May 2012
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Vegan Eats (aka Food): Austrian Cherry Strudel
Vegan Eats (aka Food) is my weekly (sometimes more) forays into what us vegans eat. And we do eat. All sorts of stuff, really. This includes dessert, of which we are particularly fond. -Marji Beach, Education Manager
First, a photo of what you folks should be making now.
It’s strudel, which means whirlpool due to the fact that phyllo dough surrounds with its swirling madness some really...
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Saying Goodbye to Sebastian
Nervous and sad, I watched Sebastian. He lay, unable to get up and walk, on shavings at UC Davis. His kidneys had failed him and were irreparably damaged. Unbeknownst to us, cancer weaved malignantly inside him.
True to his personality, despite the discomfort, Sebastian chewed his cud. Nothing could stop him from enjoying food.
A decision was made. The kind of heartbreaking choice we make for...
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Vegan Eats (aka Food): Tostada filled with stuff
Vegan Eats is my weekly installment of showing you vegans actually eat food. Haha. In a gross generalization, vegans love food more than a gastronomy expert (they exist). -Marji Beach, Education Manager
Okay, so I learned tostada just means toasted, so I’m probably committing some sort of cultural faux-pas by associating “tostada” with “taco shell shaped like a...
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For the Love of Volunteers and Interns
Editors note: This is a blog entry written by our newest team member, Molly Jordan. She has a rich background in coordinating and running internship and volunteer programs at other organizations. She is our Intern and Outreach Coordinator.
A long time ago I started volunteering for a companion animal shelter in Houston, where I quickly became a full-time adoption and volunteer coordinator. One of...
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What Interns Do
Intern Kristen shares the spotlight with Willy, the goat.
For more information on our residential internship program, go here.
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Lawsuit Filed Against A&L Poultry
A&L Poultry is a name I will never forget. I imagine it’s a name etched in the minds of those who helped rescue 4,460 hens from the 50,000 “egg-laying” hen operation in February of this year.
A&L Poultry abandoned their egg farm, leaving the hens to slowly starve. Already the life of a hen on an egg farm is so miserable. She lives in a cage. Her beak has been mutilated...
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Vegan Eats (aka Food): Guacamole!
Vegan Eats (aka Food) = once a week efforts on my part to not embarrass myself with crappy stuff I cook. -Marji Beach, Education Manager
Guys, I love appetizers. They are often easy to make and I find them difficult to screw-up.
Take, guacamole. This stuff is so easy to make fresh, and I’ll put it on just about anything, because that is how much I love guac.
The ingredients I like to...
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What Interns Do
Intern Kristen provides a great nesting spot for one of the rescued chickens!
For more information on interning, go here.
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A True Betrayal
In this picture, Elsa is 17.5 years-old. She is the oldest cow in the herd, and she has only been with us since 2009.
For fifteen years, Elsa lived on a small dairy farm. The view at this farm is the kind seen on those inaccurate, though wildly popular, California “Happy” Cow commercials. Rolling hills, green grass, beautiful brown bovines dotting the pasture.
Elsa has the same...
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The Lucky Mother
Virginia is one of the few rescued animals who arrived pregnant. After her wool production declined, Virginia was sent to a horrific place - a live-auction slaughterhouse. Buyers would pick out an animal to be butchered on site. Investigators found that animals were being killed without proper stunning, their throats cut while fully conscious.
In 2008 a Santa Cruz County animal control officer...
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Vegan Eats (aka Food): PB CHOCOLATE CUPS
Vegan Eats (aka Food) is a weekly foray into Stuff I Eat.
Chocolate! I can’t make chocolate items, because that involves a whole level of skill I lack. Instead, I buy chocolate that doesn’t hurt anyone but my waistline.
For example, Justin’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups!
There isn’t much to say, except these are delish.
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The Orphans: Meet Linus
The dairy industry is based on an ugly truth - in order to produce milk, a cow must be impregnated, give birth,and her baby must be taken from her. There is no happy pasture with adorable calves frolicking amongst their watchful mothers.
Male calves have no commercial value to dairy farmers, as they do not produce milk nor do they grow quickly like breeds used for meat production.
At the...
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The Faces of Motherhood
As Mother’s Day approaches I am filled with incredible gratitude for my own mom and a deep sorrow for millions of nonhuman mothers.
My first experience with maternal deprivation occurred as a college student. A cow on the school’s dairy farm was having difficulties birthing. I helped pull the calf out. It was a surreal moment for me. For the actual participants, it was ugly.
Dairy...
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Vegan Eats (aka Food): American Flatbread
Vegan Eats is my weekly homage to vegan stuff I deem fit for human and canine consumption (because my dogs are my poison testers).
True story: When I saw the VEGAN HARVEST label as I passed by the natural foods freezer section, I backpedaled right into the person traveling too close behind me. She was annoyed by this behavior, but I proudly proclaimed, “It says vegan!” This only works...
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Foie Gras: A Dish of Cruelty
A few disgruntled Californian chefs want to force the rest of us to endorse wholesale animal cruelty for a product few consume.
Foie gras. It sells for $45-55/lb. A tube is violently shoved down the throat of ducks (and geese) and 1-2 pounds of corn-fat mash is funneled into the duck. As they lack a natural gag reflex, the duck has no ability to regurgitate the excessive feed.
Like veal, the...
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Guest Post: Stephanie's Rubarb Split Pea Soup
Editor’s note: Bonus, with new roasted potatoes (because it wouldn’t really fit nicely in the title)!
Rhubarb is in season in Northern California! I know what you’re thinking…strawberry-rhubarb cobbler! We’re growing strawbs at the Animal Place vegan micro-farm, but, alas, they won’t be ready for harvest until summertime. Till then, why not enjoy that rhubarb tang in a savory...
