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But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy. - Plutarch.
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In this edition...
Health |
 Eating too much fish during pregnancy can raise child's obesity risk, study says |
| Red meat and acute heart failure link - new study |
| Australia Salmonella outbreak: The lettuce was framed |
| Brits turn backs on cancer-causing meats |
| Video: Mediterranean diet is a hoax - Esselstyn |
Environment and World Hunger |
| Here's why going dairy-free is better for the environment |
| Bees can help boost food security of two billion small farmers at no cost - UN |
| Congo's giraffes being hunted into extinction - for their meat |
| Why I became a vegetarian (after being an enthusiastic carnivore) |
Lifestyles and Trends |
| Australia's long-distance Olympic medal hopeful cooks up tasty Rio run |
| I stopped eating animals because of human rights |
| On a budget? Go veg - study |
Signs of the Times |
| Vegetarianism jumps double digits in New Zealand |
| Meatless meat market will reach $5.2 billion by 2020 |
| New York restauranteur turning all 15 restos vegan |
Animal Issues and Advocacy |
| Animal sentience: Horses can read human facial expressions |
| Torturous journey for animals to Canadian plates |
| Good news: No fin whales to be hunted in Iceland this summer |
| Pig-gassing controversy lands African food company in hot water |
| Cruelty charges at Canada's largest dairy farm - better late than never |
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Eating too much fish during pregnancy can raise child's obesity risk, study says
Full story: Toronto Star
Newborns whose mothers ate fish more than three times a week during pregnancy grew faster in their first two years of life and were more likely to be overweight or obese at 4 and 6 years old than were babies born to mothers who ate little to no fish during pregnancy, a new study says. In a large study conducted across several countries, researchers found that the weight-related effects of a mother's high fish consumption was more pronounced when the offspring was female.
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Toronto Star - February 15
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Red meat and acute heart failure link - new study
Full story: University of Leicester
Patients with acute heart failure often have high levels of the metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) - of which red meat is a major dietary source - according to researchers from the University of Leicester.
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University of Leicester - February 18
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Australia Salmonella outbreak: The lettuce was framed
Full story: New Matilda
Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables have been getting a bum rap in Australia over a Salmonella outbreak, but I've not seen a single mention of the root cause... and it isn't the lettuce. Salmonella comes from animal guts. All over the country, livestock and factory farms contaminate water by the millions and billions of litres, and from time to time some plant food producer fails to adequately protect their product against a pollutant that should be dealt with at its source.
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New Matilda - February 13
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Brits turn backs on cancer-causing meats
Full story: VegNews
A new survey has revealed that British eaters are increasingly turning their backs on meat, following last year's World Health Organization report categorizing processed meat as cancer-causing carcinogens, alongside cigarettes, arsenic, and asbestos.
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Video: Mediterranean diet is a hoax - Esselstyn
Full story: VegSource
The plant-based diet DESTROYS the Mediterranean Diet hands down. It CURES heart disease, while the Mediterranean Diet can't. Lose the olive oil and nuts, focus on foods that don't promote heart disease. It's really not that hard, but it works 99.4 per cent of the time.
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Here's why going dairy-free is better for the environment
Full story: Care2
Apart from being one of the cruelest and most unnecessary industries today, the environmental impact of dairy is also very scary. New research from the University of Buffalo, funded by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, reminds us what an environmental nightmare dairy can be.
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Bees can help boost food security of two billion small farmers at no cost - UN
Full story: UN News Centre
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says bees may have a key role to play in improving the production of some two billion smallholder farmers worldwide and ensuring the food security and nutrition of the world's growing population.
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UN News Centre - February 19
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Congo's giraffes being hunted into extinction - for their meat
Full story: Toronto Star
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, giraffes are being trapped and killed in crude snares, attacked with machetes and felled by poisoned arrows or guns. There are only 38 giraffes left in Congo now - down from more than 350 two decades ago, according to a new survey at Garamba National Park. [And Congo is not alone in targeting giraffes.]
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Toronto Star - February 22
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Why I became a vegetarian (after being an enthusiastic carnivore)
Full story: Huffington Post
I never thought I would become a vegetarian. To be honest, I used to think vegetarians were snooty people with "holier than thou" attitudes, and I cheerfully ate bacon, chicken chili and rib-eye steaks in spite of them. I never sought more information about their reasoning behind their diet. I never asked the questions I was afraid to know the answers to.
