In our July 2010 issue, we shared news about a group of plant fuelled mountaineers who were off to climb seven peaks, one on each of the seven continents. In this issue, we share news of another group of plant...

On 24 July, a press release informed us about the launch of the Animal Party Switzerland and its priority of introducing the question of animal welfare into politics, economics and society. Here, from our friends at EVANA, is an interview...

Tongues are wagging -- with some salivating and others going "yuck" -- over news reports that Chelsea Clinton's super-secret upstate New York wedding to Marc Mezvinsky this Saturday will feature a vegan menu and a gluten-free cake. The couple will...

The Catalan parliament dealt the death blow to bullfighting in the region on Wednesday, outlawing the centuries-old spectacle for the first time in mainland Spain. The result of 68 in favour, 55 against the ban was expected, since Catalonia's parliament...

More than a thousand participants and visitors from throughout the U.S. and eight other countries attended the Animal Rights 2010 National Conference, held on July 15-19th near Washington, DC. 90 speakers from 60 groups presented in 100 sessions, including plenaries,...

Summer is the time for a new adventure, a time to try something different. This month the VegSource crew invaded Kona.  You may have previously watched how we saved a fish our first day in town. Now you can watch...

We've previously run an expose on the Weston Price Foundation which shows how its founder actually recommended a vegetarian diet as the healthiest, and not the meat-heavy diet the Foundation recommends today. To read that article, click here. Following...

Excerpts from Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, specifically, from the chapter titled A Universe Not Made For Us.  The music is Jack's Theme from the Lost soundtrack. Scroll down for thought-provoking video......

Years of being overweight not only contribute to health problems but also to a person's economic woes, new research suggests. Adults who have been overweight since high school are more likely to be unemployed or on welfare than those...

Someone once said that it's a rite of passage to become a vegetarian while in college. But for some Stanford students, this switch doesn't last only for a couple of years - it becomes a lifestyle change with long-lasting effects...

Losing weight isn't as simple as calories in, calories out -- at least for those who eat meat. That's the surprising result of a new study that links meat consumption to long-term weight gain.Researchers out of Imperial College, London, tracked...

In an inteview with DETAILS Magazine, boxer Mike Tyson talked about being vegan. Excerpt from interview: Details: I hear you're vegan now. Mike Tyson: Yeah, it's been eight months with this vegan stuff, but I get these explosions of energy....

Editor's Note: There has recently been a flurry of discussion prompted by an article by raw-animal-product advocate Denise Minger, which criticizes The China Study and attacks its author, Dr. T. Colin Campbell. Minger questions Dr. Campbell's personal motives and attempts...

An excerpt from The Century of Self ==SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO== In 2002, Adam Curtis and the BBC released a four-part series called "The Century of the Self." The series tracks how American elites have aggressively used the modern behavioral...

At a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) finally caught up with the rest of the world -- and his peers at the...

==SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH VIDEO== Hillary and Bruce, who followed a low-fat vegetarian diet in a GEICO worksite study, exemplify how office workers can lose weight, lower blood pressure, and reduce absenteeism if their employer provides healthy low-fat vegetarian meals...

IVU-ISWAVeg Congress (IVU-India, South West Asia Vegetarian Congress) Practicing Ahimsa: The Core of Our Values Bangalore, India.  Oct.30-Nov.2, 2010 2 days of Lectures, Workshops & Music and 2 days of excursion Website: www.vegansociety.in/ivu-iswaveg_congress Be there! Lets show the way ahead!...

In the fall of 1999, the drug giant SmithKline Beecham secretly began a study to find out if its diabetes medicine, Avandia, was safer for the heart than a competing pill, Actos, made by Takeda. Avandia's success was crucial to...

Just one drink -- whether beer, wine, or hard liquor -- may double your risk of stroke in the hour after your cocktail hour, according to a new study in Stroke. A few hours later, however, your risk seems to...

People who learn how to meditate using Buddhist techniques not only may find a bit of peace in life, but also can improve their attention and focus a new study shows. Psychologist Katherine A. MacLean, PhD, and other researchers, signed...