Vegans Go Glam

Photo credit, Bhavani of iEat Green, Stuffed Acorn Squash

Last week, on the cover of the Food Section of the NY Times, there was a great article about Vegan-ism not only becoming more mainstream, but also becoming more gourmet. People are choosing to eat healthier, and restaurants are choosing to meet the demand with artistically plated, gourmet, plant based foods. No longer is the vegan a hippy with dreadlocks skipping through the daisies wearing a long, floral dress. High profile celebrities are embracing the vegan diet and helping to bring it into the limelight, boosting it’s many health benefits, along with a more beautiful body and radiant skin. The fact that it is better for the planet, is an added bonus! One only needs to look at the emerging cookbooks and restaurants, to see the new trend. Julie Piatt and Rich Roll have just come out with their new cookbook “The Plantpower Way.”

This “Veggie-Hating” Fast Food Chain Now Offers Vegetarian Items

Taco Bell has been outspoken about their distaste for veggies in an ad they aired about “secretly hating” the guy that brings the veggie platter on game day. Now it seems that they are trying to make people forget about that little misstep with their new vegetarian menu. The truth is, they always had the vegetarian options, but now they are trying to market it to the health conscious eater in their competition with places like Chipotle. One needs to remember that Chipotle has a commitment to sustainability and the quality of their food. Just being vegetarian isn’t enough, if the food is still laced with GMO’s and hormones and antibiotics. It might be OK in a pinch, but I wouldn’t suggest that you make a habit of it!

Monsanto’s Sealed Documents On Roundup’s Toxicology Dangers Revealed

I have not had a chance to listen to this entire interview yet, because it is quite lengthy (being 45 minutes long), but if you have the time you should listen to this shocking exposé of Monsanto’s leaked documents (15,000 + to be more accurate) on the known harmfulness of glyphosate, which is the main ingredient in RoundUp Ready fertilizer. And not only did Monsanto know of it’s dangers to the public and the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency also knew about it, and did nothing.