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Recipe: Egg-Free "Egg" Nog

The festivities of winter holidays just don't seem complete without sipping on thick, creamy egg nog. Try this simple, yet delicious, recipe for egg-free nog ... and happy holidays!

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Victory: Lightlife Foods Commits to Using Fewer Eggs & Introduces More Vegan Options!

Lightlife Foods has been a leader in the vegetarian food market for nearly 30 years-and this maker of meatless foods just took another giant step forward, further setting itself apart!

Shortly after announcing Morningstar Farms' decision to decrease their egg usage late last year, Compassion Over Killing has been corresponding with Lightlife Foods about the growing demand for egg-free options. The company has been incredibly responsive, according to company spokeswoman Cathleen Strong, "Beginning January 1, 2009 Lightlife is reducing our use of eggs by 166,000 eggs annually! Additionally, we are excited about introducing three new vegan items to the market place this spring."

Please call Lightlife at 1-800-769-3279 to thank them for making this compassionate decision and to let them know you look forward to seeing more vegan items in 2009.

Article: Are Cows Worse Than Cars?

Everyone knows driving an SUV or leaving the lights on is bad for the earth. But when it comes to your environmental impact, what's on your plate is just as important.

By Ben Adler, as published in The American Prospect
December 3, 2008

These days almost any proposal to reduce global warming gets taken seriously, even by conservatives. Solar panels are proposed for powering everything except submarines. Oilman T. Boone Pickens wants to put windmills on every empty patch of land in Texas, and Republicans have finally found something to like about France: nuclear power.

But when Rajendra Pachauri, who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made a suggestion that could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 18 percent, he was excoriated. Why was his proposal so unpalatable? Because he suggested eating less meat would be the easiest way people could reduce their carbon footprint, with one meat-free day per week as a first step...

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