Veganism – Excerpts from “The World Peace Diet” by Will Tuttle, PhD.

Veganism EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK “The World Peace Diet - Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony’ by WILL TUTTLE, Ph.D. Over two thousand years ago in ancient Greece, the need for a positive revolution based on compassion for animals was clearly understood and articulated by Pythagoras. He had said, “As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” His unequivocal teaching that our happiness depends on [Read more...]

New York school goes all-vegetarian

This is a CNN post sent from Pramoda Chitrabhanu.... New York school goes all-vegetarian By Brittany Brady, CNN updated 1:35 PM EDT, Thu May 2, 2013 Students at the Active Learning Elementary School in Queens check out the cafeteria salad bar. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Queens school sees health and nutrition as part of educating the whole child Many students were used to vegetarian meals at home, officials say The school began offering vegetarian meals daily in January New [Read more...]

An End to Animal Research

An End to Animal Research  "Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." - George Barnard Shaw In 2013, Harvard University received $185 million in taxpayer funds, half of which was spent on animal experiments. Yesterday, December 19, 2013, USDA fined Harvard $24,000 for abusing and neglecting monkeys used in laboratory experiments. The November, 2013 issue of the journal "Alternative to laboratory Animals" includes a study which [Read more...]