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Animal Rights
Organizations | Animal
Shelters | Blogs
| Consumer Information | Dining Guides
| Health Online Communities | Podcasts | Publications | Recipes
| Reuse/Recycle! | Veg*n Societies
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Animal Rescue
League of The Animal Rescue League is a non-profit
organization that is “dedicated to rescuing domesticated animals and wildlife
from suffering, cruelty, and neglect”.
They provide animal rights law enforcement services (think Animal
Cops), shelter and adoption for rescued animals, and behavioral training
sessions for people and their pets.
Their website also list pet-friendly realtors and taxi-cabs in the The Boston Chapter of the national organization,
Animal Defense League. ADL is a
collective dedicated to closing down Huntington Life Sciences (HLS), the
world’s second largest animal testing laboratory. HLS is responsible for the death and
suffering of thousands of animal every year, and they must be stopped. Some of the pictures on the Boston Animal
Defense League’s website are really hard to look at. But if you can get through the gore, the
importance of their mission is something that all ethical vegans will be
interested in. Compassion Over
Killing Based in GREY2K GREY2KUSA was formed after a bill that would
outlaw greyhound racing in Humane Society of
the United States Since 1954, the Humane Society of the A No Foie Gras! A Farm Sanctuary campaign site dedicated to the
fight against foie gras. Has information specific to the campaign in
People for Ethical
Treatment of Animals Stop Force Feeding A website that gives information about various
campaigns to stop the sale of foie gras across the country.
Following in the footsteps of Vegan Action Vegan Action is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to spreading the word about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and encouraging
the spread of vegan food options. They
work to provide certification for vegan food items, hand out free samples of
vegan food, and to encourage college campuses to provide vegan food
options. Their website have a wealth
of information about veganism, vegan health, and
vegan cooking. Vegan Outreach Vegan Outreach is a non-profit organization that
publishes and distributes a variety of pamphlets promoting veganism. Their “Adopt a College” program
enlists interested parties to leaflet local college campuses, spreading the
word about cruelty-free living. You
can order copies of their publications online (for a small donation) or you
can view them as .pdf files, or request a free
Vegan Starter Pack. They also have
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Animal Umbrella Animal Umbrella is a no-kill cat shelter located
in Buddy Dog Humane
Society, Inc. Located in Farm Sanctuary Located in Watkins Glen, NY, Farm Sanctuary is an amazing
organization that rescues farm animals who would otherwise be killed or left
to die because they are “too old” or “too sick” to produce “adequate” yields, and lets them
live out their natural lives in the best possible setting. They also work to campaign against animal
cruelty in agribusiness, and have been elemental in getting laws passed to
help improve the standard of living among factory farm animals. Kitty Angles Located in MSPCA Founded in 1868, the MSPCA is the second oldest
humane society in the Based in Purr-fect Cat Shelter, Inc. purrfectcatshelter.org:8080 A non-profit, no kill cat shelter serving Medway,
Millis, The Animal Rescue League of Boston runs its own shelter, and GREY2KUSA provides adoption services for
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An Animal Friendly Life Updated daily, this blog provides well thought out, intelligent insights into
veganism and animal rights issues. It is effective without coming across as
preachy, self-righteous, or “militant”.
Overall, one of my favorite reads.
While somewhat infrequent, the accompanying podcast
is also excellent. Cambridge Vegan A
great resource for recipes, product reviews, and vegan info that local
residents will find useful. Knocked Up Vegan A well-written,
informative, and insightful blog from a pregnant
vegan living in The Smoking Vegan A vegan run blog that discusses animal rights and some of the
frustration situations us vegans have to deal with. SuperVegan An awesome vegan
dining guide for The Veg Blog The Veg Blog is a witty and
informative blog brought to us by Ryan MacMicheal.
