This weekend, turkeys celebrate with pumpkin pie, squash and cranberries at the Farm Sanctuary in Orland. They are being treated to their own Thanksgiving feast today during the farm's annual feeding ceremony to be attended by human well-wishers. Those...

When Julia Banks was almost 70, she took up transcendental meditation. She had clogged arteries, high blood pressure and too much weight around the middle, and she enrolled in a clinical trial testing the benefits of meditation. Now Mrs. Banks,...

In some circles, vegetarians get a bad rap. If it's not an association with PETA (known for news-getting, if abrasive, tactics to spread the word about carnivorism), a vegetarian at Thanksgiving dinner can be cause for tension among the meat-eaters...

Vegan meats have been popping up on menus around the country, even at restaurants that are known for serving dishes with animal ingredients. With so many options out there, we decided to find out which are the best. Today we're...

12 pieces combination wheat and white bread1 yellow onion3 celery stalks1 tsp. olive oil2 pkgs. soy meat crumbles 2 cups faux-chicken stock 1 packet poultry-seasoning herbs (fresh sage, rosemary, thyme, etc.) Sprigs fresh thyme for garnish • Preheat the oven...

The moment my mom set that first Tofurky down on the table in front of me 6 years ago, I knew I made the right decision. Even though many people thought it defied logic, becoming a vegetarian right before Thanksgiving...

Editor's Note: Is this event really any more barbaric than what happens to the millions of animals who are killed daily in the United States for food? Your thoughts? A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are...

You may not even miss the turkey. On Thanksgiving, expressing gratitude through a whole baked pumpkin stuffed with chewy barley and hearty root vegetables can be the beginning of a stellar holiday season. When fall swoops in and the days...

THE competitors stood nervously on stage, awaiting the judges' decisions. As each name was called the crowd cheered, and the winner stepped forward to claim a prize, bowing his or her head to accept a medal. "Wow, that was a...

Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers. At issue are small cages, typically 24 inches wide...

People who are vegans or have dairy allergies are limited in the choice of ice cream-like desserts, which are often made from soy. That's one reason why Bay Area chef Daniel Clary, who specializes in raw/vegan cuisine, developed a...

Single. Female. Three Cats. Red flag! For most people, the combo invites the label Cat Lady, says Christie Callan-Jones, a filmmaker. Callan-Jones' latest documentary, "Cat Ladies," tells the stories of four women and their devotion to their cats. Elizabeth Vargas...

Unfortunately, what is shown in the photos below happens every year in the  event known as "Dantesque" or "bloody slaughter" in the Faroe Islands, which are a semi-independent protectorate of Denmark. This bloody slaughter is an old Danish ceremony known...

Rep. Dennis Kucinich and wife Elizabeth were in Washington DC today promoting vegetarian school lunch options. The couple was joined by John Salley, vegetarian and retired NBA basketball star, and members of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Elizabeth Kucinich...

Corporate shills, or just moms looking for a good snack?  You be the judge. Reporting from Los Angeles and Fort Wayne, Ind. - On most days, Andrea Deckard can be found in her home office, digging through stacks of coupons...

It's hard to picture someone mindlessly ingesting three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter while watching a movie. But according to new laboratory analyses commissioned by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, that food is...

Peggy Raisglid walked through the doors of a Unitarian church 20 years ago a "hardcore carnivore" and an hour later she walked out a "committed vegan." She heard a lecture that day on vivisection -- the process of cutting up...

Editor's note: this recipe is excerpted from "Flying Apron's Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book" by Jennifer Katzinger, Sasquatch Books - available at amazon.com. CLICK HERE TO BUY BOOK NOW Pumpkin Pie Makes 1 (9-inch) pie 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin purée...

Charlotte Zelz made a big decision last summer. A decision that would seem big to lots of other people, that is -- but to her, it just made sense. This past August, 12-year-old Charlotte gave up meat. "I never really...

HSU sophomore Jenna Savage, a zoology junior, wants to make the world a more loving and compassionate place for animals. Jenna Savage and her sister Mary Sue Savage co-organize the AWARE club on campus. Though it is Jenna Savage's first...