Animal Products and Culture

Meet Chicago-based Rita Jane Gabbett, Executive Editor of Meatingplace.com, a meat industry news site. In her mission statement about the site, Gabbett seems to acknowledge that an industry that systematically READ ON

It strikes me as the height of irony that the word propaganda, which has its origins in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia to describe the “PR” campaigns of these violent READ ON

In an eye-opening new research paper called The Conceptual Separation of Food and Animals in Childhood, University of Bristol researchers Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole explore how we, as a READ ON

Instead of thinking about how we were meant to eat, as if we were frozen in time or detached from the world around us, wouldn’t it make more sense to READ ON

I have a heartwarming story to share with you about my mother Elisa who just got over her doubts about baking without eggs! This was no small hurdle for her, READ ON

Today I was approached by a friend who had a pressing question. She said she’s known some vegans that were really unhealthy. So she wanted to know how I managed READ ON

Civil Eats claims to “promote critical thinking” about our food choices, but does this image and portrayal of Chef Bloomfield appeal to our more critical or civil side? I would READ ON

After hearing an interview with director Mark Devries, we decided to inquire more about a particular theme that seems so central to his new film, Speciesism the Movie, due out READ ON

Beyond the plight of these two lives, this controversy has ignited an important and desperately-needed dialogue about what we eat and why. It’s shed light on the “we versus it” READ ON

Elizabeth shares her powerful story of transformation, from growing up on a small farming family with strong ties to the local 4-H club to becoming a vegan as a young READ ON

We recently discovered Rebecca Stucki, a California resident who has a pet-sitting and grooming business, on Free from Harm’s Facebook page, where she responded to a photo of a kid READ ON

I might suggest that you visit or interview sanctuaries like Animal Place, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary or United Poultry Concerns where some lucky turkeys have been granted a second chance READ ON

I wrote Kathy Griffin after watching her latest live comedy sketch, Pants Off, where she takes a jab at veganism in one breath and talks about her rescued dog in READ ON

“All the world’s major religions with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that READ ON

Now the menu this chef had developed clearly indicated to me that he lacked the creative skills to make this meat- and cheese-loving Slow Foodie crowd warm up to plant-based READ ON