Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Pizza Fusion Blog
by Alex Vidal on 05/02/10 at 1:39 pm
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
This morning I happened to catch this interesting question on twitter; “How do vegans feel about non-vegan companies selling vegan products?” I think it’s a pretty relevant question, which is why I want to extend Vegan Mainstream’s concept here on the Pizza Fusion blog to see what others think. Now if you know me, you know I’m not a super strict vegan, but I do my best. I think the important thing to consider here is, what is a vegan company? I’m sure it’s safe to say we’re all familiar with businesses “going green”, but let’s get real, the only “vegan companies” must revolve around a vegan product or service, right? Or maybe I am missing the point. Sure it bothers me when company’s pretend to be something they’re not, but does the rising trend of cruelty-free products help or hurt the industry? I say it helps.
Either way, this post reminded me of a conversation which took place between my brother and I a few weeks ago during lunch @ Pizza Fusion Fort Lauderdale. While enjoying my Very Vegan personal pizza and him his Free Range Roasted Chicken Sandwich, he asked me, “What does free range chicken mean?” Basically, I replied, “it means your chicken got to at least enjoy it’s life sort of before you ate it.” We both shared a laugh and finished our lunch.
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LIVING ARRANGEMENTS Trailer Vegans Vs a Werewolf
Trailer for upcoming film, “LIVING ARRANGEMENTS” which is about a vegan couple trying to live with a werewolf.
www.LivingArrangementsMovie.com
directed by SAM THOMPSON
written by TUCKER DRYDEN
cinematography by CHRISTOPHER JAMES HEUBACH
starring JOE NOREEN ALEXANDRA GLAD MARK BORCHARDT
music by MARK MALLMAN
COMING SOON!
Duration : 0:1:37
LOVINGRAW 1: Man Loses 125 lbs on Raw Food
http://www.lovingraw.com
I introduce my story with before and after pictures and a brief bio on how I lost 125lbs and change my life with raw foods.
To date I have lost nearly 200 lbs with the raw food lifestyle! More videos to come so stay tuned and subscribe on my YouTube page and on my website lovingraw.com!
Filmed: 9/24/07
Duration : 0:5:26
vegan cupcakes
the process of making vegan cupcakes in 1min. (music by: the pixies)
Duration : 0:1:10
What do Vegans Eat?
Are you curious about Vegan Diets? Here are some food items you may not know exist!
I always get asked when people find out that I am a Vegan, “What do you eat Joe?” Well clearly I eat a lot of food, but here are some of my favorite “transition” foods for people who are trying to get used to a Vegan/Vegetarian diet.
There are so many other foods to list but this is a great way to get introduced to some great alternative foods.
PS
If you don’t want to be a Vegan or Vegetarian then don’t. Please do not harass my videos because you think I am trying to convert you. I am just showing interested people certain items that might be available. I think everyone should try them but if you would rather not, please don’t. Just move along and find another video to watch.
Duration : 0:9:58
Vegans
vegans in Union Square in San Francisco share the vegan message
Duration : 0:3:58
Dennis Kucinich Proclaims June 21st Vegan Earth Day
United States becomes first nation in the world to formally recognize Vegan Earth Day
The worlds first annual Vegan Earth Day celebration was held at Pierce College in Woodland Hills California, USA, on June 21, 2009. The brainchild of Bob Linden, producer and host of Go Vegan with Bob Linden, a California-based global radio program, Vegan Earth Day immediately received national recognition. Mr. Linden conceived of the idea of Vegan Earth Day out of a concern that the largest contributors to climate change were not being addressed in other Earth Day celebrations. He stated “In 2006, the United Nations told us that the livestock sector contributed 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Now we understand that climate change is advancing faster than scientists predicted, and that methane from cows is over 20 times more deadly a greenhouse gas, and nitrous oxide from cows over 200 times more potent. This means the livestock industry is even more culpable in addressing climate change than we ever imagined. The only true green lifestyle then is vegan. It’s shocking, but meat and dairy cause global warming more than all transportation combined. So I started Vegan Earth Day so people would understand that the most important thing they can do to save the planet is eat a vegan diet. Let’s not depend on governments to save the environment. It’s up to us, each of us individually, to go vegan today, and then every day will be a real earth day!”
Two time US presidential candidate and current Democratic Member of the House of Representatives, Ohio, Dennis Kucinich, who is a vegan himself, showed his full support. He recognized VEGAN EARTH DAY in a statement, delivered from the floor of the United States Congress, and documented permanently in the Congressional Record, declaring June 21, 2009, as Americas first official Vegan Earth Day, making the United States the first country in the world to formally recognize the importance of adopting an animal free diet to sustain and preserve our earth. To further indicate his support, Mr. Kucinich sent his congratulation remarks via video, in which he declared that adopting a vegan (animal free) diet was one of the best decisions he has made in his life.
The speakers and musicians, including several US celebrities, were also all vegan. They showed their full support for the first annual Vegan Earth Day.
Guest speakers included Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, one of the foremost heart specialists in the world and author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Mr. Chris DeRose, former television actor, animal activist, and founder of Last Chance for Animals, Ms. Christine Garcia, founder and lead council of the Animal Law Office in San Francisco, and host of the television show Ethics and Animals, Lorri Houston, founder and director of Animal Acres, and Rip Esselstyn, world class triathlon athlete turned firefighter and author of the New York Times Best Seller, The Engine 2 Diet. Vegan musicians included Joanelle Romero, actress, producer, and CEO of the first American Indian television station, Red Nation Indian, the Luminaries, a 10 piece band, international reggae recording artist, Bushman, and Sony Music / Epic Records vocalist Naomi Striemer, among others. Details on future viewing of the webcast will be posted at http://www.GoVeganRadio.com.
