Just as we trust the opinion of Consumer Reports, we can now get the skinny on consumer issues from the same source. The same people have started Consumers Union. Thier motto seems to be “...working for a fair, just and safe marketplace for all...” I can dig that.
Thier most recent bout with the consumer market is with the meat companies and the FDA. I recomend you check out thier findings and petition.
Consumer's Union Website: www.consumersunion.org
Meat and FDA bout: www.notinmyfood.org
Showing posts with label vegetarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetarian. Show all posts
Bon Appetite Vegetarians...Meatless Perfection!
My husband (Ryan) has been a vegetarian for 3 years now. He's been buying "fake meats" for sandwiches for most of the past few years also which I always thought was ridiculous. I used to say "Your food is more processed than mine!". Now that I'm a vegetarian (and the switch has been very mild on me, since we've barely had any meat in our home for the past year or so anyway, due to the fact that it's silly for me to buy meat for only me.) people ask me if I miss eating meat. After finding a few great brands that carry soy or mycoprotein (mushroom) fake meats I can honestly say... I'm ecstatic about being a vegetarian! I don't miss a chicken nugget or a wing or a breaded chicken cutlet! (I was never too into steak, but I'll continue to look for a substitute).
I am now going to RAVE about this product Ryan and I bought and had for dinner last night. 
Holy Toledo! So good! The perfect "Meat Replica". I could have served this to a bunch of meat eaters and they never would have known the difference. The seasoning was awesome, and spicy, the consistency even looked like chicken. I'm amazed. I am now extra happy to be a vegetarian.
Holy Toledo! So good! The perfect "Meat Replica". I could have served this to a bunch of meat eaters and they never would have known the difference. The seasoning was awesome, and spicy, the consistency even looked like chicken. I'm amazed. I am now extra happy to be a vegetarian.
Peta Vegetarian Fact
Just recieved my Peta congratulations for being vegetarian for one month. Hmm, didn't even notice it had been that long. I've been enjoying my Tofu and fake meats. Ha! So... here's an interesting and appreciative fact...
"Your committment to a vegetarian diet will save over 100 animals a year!"
That's a feel good fact :)
"Your committment to a vegetarian diet will save over 100 animals a year!"
That's a feel good fact :)
Move Over Fresh Direct!
Move over Fresh Direct! I've found a website that delivers to the NY, NJ area!
www.organicdirect.com
They have the best variety of tofu products and my favorite Milk, (made by Amish) "Ecomeal Organic", it has a picture of a milk man on the front. Needless to say, I trust the Amish to produce healthy, natural products. Smiles. I recomend this website to any vegetarian, or health concious person. Check it out!
Enjoy! Love Erika!
www.organicdirect.com
They have the best variety of tofu products and my favorite Milk, (made by Amish) "Ecomeal Organic", it has a picture of a milk man on the front. Needless to say, I trust the Amish to produce healthy, natural products. Smiles. I recomend this website to any vegetarian, or health concious person. Check it out!
Enjoy! Love Erika!
I Just Became a Vegetarian
Friends,
I came home and read some mail my mom had given me. Enclosed with it was a "Vegetarian Starter Kit" with some recipes and quotes from a bunch of celebrities about why they are vegetarian. I've seen this pamphlet before but never gave the inner pages a second glance. Since Ryan is a vegetarian we don't have meat in the apt anyway, but after scanning the pages of this pamphlet I decided to read a little further and do a little more research about where our meat comes from. The pages of the pamphlet had stunning facts about the hormones given to animals and the state they are often in when they get to the slaughterhouse. Without even seeing the video below I decided that from now on I would not order meat dishes in restaurants. After seeing the video I have decided that I will give vegetarianism a shot. This is why…
I have thought for a long time now that when we eat meat there's something greater going on then just our enjoying a different type of food. Animals are a very interesting sort of food, because to get them from living breathing animals to our table, they have to be "produced". They have to be killed somehow and then processed to be edible. I have very little problem with how the animals are processed after their dead, but when they're alive they have energy and emotions. Those emotions produce chemical surges through the body just like humans. When you feel stressed your body reacts (those of you familiar with Louise Hay know exactly what I'm talking about). Can you imagine what we're ingesting when we consume these frightened, crazed, overly stressed, sick, starved, and worked animals. They suffer in transit, often not making it. (That part reminds me of slavery.)
