Meat Stick Men

Allowing your self-image to be corrupted by others is wrong. It’s hard enough surviving the innumerable indignities a man must endure throughout his life but to end each battle-scarred day chastising the image in...

What a Chef Thinks

I always loved & enjoyed eating , but I never thought of becoming a chef, I grow up in a middle class family home, my mother did not know much about the world of cooking, but she was good at what she was doing, especially her couscous, I remember as a kid, I use to watch...

RSPCA Think Pig Campaign and Game

The RSPCA are raising awareness of pig welfare issues and trying to educate people about the different labels on pork products and what they mean for pigs. A new Facebook word game  incorporates facts about...

Illegal bushmeat 'rife in Europe'

" About 270 tonnes of illegal bushmeat could be passing through one of Europe's busiest airports each year, the first study of its kind estimates. A team of researchers says the illicit trade could pose a risk to human or animal health and increase the demand for meat from...

Eat less meat and dairy products: Help stop Methane production?

Oh here we go cattle blow off and create methane, well that's true. That also means the more people that err.. blow off would cause a bigger methane problem,. At present there are about 6.4 billion people living...

Craving a way from Carving

 I was reading the New Yorker, November 9h 2009 issue that features walking among autumn leaves on the cover. Inside is a radically different illustration of animals in slaughter as it is that time of year in...

Quash the Squash!

I’m writing on behalf of the RSPCA, raising awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Right now, the government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number...

#3 US Centers for Disease Control links swine virus to US farms

Researchers analyzing the swine flu H1N1 virus in the people who contracted the disease in California and Texas have found that most of the viral gene segments are descendants of a unique triple human-bird-swine...

UN Links Livestock Raising to Global Food Shortage

What is being linked as the Silent Tsunami - the United Nations Environment Program states the current meat production is actually worsening the food crises and climate change effects. ""There are 900 million...

Arctic CO2 Levels Up - Methane Released. Do humans have time?

Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...

Pork adverts banned

A major advertising campaign for British pork has been banned from further use for misleading the public with claims of ‘very high welfare’ following a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming. The Pigs...

Germans told to stop eating so much schnitzel and bratwurst

Germany's federal environmental agency has asked Germans to limit their meat intake and only eat meat on special occasions. German's mostly have a diet that is heavy on animal products. The production of meat...

Stay healthy with steak and wine

Good news for the health conscious who love steak! Heterocyclic amines (HAs or HCAs) are cancer-causing chemicals that are produced when many foods including most meats are grilled or fried at high...

Lung cancer link to food additive

Phosphates are a very common additive to processed foods and new research from korea shows that they can cause an acceleration of lung tumour growth. The experiments were undertaken on rats and UK experts stressed...

PETA Folks Don’t Know Much About Oklahomans

After learning that the folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are urging Oklahomans to boost their health by “giving meat the boot,” I concluded that they don’t know much about the people from the state where I was born and raised. PETA, the left-wing...

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