"For years, the beef checkoff has funded nutrition research that has provided us with facts about nutrients found in beef, by passing that information along to dietitians, we're improving the health of both the public and the cattle industry."
-- Wade Zimmerman, a beef producer from Sugar City, CO

Article How Now, Mad Cow? Comment by Worldwatch Institute researchers on how globalization, economics and poor animal husbandry are responsible for our current animal-borne epidemics.

Poem Point of View Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless...

Article Why Hitler Was Not a Vegetarian "But wasn't Hitler a vegetarian?" ... It's time to find out for yourself. It is ironic that people should be so willing to gloss over the truth about Isaac Bashevis Singer's absolute commitment to the welfare of animals, yet be so willing to believe a myth about Hitler's vegetarianism.

Website Animal Defense League An active grassroots organization working to inform the public about animal exploitation and abuse. Through community outreach, networking, legislation, public education, vocal demonstrations, and civil disobedience they speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Website Destination Eden - Veganism/Fruitarianism/Breatharianism Must we kill? Is it really necessary? Is "live and let die" the only path? Must we turn the lives of others into miserable living hells? Is it natural that we turn our bodies into living graveyards by filling them with the corpses of other individuals?

Website Food Not Bombs Sharing vegetarian food with hungry people and protesting war and poverty throughout the world.

Website The Institute for Plant Based Nutrition A group of highly motivated, committed plant eaters and growers who bring over a century of life experience to educating all publics about the benefits of plant-based nutrition.

Website The McLibel Trial The infamous British court case between McDonald's and a postman & a gardener from London. It ran for two and a half years and become the longest ever English trial. The Judge delivered his verdict in June 1997.

Website McSpotlight McDonald's spends over $2 billion a year broadcasting their glossy image to the world. This is a small space for alternatives to be heard.

Recommended Book My Year of Meats This book chronicles a year in the life of a struggling New York City-based documentary filmmaker who is hired to produce a Japanese television show, My American Wife!, sponsored by a lobby group of the U.S. meat industry.

Website No Compromise! The militant, direct action magazine of grassroots animal liberationists and their supporters - up to date info on jailed activists

Website Vegan Organic Network All about vegan organic horticulture and agriculture; the ecologically friendly way to grow food without using any animal products. Animal free farming will lead to a greener, cleaner, cruelty-free world.

Website Vegan Views Magazine A forum for vegan opinion.

Website VegFamily - Vegan Parenting On-Line Vegan Parenting, Vegan Children, and Vegan Pregnancy Information.

Website Veggies Unite! Guide to healthy vegetarian/vegan living. Over 3,500 recipes, animal rights info and more!