I urge you to consider what I wrote and watch the three videos I have linked you to below. I was a happy bacon eater before tonight. Consider this my Landmark Forum of food. I don't want to ingest the suffering they endured, I mean that literally. I hate to think of what those chemicals do to my body when ingested.
"Meet your Meat"
Organic Milk"
"Vegetarianism is better for the environment than driving a Hybrid"
Love,
Erika Rachel Bianconi
I came home and read some mail my mom had given me. Enclosed with it was a "Vegetarian Starter Kit" with some recipes and quotes from a bunch of celebrities about why they are vegetarian. I've seen this pamphlet before but never gave the inner pages a second glance. Since Ryan is a vegetarian we don't have meat in the apt anyway, but after scanning the pages of this pamphlet I decided to read a little further and do a little more research about where our meat comes from. The pages of the pamphlet had stunning facts about the hormones given to animals and the state they are often in when they get to the slaughterhouse. Without even seeing the video below I decided that from now on I would not order meat dishes in restaurants. After seeing the video I have decided that I will give vegetarianism a shot. This is why…
I have thought for a long time now that when we eat meat there's something greater going on then just our enjoying a different type of food. Animals are a very interesting sort of food, because to get them from living breathing animals to our table, they have to be "produced". They have to be killed somehow and then processed to be edible. I have very little problem with how the animals are processed after their dead, but when they're alive they have energy and emotions. Those emotions produce chemical surges through the body just like humans. When you feel stressed your body reacts (those of you familiar with Louise Hay know exactly what I'm talking about). Can you imagine what we're ingesting when we consume these frightened, crazed, overly stressed, sick, starved, and worked animals. They suffer in transit, often not making it. (That part reminds me of slavery.)
I urge you to consider what I wrote and watch the three videos I have linked you to below. I was a happy bacon eater before tonight. Consider this my Landmark Forum of food. I don't want to ingest the suffering they endured, I mean that literally. I hate to think of what those chemicals do to my body when ingested.
"Meet your Meat"
Organic Milk"
"Vegetarianism is better for the environment than driving a Hybrid"
Love,
Erika Rachel Bianconi
Vegetarianisn is better for the Environment than driving a Hybrid
Interesting tidbits for people who want facts about farming cattle and its impacts on the environment:
"Decrease Your Footprint: Choose at least one day a week to eat a meat-free meal"
Raising animals for meat has its consequences. It leads to rain forest destruction, global heatrising, water pollution, water scarcity, desertification, misuse of energy resources, and world hunger. The use of land, water, energy, and human effort to produce meat is not an efficient way to use the earth's resources.
Since 1960, some 25% of Central America's rain forests have been burned and cleared to create pasture for beef cattle. It has been estimated that every four ounce hamburger made from rain forest beef destroys 55 square feet of tropical rain forest. In addition, raising cattle contributes significantly to the production of three gases which cause global warming, is a leading cause of water pollution, and requires a staggering 2464 gallons of water for the production of each pound of beef.
It only takes 29 gallons of water to produce a pound of tomatoes, and 139 gallons to produce a one pound loaf of whole wheat bread. Nearly half of the water consumed in the United States goes to the growing of feed for cattle and other livestock." ~ VegSource.com
"Decrease Your Footprint: Choose at least one day a week to eat a meat-free meal"
By eating a vegetarian meal at least one day a week you can walk more softly on the planet. Check out our Recipes.
Raising animals for meat has its consequences. It leads to rain forest destruction, global heatrising, water pollution, water scarcity, desertification, misuse of energy resources, and world hunger. The use of land, water, energy, and human effort to produce meat is not an efficient way to use the earth's resources.
Since 1960, some 25% of Central America's rain forests have been burned and cleared to create pasture for beef cattle. It has been estimated that every four ounce hamburger made from rain forest beef destroys 55 square feet of tropical rain forest. In addition, raising cattle contributes significantly to the production of three gases which cause global warming, is a leading cause of water pollution, and requires a staggering 2464 gallons of water for the production of each pound of beef.
It only takes 29 gallons of water to produce a pound of tomatoes, and 139 gallons to produce a one pound loaf of whole wheat bread. Nearly half of the water consumed in the United States goes to the growing of feed for cattle and other livestock." ~ VegSource.com
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