Youngest 2010 IVU WVC Delegate Born   IVU Regional Coordinator for Asia-Pacific, Susianto Tseng, is the proud father of a baby girl, Vegania Paramita, born 8 Apr of this year. The busy Susianto is also Chief Operating Officer of the Indonesia...

Sune Borkfelt, president of the Danish Vegetarian Society, sent the following question to ivu-life, an email group for leaders of vegetarian organisations:     "We are currently planning a campaign to get more restaurants, cafés, canteens etc. to offer vegetarian...

Several Maryland lawmakers will signed a pledge today to give up meat for a week to promote the environment and a healthier way of life. The 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. event at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church was open...

On 21 May 2008, Austrian police arrested leading campaigners from the country's successful animal protection movement. The activists spent many months in prison before being released, but the Austrian government continues to take legal action against them, despite their activities...

Did you ever wonder how health insurance companies drum up future business? It's easy: Just invest in companies whose products cause chronic degenerative disease, driving people towards more health care needs and therefore more health insurance.And that's exactly what the...

Editor's Note: Why use rats to prove what is so evident at every fast food corner? Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler maintains in his new boo, The End of Overeating, that there is an "addiction model" for salty, sweet,and fatty...

Hundreds of thousands of Australians will die unnecessarily over the next few years simply for being too fat. Obesity has become the single biggest threat to public health in this country of 22 million. Recent research by the Western Australia...

High fructose corn syrup, which some studies have linked to obesity, may also be harmful to the liver, according to Duke University Medical Center research. "We found that increased consumption of high fructose corn syrup was associated with scarring in...

Being fat is bad for your brain. That, at least, is the gloomy conclusion of several recent studies. For example, one long-term study of more than 6,500 people in northern California found that those who were fat around the middle...

Christian Vegetarian Association UKWorking towards a violence-free worldHome of Veg4LentCVAUK UNIVERSITY OF LEEDSChristianity and Vegetarianism Nature, Creation and the Peaceable Kingdom14th & 15th August 2010Leeds Humanities Research InstituteClarendon House, 29-31 Clarendon Place, LeedsRegistration: 09.30 to 10.30 each dayConference and workshopsSaturday:...

EarthSave founder John Robbins talks about the best diet. Scroll down for video.       Donate to EarthSave International Purchase a copy of Processed People documentary  ...

VegSource gives our highest rating for this excellent PBS documentary about the origins of Earth Day. The show in its entirety can be watched on the PBS website, it is well worth the time. Click here: http://video.pbs.org/video/1463378089#...

Saugerties, NY:  On Saturday, April 24, 2010, from 2 to 5 pm, Catskill Animal Sanctuary will launch its newest program, Compassionate Cuisine, at an Open House featuring 250 happy animals and a feast made without animal products. The Open House...

Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, "renegade lunch lady" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food. Ann Cooper cares -- a lot -- what kids...

CNN IS REPORTING: More than a quarter of young adults are unable to meet physical requirements to join the military, creating a potential threat to national security, a group of retired armed forces leaders said Tuesday. "It's not drug abuse,...

The Supreme Court struck down a federal law Tuesday aimed at banning videos that show graphic violence against animals, saying it violates the right to free speech. The justices, voting 8-1, threw out the criminal conviction of Robert Stevens of...

Eating lots of meat, especially if it is overcooked, increases the risk of bladder cancer, say experts. Frying, grilling and barbecuing until meat is charred can form cancer-causing chemicals, research shows. In a study, people whose diets included well-done meats...

The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less sodium in everything from soup to nuts would prevent thousands of deaths from hypertension and heart disease....

Two new studies add to evidence that older people with low levels of vitamin D may be more likely to suffer from cognitive impairment. The hope is that vitamin D supplements may be able to slow mental decline -- an...

For sixty years, from 1928 to 1988, the US had a media law called the "Fairness Doctrine." It prevented the US news media from coming under the control of US corporations. Abominations like Fox News, Clear Channel, and Rush Limbaugh...