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Wishing all a healthy and compassionate 2017
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In this edition...
Video of the Month |
 This chicken plays a mean piano |
Top Stories |
| The latest threat to NZ's economy? Vegetarian sausages |
| Vegan food launches in Australia double in just two years |
| Germany's environment ministry bans meat at official functions |
| Meat substitutes are on the curriculum at California university |
Health and Environment |
| Meat consumption & the development of type 1 diabetes |
| Less meat, less heat: The climate change diet that isn't a fad |
| Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat? |
| 9 things you can do about climate change |
Lifestyles and Trends |
| Why all Christians should go vegan |
| The biggest challenges of being vegan - and how to handle them |
| Being a vegetarian in China can be difficult |
Signs of the Times |
| First vegan cafeteria opens in Palestine |
| Vegan cowboy boot boutique to open in Dallas, Texas |
| Vegan cookbook wins Gourmand award |
Animal Issues and Advocacy |
| 10 ways animals are smarter than you think |
| Goal! Bees can learn ball skills from watching each other, study finds |
| USDA sued after removal of animal welfare records |
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Top Stories 
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The latest threat to NZ's economy? Vegetarian sausages
Full story: The Spinoff, NZ
Most of us have our own ways of trying to make the world a better place. Some of us volunteer for charity. Some work in jobs where we heal the sick or help the poor. And some of us try to suppress the popularity of ethical foods. Wait, what? The New Zealand Herald reports that [Member of Parliament] Winston Peters is up in arms about fake meat products, accusing them of 'ripping off' names traditionally associated with the real thing.
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The Spinoff, NZ - February 14
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Vegan food launches in Australia double in just two years
Full story: Food Navigator Asia
Over recent years, the number of vegan food available in Australia has been soaring, to the point that last year witnessed a 92 per cent increase in new product launches compared to 2014 [according to market analyst Mintel.]
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Food Navigator Asia - February 1
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Germany's environment ministry bans meat at official functions
Full story: The Telegraph
A row has broken out in Angela Merkel's government after the environment minister banned meat at official functions. Barbara Hendricks claims eating meat is damaging to the environment and has ordered only vegetarian food to be served. The ministry has a responsibility to combat the "negative effects of meat consumption" and must "set an example", [she] said.
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The Telegraph - February 21
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Meat substitutes are on the curriculum at California university
Full story: San Francisco Chronicle
Most UC Berkeley [California] students will tell you that they're shooting for an A. But the 45 young men and women packing a Barrows Hall classroom this Monday were pursuing more ambitious goals: saving the world, and perhaps winning $5,000 in the process. The students are enrolled in a four-credit Challenge Lab at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, a practicum that pits teams against one another to develop the most innovative plant-based meat. A senior scientist with the Good Food Institute, gave the students a PowerPoint crash course on the reasons the world needs more meat substitutes.
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San Francisco Chronicle - January 25
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| Health and Environment
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Meat consumption & the development of type 1 diabetes
Full story: NutritionFacts.org
Eating meat during breastfeeding is associated with an increased risk of type 1 diabetes, a consequence perhaps of meat glycotoxins or paratuberculosis bacteria that may be passed though breast milk.
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NutritionFacts.org - February 10
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Less meat, less heat: The climate change diet that isn't a fad
Full story: Vogue Australia
Cooling the globe and improving the health of the planet begins one meal at a time. Mark Pershin, founder of lessmeatlessheat.org, believes we can address climate change by reducing our consumption of meat and thus our carbon footprint. Pershin came up with the idea for the environmentally sustainable Climatarian diet while studying studying a Graduate Diploma of Environments at the University of Melbourne.
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Vogue Australia - January 22
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Is a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly than eating meat?
Full story: The Conversation
Beef from Brazil, avocados from Mexico, lamb from New Zealand, wines from South Africa and green beans from Kenya - food shopping lists have a distinctly international flavour. And with many questioning the sustainability of importing so much food from so far away, we are beginning to ask if switching to a vegetarian diet to cut emissions caused by meat production is as sustainable as one might think.