Frequently mentioned on Erik Marcus’ Erik’s Diner podcast, this site
features news items and tidbits of info that vegetarians and vegans alike
will enjoy reading. The site also
includes a searchable recipe database, and tons and of links to a variety of
vegetarian/vegan resources. Vegan Blog: The (Eco)Logical Weblog An eco-political
vegan blog that could stand to be updated more
often (although reading it gives me a headache in under 2 seconds). Vegan Lunch Box www.veganlunchbox.blogspot.com This blog showcases some wonderful vegan lunches packed by a Vegan Porn A vegan news blog with a sense of humor. No actual porn. Sorry. VeganFreaks: Tofu-Powered Blogging Bob and Jenna
Torres, authors of Vegan Freak: Being
Vegan in a Non-Vegan World have bestowed upon us this wonderful blog, full of some pretty serious vegan ramblings. While the Torres’ weekly podcasts are full of tangents and giggling (in a good
way), their blog tends to cut out the “shout-outs”
and gets right down to the nitty gritty (also in a
good way). Make sure you check out the
Vegan Freaks’ main site at www.veganfreak.com. Vive le Vegan! A blog devoted to vegan cooking, penned by Dreena Burton, author of The Everyday Vegan and Vive
le Vegan!, two of my favorite vegan cookbooks. From here, you follow link to her Cooking
With Dreena blog (cookingwithdreena.blogspot.com), and her recipe blog (viveleveganrecipes.blogspot.com). What the Hell Does a Vegan Eat, Anyway? Someone, who quite possibly
has too much time on their hands, started this fantastic blog
that quite literally answers the question “What the hell does a vegan eat,
anyway?”. Daily entries describe the
author’s dinner menu, with pictures. |
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Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics CCIC has established
cohesive standards that help determine which products truly are
cruelty-free. Products which meet
their approval are labeled with their leaping bunny logo, an internationally
recognized symbol. Vegan Rock Stars home.simplyweb.net/thrill/vegrock.html I stumbled across this
page, and thought it was cute. It
lists vegan rock stars, and links to info about them. |
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All Vegan If you’re ever in The Evil Plan
web.mit.edu/weezer/www/quickbites A list of vegan friendly restaurants in the HappyCow HappyCow’s
motto is “Life is a journey, we’ll help you eat along the way”. On the site, you can browse or search for
vegetarian/vegetarian friendly restaurants worldwide. The site also includes information on
nutrition, recipes, travel information, and more. Use their message boards to connect with
fellow Veg enthusiasts or rant about a bad dining
experience. SuperVegan An awesome vegan dining guide for The Tech (MIT Newspaper) –
Restaurant Guide Part I: www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N46/Veggie_Guide.46a.html Part II: www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N48/Veggie_Guide_Pa.48a.html This is a two part article
originally published in The Tech,
MIT’s newspaper (which is available for online for free all the way back to
1993). The installments originally ran
back in October of 2002, so some of the information is a little bit out of
date, but for the most part remains relevant.
Part I includes some discussion of what being veg*n
means, followed by a listing of veg*n dining
options on the MIT campus, and a veg*n friendly
grocery stores in the area. Part II
lists veg*n friendly restaurants. The Vegetarian Travel Guide www.vegetarianusa.com The Vegetarian Travel guide is a great resource for
finding all of your vegetarian needs.
It lists restaurants, book stores, natural supermarkets, spiritual
centers and environmental publications throughout VegDining VegDining.com is your online guide to vegetarian
restaurants around the world. With
thousands of restaurant listings, this site makes it easy fro travelers to
find good eats no matter where they go.
Sign up for the VegDining card (accepted at
over 100 restaurants) to receive a discount on your meal, or submit your own
reviews to help spread the word about your favorite place to chow down. Veg Guide Veg
Guide is “The ultimate dining and shopping guide for vegetarians and
vegans”. Visitors to the site can
browse by region, add a listing, rate restaurants, or let others know about veg*n related events that are happening in their area. Vegetarian Food in the The author of this site no longer lives in the Vegetarian Resource Group The Vegetarian Resource Group runs a great organization
with an amazing website that is so full of information, it makes you wonder
why the whole world hasn’t just gone veg*n
already. Their online dining guide has
more Boston-area resources that most of the “bigger” veg*n
dining guides out there (which usually only list Grasshopper and
Buddha’s). In addition, they publish
the Vegetarian Journal’s Guide to
Natural Food Restaurant in the U.S. and Canada, available from VRG for
$18. Their website also links to tons
of other national, international, and local dining guides, making finding a
place to eat easy, no matter where you are. Vegetarian-Restaurants.net www.vegetarian-restaurants.net Yet another online guide to
vegetarian restaurants around the world.
Not the most aesthetically pleasing site, and full of
advertising. However, the Satya Magazine
and VegPeople also host dining guides. |
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine provides an incredible amount of information about
health and the veg*n diet, answers questions about
nutrition, and helps to promote alternatives to animal research. The site also includes a database of
healthy, vegetarian recipes. VeganHealth.org A project run by Vegan Outreach,
VeganHealth.org contains a bevy of information about vegan health and
nutrition. VegNews
magazine has awarded VeganHealth.org writer Jack Norris, R.D. favorite
columnist in 2003 and 2004. The site
also links to other vegan health sites, and features translations of their
site in Chinese and Polish. VegRD</ |
