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Holiday Gifts and Eats, 2011

December 23, 2011
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For many of us, the last few years have been lean years in terms of material wealth. This means that the holidays are an excellent time to remind ourselves that the best and most meaningful gifts don’t have the highest price tags: they’re the gifts that embody love and consideration. To me, the best gift [...]

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Confidence Building 101: Order Off the Menu

September 26, 2011
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Yesterday, I paid a visit to Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary to help celebrate the farm’s annual fundraiser. My main motive for visiting Poplar is always to say hello to the pigs; as you know, I help to sponsor Hamlet, a pig with tremendous personality.

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#Veganhumor: Comedy For Karma 2011

April 6, 2011
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Last night, I had a ball at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary’s annual fundraising laugh-a-thon, Comedy for Karma, held at the Gotham Comedy Club in NYC: This unique, annual event gives supporters of the Woodstock Farm a chance to come out, enjoy the work of a few wildly talented young comics, and help raise money for their [...]

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A Visit To Poplar Springs Farm Animal Sanctuary

March 26, 2011
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OK, first up: responses to my guest post at JL Goes Vegan have been amazing! Truly amazing. If you haven’t read them yet, please check them out: some of the most fun, varied, and interesting commentary on vegan ethics I’ve read in a long while. If that post represents the ideological foundations of my vegan [...]

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Vegan Shopping Challenge: A Vegan Friendly Winter Parka

February 15, 2011
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A few weeks ago, my trusty old winter parka of 5+ years gave out on me. Or at least, its zipper gave out on me. Heartbroken, I asked a few tailors how much it would be to replace the zipper, and they all gave me predictably high estimates. I know I could have talked to [...]

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The Whys and Hows of My Veganism

August 25, 2010

A few days ago, my friend Bitt left the following comment on my crushing post: I have had a question since seeing you in VegNews. Do you feel that you identify more with the “healthy living” community or the vegan or raw community? I have to admit I assumed the former but then was sort [...]

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Reconsidering Veganism at Thanksliving

November 11, 2009
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Hey guys! Glad you liked my autumnal menu, and glad (more importantly), that you’d like to see more. That’s great! I’m here to recap a very special event that I attended a few weeks ago, on October 19th. My friend Cassie asked me if I’d like to help volunteer at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary’s [...]

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