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The Conversation - January 26
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9 things you can do about climate change
Full story: Forbes
Here is a list of simple actions that work: 1. Become a vegetarian, or better yet a vegan. The share of greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture is usually pegged at 14.5 per cent to 18 per cent, but the Worldwatch Institute found lots of oversights in those calculations that, when properly counted, bring the ag contribution all the way up to 51 per cent. That, you'll notice, is more than half. Which means that after we clean up all the transportation, energy, industry and commerce in the world, we've done less than half the job. The other half is meat and dairy. Refuse to eat it. If this seems too challenging, consider giving it up one day a week. It will still be the most important action you can take.
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| Lifestyles and Trends
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Why all Christians should go vegan
Full story: Washington Post
The Bible is clear, and early Christians understood it: Animals are meant to be our companions, not our food.
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Washington Post - January 5
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The biggest challenges of being vegan - and how to handle them
Full story: Stuff, NZ
When I was a vegan for a month, I knew it would be a struggle at times - but I got through it. While there were plenty of challenges along the way, there were also solutions. Here's what I faced, and how I overcame them. [Editor's note: Alas he went back to eating meat, but he has some practical advice and perhaps it will influence him in the future.]
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Being a vegetarian in China can be difficult
Full story: ABC, Australia
Zhang Xiuyan has long grown used to the difficulties of being a vegetarian in China. Ms Zhang is among 50 million Chinese who are believed to be vegetarian, a bit a bit under 4 per cent of the massive 1.4 billion population. By comparison, around 11 per cent of Australians are vegetarian, while in India up to 40 per cent of the country goes meat-free.
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ABC, Australia - February 3
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| Signs of the Times
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First vegan cafeteria opens in Palestine
Full story: VegNews
Palestine's first vegan eatery, Sudfeh, opened recently at the Al-Quds University in Adu Dis, Jerusalem. Sudfeh - which translates to "serendipity" - serves cruelty-free meals to students in an effort to promote animal-rights and veganism on campus.
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Vegan cowboy boot boutique to open in Dallas, Texas
Full story: VegNews
The vegan showroom will sell custom-made cowboy boots, belts, jewelry, clothing, and home goods.
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Vegan cookbook wins Gourmand award
Full story: VegNews
Australian vegan cookbook Food as Medicine: Cooking for Your Best Health by Sue Radd was named the national winner in the "Best Health & Nutrition Book" category of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The competition draws entries from 60 nations every year, and the health category is the "most crowded" according to publishing company Signs Publishing book editor Nathan Brown. Last year, Han Kang's The Vegetarian - which explores themes about eating animals and culture in South Korea - won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize.
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| Animal Issues and Advocacy
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10 ways animals are smarter than you think
Full story: Boston Globe Magazine
Cats give us names, crows improvise tools, pigs pick up on mood... Discoveries about animal cognition are advancing rapidly. In just the last few years, researchers have unearthed mind-boggling abilities in creatures most of us don't consider even marginally brainy and are finding remarkably advanced abilities in species already known for their smarts. Here are 10 things we now know animals know...
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Boston Globe Magazine - January 25
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Goal! Bees can learn ball skills from watching each other, study finds
Full story: Guardian, UK
Bumblebees can learn how to manoeuvre a ball just by watching others carry out the task, researchers have discovered in the latest study to shed light on the insects' surprising talents. While bees have already been shown to be able to learn how to pull on strings, push caps and even rotate a lever to access food, researchers say the new study shows that bees are better at problem solving than we thought. [Includes video.]
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Guardian, UK - February 23
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USDA sued after removal of animal welfare records
Full story: VegNews
Harvard Animal Law & Policy Fellow Delcianna Winders, along with animal-rights organizations, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the removal of animal welfare records from their public website. The lawsuit alleges that the USDA violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which requires federal agencies to make all records released under FOIA electronically available to the public. All records relating to climate change, LGBTQ rights, and healthcare have also been removed from the White House website.
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