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Food Showcase 2009 Wrap-Up

On Wednesday, September 23rd, Compassionate Action for Animals held a Food Showcase Giveaway in anticipation of Veg Week. Over a thousand hungry students stormed the West Bank Plaza at the University of Minnesota, eager to sample a wide selection of vegan foods and snacks. 200 of these students took our Pledge to be Veg, agreeing to be vegetarian or vegan for a week! The turn-out was better than expected and Compassionate Action for Animals was able to put healthy, animal-friendly treats, information, and coupons in the hands of the people who are the prime demographic for receiving the message of compassion. Some of the products sampled were Bumble Bars, a variety of soy milk and cereals, Klein's non-dairy frozen treats, Tofutti sour cream atop vegan tacos, and more. Lisa of Salsa Lisa even tabled at the event, handing out samples of her salsa and coupons to eager students...

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Article: It's Time to Stop Exploiting Animals for Food

[Peter Singer has] been interested in issues of animal liberation since the 1970s, but there have been some important new developments in the past few years, particularly the increasing awareness of issues to do with factory farming.

By Peter Singer, as posted in spiked
September 14, 2009

There's been a high level of awareness about factory farming in Britain for a long time, but much less in the United States. That has changed in recent years, particularly thanks to a wave of new writing on food, like Michael Pollan's work and Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation. It was in this context that I decided to write Eating to address not just the animal issues that I talked about in Animal Liberation, but also wider food issues, and environmental issues in particular.

There is a growing acceptance that factory farming of animals is indefensible. It is too confining for the animals, it doesn't allow them a decent life and it's something we shouldn't put up with. It's been great to see not only philosophers and animal rights activists, but also leading chefs, like Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, taking that sort of stance about factory farming. There is now a growing movement against factory farming in the United States, though the US is some way behind Britain in this area...

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Recipe: Tempeh Stuffed Squash

Warm, filling, and stuffed with seasonal ingredients, this recipe is perfect for a cold fall night.

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