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Big in Israel: Vegan Soldiers
[Source: www.theatlantic.com] How the IDF is handling the changing dietary preferences of its servicemen and women. Last December, Colonel Avi Harel, a commander in the Israel Defense Forces, was facing a strategic quandary. According to media reports, protesters were threatening revolt from within. They were not satisfied with previous concessions; the status quo, they said, […]
Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter
By Abigail Klein Leichman, from Israel 21c – [November 19th 2015] Source: http://www.israel21c.org/coming-soon-chicken-meat-without-slaughter/ An Israeli foundation is first in the world to research mass production of cultured chicken breast, a real meat product starting from a single cell of a real bird. Dutch tissue engineer Mark Post made international news last year when he […]
More California farmers trade dairy for nuts, analysts say
By Carol Ryan Dumas, From Capital Press Source: http://www.capitalpress.com/Dairy/20151104/more-california-farmers-trade-dairy-for-nuts-analysts-say More California acreage, including cropland on dairies, is being converting to nut orchards, raising questions as to the impact on California’s future milk production. A growing number of California dairies are diversifying […]
Germany has become the FIRST country in the world to ban ‘chick shredding’
Article courtesy of Animals Australia. Germany has become the FIRST country in the world to decide it no longer wants to grind up millions of live baby chicks — the disturbing ‘waste product’ of the worldwide egg industry. It’s the brutal reality of commercial egg production: millions of tiny male chicksground up alive or suffocated […]
Beetroot & Cumin Spring Onion Dip
Beetroot & Cumin Spring Onion Dip Author: Love the Crunch Prep time: 5 mins Total time: 5 mins Serves: 6 This dip features spring onions as the hero ingredient and is delicious served up with fresh crunchy crudités like celery and radishes. Ingredients 250g traditional cooked beetroot, roughly chopped 4 spring onions, roughly chopped 1 […]
Rosh Hashanah – Golden Syrup Cakes
Delicious vegan cakes from ‘1066 Cake Stand’, made with golden syrup instead of honey – ideal for Rosh Hashanah.
Autumn magazine out now
In this issue, we feature prolific author and founder of ‘Jews for Animals Rights’, Roberta Kalechofsky, who is also a JVS patron. She writes about the failure of historic kashrut to respond to the many problems in today’s meat industry. From her home country of America comes some very promising news: 400 million fewer animals […]
My Foreword For “Kaporus Then and Now: Toward a more compassionate tradition; by Rabbi Yonassan Gershom
Written by Richard Schwartz, originally published by the Times of Israel blog. Kol hakavod (kudos) to Rabbi Yonassan Gershom for writing this splendid, much needed book, arguing that Jews should practice the ritual of Kapporos using money rather than chickens. He is the ideal person to write such a book for many reasons: He is […]
‘We Can’t Eat Eggs from Mistreated Chickens’ – Rabbi Ariel Abel
Eating kosher should take account of the ethics of farming methods, argues Rabbi Ariel Abel in the Jewish Chronicle. Click here for the full story.
Flower Power
Diet and nutrition advisor Maya Segal introduces us to eight flowers you can add to your salads… Flowers are a very exciting ingredient to add to our salads – straight from a large garden or modest windowsill. Not only will flowers make any salads look extraordinary and fun, but flowers are flavourful, nutritious and healthy. […]