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Huffington Post - February 5
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Australia's long-distance Olympic medal hopeful cooks up tasty Rio run
Full story: SBS, Australia
Endurance athletes aren't generally associated with being vegetarian, but David McNeill is used to surprising people. Among the first Australians to guarantee his ticket to Rio, the long-distance runner, a lifelong vegetarian, is deep in preparation for his second chance at an Olympic medal.
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SBS, Australia - February 2
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I stopped eating animals because of human rights
Full story: Open Democracy
I stopped eating animals because I saw the effects of the meat industry on the people who work in it. Let me explain.
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Open Democracy - February 15
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On a budget? Go veg - study
Full story: Portland Press Herald, U.S.
Many vegetarians have heard a friend or family member say: "I'd like to go vegetarian, but it's too expensive." But it turns out eating vegetarian is actually much more economical than eating meat.
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Portland Press Herald, U.S. - February 3
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| Signs of the Times
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Vegetarianism jumps double digits in New Zealand
Full story: Newshub, NZ
Vegetarianism in New Zealand has grown 27 per cent in the past five years - and that's largely down to more men changing their diet, according to a recent study. Roy Morgan Research has revealed that 63 per cent more men than four years ago say all the food they eat - or at least almost all - is vegetable-based, with nearly 10 per cent of all Kiwi males now referring to themselves as vegetarians. As well as men, North Islanders and 14- to 24-year-olds are jumping aboard the vegetarian bandwagon with increasing regularity.
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Meatless meat market will reach $5.2 billion by 2020
Full story: VegNews
A new report from Allied Market Research predicts that the meat alternatives market will reach $5.2 billion by 2020. According to the report, "increasing health awareness coupled with increasing consciousness towards environmental sustainability and animal welfare have been the major factors driving the growth of meat substitute market." The report also revealed that while Europe and North America are the largest consumers of meat alternatives, Asia-Pacific is the largest-growing market.
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New York restauranteur turning all 15 restos vegan
Full story: Eater
Ravi DeRossi is about to go all-in with veganism in his 15 successful bars and restaurants. DeRossi says he feels better about this decision than anything else he's ever done. He's not worried about losing business from dumping animal products, he adds. "I'm more worried about my conscious and living without the weight on my shoulder of the damage I'm doing, and the suffering of animals," DeRossi says.
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| Animal Issues and Advocacy
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Animal sentience: Horses can read human facial expressions
Full story: Huffington Post
Horses are able to distinguish between at least some human facial expressions, suggests a new study by researchers at the U.K.'s University of Sussex. Researchers examined the reactions of 28 horses, from five different stables, to large photos that showed a man either smiling or making an angry expression. When the horses viewed the angry images, their heart rates sped up more quickly. The new study builds on previous work by some of the same researchers, who published a paper last year documenting how horses communicate their own emotions through facial expressions [nearly identical to humans].
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Huffington Post - February 10
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Torturous journey for animals to Canadian plates
Full story: National Observer
When it comes to transporting animals in Canada, the country lags far behind other civilized jurisdictions in the world. And despite the best efforts and concerted lobbying of animal advocates, they've had no luck in getting the regulations changed for 10 years now.
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National Observer - February 29
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Good news: No fin whales to be hunted in Iceland this summer
Full story: Guardian, UK
Conservationists are hopeful that an end to commercial whaling in Iceland has moved one step closer following media reports that no fin whales will be hunted there this summer. Kristjan Loftsson, the director of Iceland's largest whaling company, said that Hvalur HF would not be sending out vessels to slaughter the endangered whales this season because of difficulties exporting the meat to the Japanese market. Consumption of whale meat in Japan has fallen sharply in recent years.
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Guardian, UK - February 25
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Pig-gassing controversy lands African food company in hot water
Full story: Toronto Star
SPCA animal activists laid criminal charges against Tiger Brands Ltd., South Africa's biggest food company, for a pig-slaughtering method that involves the animals being gassed to death in cages after being lowered into a pit.
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Toronto Star - February 16
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Cruelty charges at Canada's largest dairy farm - better late than never
Full story: Care2
In a bittersweet victory for farm animals, 20 animal cruelty charges were finally filed against the owners and seven workers of the largest dairy factory farm in Canada following an undercover investigation that exposed heartbreaking abuse. The investigation was conducted by Mercy for Animals (MFA) in 2014 at Chilliwack Cattle Sales in Chilliwack, B.C., which is home to more than 3,500 cows.
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