystems, ...
https://qz.com/.../vegetarian-diets-are-not-going-to-save-the-planet-from-climate-chan...
Jan 31, 2017 - The world should just switch to a vegetarian/vegan diet.” —
seemingly everyone, regarding the food-sustainability problem If someone offers
a solution to the Gordian Knot of food sustainability, run it through the
following gauntlet: Does it allow you to do most of your food shopping at the
grocery store?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/opinions/go-vegan-save-the-planet.../index.html
Apr 9, 2017 - And each of us can do something about it, today, by taking what
we eat as seriously as we take climate change. ... However, a global vegetarian
diet, the same study showed, would be the most
effective of all diets (not including vegan) in achieving a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, as well
as a ...
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/health/vegetarian-diet-conversation/index.html
Feb 6, 2017 - We're increasingly encouraged to eat less meat to tackle climate change. But can we really
label vegetables as more sustainable?
theconversation.com/is-a-vegetarian-diet-really-more-environmentally-friendly-than-e...
Jan 26, 2017 - The difficulty is that consumers choose foods based on what they
like – and this frequently changes but rarely considers the impact of climate change. From this we can say
that a vegetarian diet does deliver a decreased carbon footprint. But it also
shows us that food miles and global distribution can be the ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../climate-change-40-years-end-stop-world-vegan-day-plant...
Nov 1, 2017 - Here's a quick look. Let's start with one of the greatest
achievements in the history of humankind: curbing climate change. .... Our forests
grew back, our health improved, the screams of slaughterhouses quietened and
before we knew it we were living in this utopia, our very own Garden ofVegan. This
idyllic ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/.../climate-change-impact-vegetaria...Aug 4, 2014 - It's time to start a
dietary revolution. Millennials represent $200bn in economic worth, and if a
statistical majority of our generation become vegetarians or vegans, or at least eat
significantly less meat than previous generations, we have a chance to have a
real economic – and thus environmental– impact.
People also ask
Why
be a vegetarian?
Is it
better to be a vegetarian or a meat eater?
Is it
better for the environment to be vegetarian?
How
does cattle farming affect the environment?
AND MORE
Book
rev. p. 73: Veganism in an Oppressive World by Felix Brueck: “tackles issues
such as racism, speciesism, and sexism through a collection of essays, personal
reflections, and poetry by vegans of
color.”
High Cuisine. Chefs enjoy cannabis
before cooking with it! Also 73.
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CONTENTS OMNI Vegetarian
Action Newsletter #45, Wed., February 14, 2018 http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2018/02/vegetarian-action-45-feb-14-2018.html
Health, Nutrition
Good
Medicine Magazine
(Winter 2018). Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine.
Holt-Gimenez. A
Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism.
Protection of Animals, Empathy, Compassion
Rally
at Tyson’s
Tritschler,
Morality of Killing Animals
Birch,
Animal Sentience and Killing Animals
Murphy,
Fish Sentience
Ending
Slaughterhouses
Another
Handmaid’s Tale
Dick,
Breaking News, a Parody
Chickens
v. Cultured “Meat”
Tessitore,
Vegan Leather
Free
Dinner at Red Lobster—Boiled Alive
Warming, Extreme Weather
Dick,
Vegetarian Diet Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Publications Cited in Vegetarian/Vegan Action 2016-17
Auron
(Avaaz), 56 Billion Animals Slaughtered Annually Increase Global Warming
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