Being vegan has become easier and easier in the past few years, thanks in part to the huge number of vegan options available in stores and restaurants alike. If you’re lucky enough to live near a Trader Joe’s, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about...
I’m lucky to live in Portland, Oregon, which has to be one of the most vegan friendly cities in the entire universe. The number of vegan options is astounding, and sometimes overwhelming, but on a sunny Friday afternoon after work last week I knew there...
Today in London, history was made when the first ever laboratory-grown hamburger was tasted. Does that sound weird? Well, it kind of is. Muscle stem cells were taken from the shoulder of a cow in a biopsy, grown in a dish and then assembled into a burger...
Kind of feels like it’s up to vegans to save the planet, right? Well, even though we’re already more than pulling our weight, there are just a few more things that I want to change about the world, and I think we as vegans need to lead the way. I’m sure...
Being Australian, I’m used to taxes. Everything is taxed in Australia. “Oh, you want to buy a case of beer? You’d better sell your car.” That said, I think people have a few pennies to spare for just one more important tax. Meat. Yes. Don’t you think...
When you’re a vegan and you decided to travel somewhere, food becomes much, MUCH more important. If you’re going on a day trip, you’re probably inclined to pack your own lunch. If someone organises a dinner at a restaurant, you have to check their website...
Often, when people find out that I’m a vegan, they feel the need to ask me about it. I enjoy this. It offers a chance for me to think about it myself, and also to potentially make people more aware of the decisions they are making. Here are the most ...
When I told my parents about the experiments involved in my neuroscience research, their utter bemusement was precisely what I expected. Their daughter, happily a vegan for four years, would be euthanizing pregnant rats, dissecting out their embryos ...
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