When vegan restaurants use eggs
Photo: Andrew Dowsett and Divine Harvester / Flickr What the test results seem to confirm … is that the meat substitutes available at vegan Thai restaurants are suspect, as are the ingredients used in some specific food options (pancakes, quesadillas and more).
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Posted By Andy D - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 4:12 PM ESTVegan restaurantS
You mean one city, plural, double figure vegan restaurants. Nice
Posted By Anonymous - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 3:50 PM ESTReal Environmentalists Don't Eat Meat
A vegan who drives a hummer as his primary mode of transportation leaves a smaller carbon footprint than the meat-eater who rides a bike as his full-time mode of transportation.
Posted By Bonnie - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 3:35 PM ESTVeganism is about ending abuse
Thanks Matt and Ed! Choosing a vegan lifestyle really is about not abusing and using other living creatures. It has the benefit of a healthier body, and a lesser footprint on the Earth, even when choosing to eat food with a lot of 'food-miles'. Most vegans eventually also come around to being greener by limiting their processed food (the healthier you get, the less you can tolerate processed food) and becoming aware of, and doing something about, via their shopping choices, the environmental.... More
Posted By Ed Coffin - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 3:23 PM ESTVeganism is environmentalism
I couldn't agree more with Matt. It's important to point out from the start that veganism is about stopping unnecessary exploitation of all animals. It's not about being "greener than thou," but that certainly is a part of it. Actually, that vegan meat product shipped from Asia probably has less of an impact on the environment than flesh food raised across the street. Check it out: .... More
Posted By Matt - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 1:05 PM ESTVegan still more green
There may be some small aspects of vegan foods that are less 'green', but overwhelmingly vegan diets are less energy-intensive and therefore greener than even local omnivorous diets. Travel distance is just one component of energy use. To use and raise animals for their flesh and by-products requires significantly more input (from all the soybeans and food they eat!) and water. Unfortunately though I think most people are looking for an excuse to eat meat and the green-washing of 'local'.... More
Cut your impact by at least a third
Our choices in artificially breed and farming animals was found to be in the top three causes of all major environmental problems from local water pollution to global climate change by the United Nations ("Livestock's Long Shadow").
A well-planned vegan diet in the UK needs only one third the fresh water, fertile land and energy used for the typical British diet. The ratio is probably at least that in the USA, too.
The problem with these LA vegan restaurants seems to be in.... More