On AlterNet: veganism

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What's Behind the Likes of A Listers Like Bill Clinton, Russell Simmons, and Alec Baldwin Going Vegan?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 13, 2010.

The food revolution is encouraging people to wake up and look more closely at where their food comes from and how it will affect their health.

OK, I Take It Back -- We Don't All Have to Eat Vegan to Save the Planet

George Monbiot, Comment Is Free. September 8, 2010.

I used to think being a vegan was the only ethical way to eat. But an important new book suggests we can change our food system to allow for healthy meat consumption.

Are We So Addicted to Meat That We Can't See Where the Swine Flu Came From?

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. May 5, 2009.

A virus like swine flu is a completely predictable outcome of our cruel and appallingly filthy factory farming systems.

13 Breathtaking Effects of Cutting Back on Meat

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. April 22, 2009.

The meat industry contributes to land degradation, climate change, air pollution, water shortage and pollution, and loss of biodiversity.

The Danger of Meat-Heavy Diets

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. July 29, 2008.

The Atkins, eat-lots-of-meat diet is about as unhealthy as they come. But you'd never know it from media coverage.

Eating As If the Climate Mattered

Bruce Friedrich, AlterNet. January 23, 2008.

Changing what we eat can help alleviate one of the most serious global environmental problems.