Following an outpouring of opposition from thousands of citizens, religious leaders, defenders of free speech and people working against animal cruelty, TN governor Bill Haslam just vetoed HB1191/SB1248 — aka ag-gag bill, aka anti-whistleblower bill, aka total BS legislation. Good work, anti-ag-gag agitators! And well done, Governor Haslam!
Good news: the wait is over! After extensive R & D, Dawn’s recipe for quick-and-easy (and freakin’ delicious!) vegan butter is now available at EatDrinkBetter.
There are so many reasons to avoid dairy and palm oil — this recipe makes it easy-breezy to ditch ‘em both!
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There’s been a massive outcry from divergent groups against TN’s ag-gag bill, which passed the legislature and landed on the governor’s desk last Friday. The governor will either veto the bill or allow it to become law by Monday of next week. Now TN’s Attorney General Robert Cooper has chimed in against the bill, calling it constitutionally questionable.
The GMO labeling movement continues to gain momentum. Yesterday the VT House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would require labeling of all foods sold in VT containing GMOs. It goes to a full House vote this week, and if passed will head to the Senate when the next legislative session begins in January 2014.
Full article here, via EatDrinkBetter.
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“You need meat for protein! Eating meat is natural! Lookit my pointy teeth! What about the poor plants?!” When you go vegetarian or vegan, you’ll almost certainly (and almost immediately) encounter a specific set of myths and assumptions that serve to rationalize the dominant meat-soaked food paradigm. To navigate this cultural game of Fact or Crap, it’s important to understand why these perennial arguments are bunk; and it’s (maybe even more) important to know how to respond to these myths, when you hear them. Because you will! And what happens next can change the world. Listen!
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D. Ore.) introduced legislation this week that would require labeling of all foods containing GMO ingredients. Unlike California’s Prop 37, which attempted to tackle the issue last November, The Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Actwould require labeling for beef, dairy, chicken, and turkey products as well as other GMO-containing foods — the proposed requirement would apply to all foods regulated by both the FDA and USDA.
We’ll see if it works — I’m very certain Monsanto et al will pull no punches, in trying to squelch it. But for now: good work! The labeling tide seems to be turning against the biotech behemoths — read the full article here, via EatDrinkBetter.
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VWJ’s Andrea Bertoli talks health, nutrition, and plant food with one of the leading voices advocating a consciousness shift in our approach to wellness. Check it out!
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Great news! ”A California bill that would have limited undercover farm animal abuse investigations has been pulled by its author amid stiff and growing opposition,” ABC News reported today. Legislation is still pending in many states, though, so find out if there’s ag-gag afoot in your area, and let your representatives know how much you think it stinks! And please spread the word far and wide– these bills simply cannot survive under the light of public scrutiny. Good work, CA!
Read the full story here.
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If you’re following the ag-gag issue, don’t miss activist and independent journalist Will Potter’s takedown of some desperately foolish and transparent nontransparency arguments! Watch Potter debate an industry ‘communications specialist’ about ag-gag bills — and meet a hero whose name is (not) Pete — on Democracy Now…Then listen to this great interview with Potter on Citizen Radio, about why ag-gag laws are such a terrible idea. After watching, and after listening: share, share, share!
