Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Screaming Females 11.21.09 song 4 new Fall Asleep
Just because Marissa, Jarrett and Mike are awesome.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Gary Francione Interview Part I
Single-issue campaigns are very misleading. It is important to realize the interconnectedness of all things. Every choice is an ethical stance. Meat eating is an ethical stance. Veganism is an ethical stance. Neither is radical. One stance does not believe in the free will and the right to live that animals possess but rather believes that animals exist to be used by humans. One stance believes that animals have free will, the right to live and the right to not be used and oppressed by humans. It is very good to sit back and think about these ethics from time to time.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Daniel Lutheran visits "The New Park."
A sweet skateboarding video set to the song "Bell" off of Power Move, an album by one of my favorite bands Screaming Females.
*I found this on youtube, I didn't have any hand in creating the video or audio.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Homemade Soup
Homemade soup is always so much more delicious than store bought.
Yesterday I whipped up a large batch of potato, broccoli and green bean soup.
Enough to last many days of soup enjoyment.
It isn't loaded with sodium and the vegetables are fresh. Yum.
Yesterday morning I went to the farmer's market down the road and picked up some other fresh veggies.
Okra, yellow zucchini, hot peppers, and potatoes. Today I'm thinking of frying up some okra. I've never worked with this veggie before and am curious as to how it will turn out.
Yesterday I whipped up a large batch of potato, broccoli and green bean soup.
Enough to last many days of soup enjoyment.
It isn't loaded with sodium and the vegetables are fresh. Yum.
Yesterday morning I went to the farmer's market down the road and picked up some other fresh veggies.
Okra, yellow zucchini, hot peppers, and potatoes. Today I'm thinking of frying up some okra. I've never worked with this veggie before and am curious as to how it will turn out.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Faces of "Free-Range" Farming
Free Range Farming: The Myth of Happy Meat
Not all free range farms are the same.
Certainly a portion treat chickens, pigs, cows and goats well.
But is that a chance a consumer is willing to take?
Many free range farms are as terrible as the one in this video.
The sad part is, factory farms are ten times worse.
Who gave humans the right to abuse other species like this, just because "yummm meat and cheese tastes sooo good".
If footage of dogs or cats being treated like this was leaked, the media would be in an uproar.
As it is, there are few who care about "farm animals" or "food animals".
A living sentient being should be treated with respect, no matter what it's species.
I love chickens, dogs, goats, cats, cows, sea turtles, pigs all the same...because we are all alive and we have to look out for each other.
Updates Updates Updates
Edward and Jean-Paul (my lovely pet rats) officially have a new habitat!
I purchased for them a very spacious, a natural wooden platform and a huge running wheel!
At first I thought they might not figure out how to use the running wheel, seeing as they are a year old and have never had one. But last night Edward was running on it. And it was adorable. I think they still miss their old cage and are a big nervous in this new one, but they will also be much more healthy. There is more room to run around and they have the walls to climb on and the wheel to entertain themselves with.
In other news...
I finally brought my bicycle to my current place of residence this weekend. Allowing me the ability to ride my bike to work, which I did for the first time today. From house doorstep to work doorstep it took about 15 minutes. I am very pleased with this twice daily trip as it means that each day I will get at least 30 minutes of bike riding in. Exercise and enjoying the outdoors rolled into one.
And in other news...
My friend Natalie and I have started a Food Not Bombs collective in our area. This is an activist organization, with no central organizing body, that serves free food to all who want/need it as a protest against war, hunger, poverty and the destruction of the environment. We just created the facebook group yesterday and are in the process of seeing how many individuals are interested in helping out. Once we see a certain level of interest we will organize our first planning meeting, which will involved calling and traveling to grocery stores to ask them to donate goods that are in good condition but can no longer be sold, picking up this food, setting up dates and times for cooking and serving, getting literature together, etc.
My goal with this group is to build/foster community, spread awareness regarding veganism and the agricultural industry in general, provide free food (and eliminate the wasting of food by supermarkets), and to foster an atmosphere of solidarity and cooperation. I want to live in a community where people help each other and work together. I suppose this is an example of "Be the change you wish to see". We live in a competitive, capitalist society where if you don't have money it is nearly impossible to survive. I want to change that. FOOD IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE. EVERYONE DESERVES TO EAT.
I purchased for them a very spacious, a natural wooden platform and a huge running wheel!
At first I thought they might not figure out how to use the running wheel, seeing as they are a year old and have never had one. But last night Edward was running on it. And it was adorable. I think they still miss their old cage and are a big nervous in this new one, but they will also be much more healthy. There is more room to run around and they have the walls to climb on and the wheel to entertain themselves with.
In other news...
I finally brought my bicycle to my current place of residence this weekend. Allowing me the ability to ride my bike to work, which I did for the first time today. From house doorstep to work doorstep it took about 15 minutes. I am very pleased with this twice daily trip as it means that each day I will get at least 30 minutes of bike riding in. Exercise and enjoying the outdoors rolled into one.
And in other news...
My friend Natalie and I have started a Food Not Bombs collective in our area. This is an activist organization, with no central organizing body, that serves free food to all who want/need it as a protest against war, hunger, poverty and the destruction of the environment. We just created the facebook group yesterday and are in the process of seeing how many individuals are interested in helping out. Once we see a certain level of interest we will organize our first planning meeting, which will involved calling and traveling to grocery stores to ask them to donate goods that are in good condition but can no longer be sold, picking up this food, setting up dates and times for cooking and serving, getting literature together, etc.
My goal with this group is to build/foster community, spread awareness regarding veganism and the agricultural industry in general, provide free food (and eliminate the wasting of food by supermarkets), and to foster an atmosphere of solidarity and cooperation. I want to live in a community where people help each other and work together. I suppose this is an example of "Be the change you wish to see". We live in a competitive, capitalist society where if you don't have money it is nearly impossible to survive. I want to change that. FOOD IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE. EVERYONE DESERVES TO EAT.
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