If you like contributing to human rights groups, but are a little concerned when providing “aid” sometimes means animals for farming and slaughter, then Vegfam might be for you. It’s like Oxfam without the ox/chicken/goat abuse. Vegfam promotes sustainable environmentally-friendly projects that “reduce the dependency on external food aid, decreasing the dependence on outside assistance.” [...]
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Posted in Veganism, environment on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In Australia water shortage has been a real problem in recent years, particularly in south-east Queensland where dam levels in the state’s capital dropped below 20% of capacity. The Australian continent is dry, and quite hostile to cropland and grazing pasture. Much of the food we eat is imported. The current Australian population is roughly [...]
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Posted in Veganism, health on March 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I went vegetarian for the animals, then realised I should be vegan for the rest of the animals that I didn’t consider the first time around. However there is another compelling reason I stick with it other than the health and well-being of others - my own health. There are a lot of vegan success [...]
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Posted in Veganism, animal rights on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If less-informed folks have been hassling you about veganism, it can be helpful to remember that you’re not alone. In fact, by standing up for the rights of the oppressed and giving a voice to the voiceless, you’re keeping company with some of the greatest minds in history. For example:
“The time will come when [...]
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Anyone who has adopted an animal and brought it into their home knows that animals are more than automatons. For those of us who pay close attention to our animal companions, we’ve witnessed a full range of emotions, mischievous thinking (and the disastrous results that follow!), the curiosity, and the behaviours taught and learnt over [...]
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Posted in Veganism, info on October 7, 2007 | 8 Comments »
This blog is a gluten-free recipe blog, but it’s also vegan - check the title. Vegan means I do not want to know where to buy organic animal corpses, nor do I want to look at your gluten-free blog that contains nearly 100% non-vegan corpse-laden recipes, however well-intentioned you may have thought the “check this [...]
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Posted in Veganism on March 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dialogue on Vegan Ethics: John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan
In baking news…
I made some fat-free, gluten-free, vegan brownies yesterday. I dusted them with a lot of icing sugar/cocoa, and they were quite moist - people described them as “brownie marshmellows” - not the normal brownie texture, but very tasty! I didn’t measure quantities of ingredients too [...]
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Posted in Veganism, bread, health on March 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After that bread cooled and was refrigerated over night, it became a bit crumbly, leaning a bit more towards the yeast-free cakey texture. With the maize flour, it’s a drier bread than the potato flour bread, so I guess it’s to be expected… Maybe a corny bread needs more oil? Not sure! But too much [...]
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