The highlight of the event was the evening conference, Vegan Earth Day for a Vegan World. Hosted by Bob Linden, the guest of honor was Supreme Master Ching Hai, world renowned humanitarian, spiritual leader and artist. Winner of the Gusi Peace Prize, World Spiritual Leadership Award, and World Citizen Humanitarian Award, and 3-time speaker at the United Nations, Supreme Master Ching Hai actively promotes the vegan diet as the primary way to sustain our earth, halt climate change, and achieve world peace. Although unable to attend in person, Supreme Master Ching Hai delivered her address via video. Stating meat is murder, she explained that meat consumption not only causes indescribable anguish to the 55 billion animals killed each year for food, it is also the number one killer of human beings, and is responsible for more deaths than all the wars in the world combined. Quoting scientific evidence, she described the environmental costs of meat consumption, including rain forest deforestation, acidification of our earths oceans, pollution, and inefficient resource use. She also provided medical evidence of how an animal-based diet is devastating to our health. Supreme Master Ching Hai concluded that we can achieve world peace only when we learn to live in harmony with our animal co-inhabitants.
The evenings program was broadcast live on Supreme Master Television, a global constructive TV channel broadcast world-wide on 14 satellite platforms, with subtitles in up to 42 different languages. The program is also available online at http://www.SupremeMasterTV.com.
Duration : 0:3:18
Vegan BYC
vegan byc tells his experience with the cops.
Duration : 0:3:29
Be Vegetarian
August 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under vegetarian
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Dr. Acharya Yogeesh speaks on Vegetarianism. We are not born as meat-eaters and our human body was not meant to digest meat. He talks about the first animal rights movement in history alongside animal cruelty. 3 part series.
Be Vegetarian
There is currently great awareness about vegetarianism especially among celebrities. Truly, we are born vegetarian. The most obvious factor is that our teeth don’t match those of meat eating animals. We lack claws to prey on our food source. Animals can digest raw meat without cleansing. Humans cannot do that. All our foods have to be washed of dirt and insects. Our intestines are very long in comparison to animals. Animals can digest meat very fast because of it. In humans digesting meat takes about three days, which means that food spoils in the intestines causing sickness and disease. Meat also clogs our arteries.
In Hindu culture our ancestors who were hunters ate meat. Unfortunately, their blood is still running in our veins. We need to purify it. Thousands of years ago however, out of realization that eating beef was harmful they declared the cow a sacred animal. When people considered the cow sacred they could no longer kill it. The cow is also considered like a mother because we are raised on her milk. The animal rights movement started in order to protect the life of animals.
Krishna’s cousin, a Jain tirthankar, had this vision. Krishna arranged for his wedding in a city in an area where many animals were caged in. His cousin inquired of his charioteer why they were there. The charioteer informed him that they were there for the wedding waiting to be slaughtered. He immediately ordered the charioteer to free all the animals from the cage. That was the origin of animal rights awareness. He then asked his charioteer to take him up the hill and there he became a monk and later became enlightened. He was the 22nd Jain Tirthankar. Krishna followed his example and now you see Krishna’s pictures always with animals around him. While he plays the flute the animals are in trance next to him. Even animals can go into trance around peaceful people. Krishna loved his cousin and so he left his kingdom and became enlightened.
*tags* spiritual, spirituality, spiritual teacher, spiritual guru, spiritual master, seeker, truth, enlightenment, peace, self-realization, meditation, awareness
Duration : 0:8:15
Quick and Easy Recipes for Breakfast * Raw Vegan Recipes * Watermelon Facts
Fresh Fruit Recipes *
Raw Food Diet Menu *
Free Easy Healthy Recipes *
Healthy Breakfast Menu Ideas *
Eating Raw Food Diet Weight Loss *
❤ Herbal Detox Tea & Watermelon Breakfast! ❤
* I n g r e d i e n t s *
— God’s Herbs Heal-All Herbal Tea, or other herbal tea recipes of your choice http://bit.ly/14fdjt
— Watermelon
* P r e p a r a t i o n *
— 1) Prepare tea according to package directions.
— 2) Cut watermelon.
— 3) Drink your tea, then eat your watermelon. Yes, it is that simple!
* I n s p i r a t i o n *
— Enjoy the simplicity of whole, juicy fruits for breakfast! Try to just stick to one variety of fruit for breakfast, if you can. Simple eating is good eating. For the calorie-conscious, the calories in watermelon and other juicy fruits is very, very low…but it is not about cutting calories, it is about eating more of the healthy foods and gaining health! The foods of nature are inherently all low calorie and low fat.
— What is a “Healing Crisis,” or a “Healing Event”? When you eat more cleanly, your body begins to release old toxins that were previously clogged up in your lymphatic system. You may find yourself having to blow your nose or coughing all the time, or on the more extreme end you may have puss come out of the skin, primarily in the locations of your lymph nodes. If you don’t know what is happening, then it can be scary…but now that you know that it is simply part of the process, you can relax! Your body is just getting that stuff out of you as quickly as possible, so give thanks! 
— Nature doesn’t isolate. Nature is whole and pure. She knows what she’s doing! She is infinitely intelligent, and already had it all figured out for us! Have faith in her infinite wisdom. Each fruit and vegetable is a perfectly balanced piece of nature. It is NOT about eating 100% raw. It is about eating 100% HEALTHY. Eat the food that grows off the trees, or out of the ground. It is unfortunately today possible to be 100% raw, but totally unhealthy…for example, if you are basing your diet on heavy raw foods such as nuts, pâtés, dehydrated crackers and other dehydrated foods, raw vegan ice creams and other dessert treats.
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