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Meatless Monday Goes Global

November 5, 2012

(VEGETARIAN) After the UK’s Telegraph recently reported that China now consumes twice as much meat as America, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has decided to promote Meatless Monday in an effort to protect the environment, animals, and people. To participate in this international campaign, people should just take one day of the week off from eating meat. According to the HSUS, if every American cut meat out of their diet every Monday, an estimate of 1.4 billion animals would no longer be factory farmed. Read on to learn why you should participate in this international campaign. — Global Animal

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Vegetarian Diet Could Save The World

August 29, 2012

(SCIENCE) According to leading water scientists, the continued increase of the world’s population will force more people to adopt a vegetarian diet. Water shortages are already starting to form into a global food crisis, leaving around 18 million people in Western Africa hungry. Scientists believe that a solution to the problem is a vegetarian diet. Instead of watering crops to feed animals that in turn are consumed by humans, we can conserve water by simply eating plants. Read on to learn more about this possible change for humanity. — Global Animal

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No Such Thing As Better Beef

April 17, 2012

(FACTORY FARMING) Eating completely sustainable meat doesn’t seem possible. Factory farming is undoubtedly destroying the environment, slaughtering unprecedented amounts of animals, and putting humans at risk of deadly diseases like E. coli and salmonella. However, sustainable farms have their own set of problems. Is this alternative better for the animals? Or is sustainable meat just easier to swallow? — Global Animal

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The Success Of Vegan Body Building

January 8, 2012

(VEGAN DIET) Want to get buff and help animals? Try going veg. A bodybuilder’s diet is often centered around protein, hence meat. However, more and more body building men and women have adopted to go vegan and are still winning competitions. You can read Mary Pilon’s piece at the New York Times to learn more about this growing trend. — Global Animal

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Missed Oprah’s One-Week Vegan Challenge? Our Go-Veg Challenge Begins Feb. 15.

February 11, 2011

Oprah and 378 of her staff members took a week-long vegan challenge. Get the tools to take the leap yourself. Or, if trying vegetarian first is more your speed, join Global Animal’s Go-Veg challenge, beginning Feb. 15!

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What’s The Truth Behind The Grocery Label?

October 24, 2010

“Sustainable,” “organic,” and “free-range,” are grocery terms we hope mean what they imply – humane treatment of animals. Vegetarian or meat eater, this interview with legal director for Friends of Animals, Lee Hall, will change the way you shop – and look at the dinner plate.

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