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Josie Morris in
Farm Animal Advocacy, Farm Animal Rights, Farm Animals, Vegan Diet on
May 8, 2011 |
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If I were a dairy cow…
If I were a dairy cow, I would be pissed off Mother’s Day and every day. As a new mother, I have never been able to relate to their plight more than I do now. Creating new humans is an experience coveted in our society; one that is of profound importance. People go to great lengths for the ability...
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Josie Morris in
Vegan Recipes on
November 7, 2010 |
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Guest House Granola
Many years ago I stayed at the Greeley Guest House in Greeley, Colorado. I was on a business trip and fell in love with this quaint retreat. I felt like I was right at home. Especially when I went to the lobby for breakfast and stumbled upon the best granola I’ve ever had in my life. A lot of their...
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Josie Morris in
Vegan Pregnancy on
October 17, 2010 |
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Vegan Pregnancy
I truly didn’t intend to be such a slacker. I can not believe it’s been months since my last blog post. The honest reality is that life became overwhelming for me very quickly! I am now 6 months pregnant with our first child. I spent the first few months being terrified about what this meant...
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Josie in
Diet & Health, Vegan Diet, Vegan Etiquette, Vegan Meanderings, Vegan Recipes on
December 24, 2009 |
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Breaking Tamale Tradition
Holidays can be tough for vegans. Usually it means spending time with family members who are obsessed with food – and for most of us that means family members who eat dead animal carcasses. My family is no exception to that. While some of them are more vegetarian curious – meaning they are...
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Josie in
Animal Rights, Farm Animal Advocacy, Farm Animal Rights, Farm Animals, Vegan Diet on
October 25, 2009 |
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A conversation with Hickman Family Farms
The Hickman Family earns millions of dollars ever year from caged chickens.
No so long ago I had the unique privileged of meeting Glenn and Clint Hickman. They are brothers that run Hickman Family Farms, a massive egg producing company in Arizona. A group of us had gathered with our fearless leader,...
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Josie in
Animal Rights, Farm Animal Advocacy, Farm Animal Rights, Farm Animals, Vegan Fashion, Vegan Meanderings, Vegetarian Series on
October 16, 2009 |
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Living a Compassionate Vegetarian Life without Wool, Leather and Fur
Part 5 of 5
Don’t miss Part 1: Why Go Vegetarian, Part 2: How to Become Vegetarian, Part 3: Vegetarian Nutrition, and Part 4: Speaking Vegetarian.
This is the final post in my five part series on becoming vegetarian. Now that you are informed about where your food comes from and all the great reasons...
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Josie in
Animal Rights, Farm Animal Advocacy, Vegan Diet, Vegan Etiquette, Vegan Meanderings, Vegetarian Series on
October 1, 2009 |
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Speaking Vegetarian
Part 4 of 5
Don’t miss Part 1: Why Go Vegetarian, Part 2: How to Become Vegetarian, and Part 3: Vegetarian Nutrition.
Gene Baur from Farm Sanctuary speaking at an event.
This five part series has been dedicated to helping people make the transition from an animal-based diet to a plant-based diet. I’ve...
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Josie in
Diet & Health, Vegan Diet, Vegan Health, Vegetarian Series on
September 21, 2009 |
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Vegetarian Nutrition
Part 3 of 5
Don’t miss Part 1: Why Go Vegetarian and Part 2: How to Become Vegetarian
So far in this series that is meant to help people transition to a plant-based diet, I’ve talked about the many reasons why it’s a good idea to become vegetarian for your health, the planet, and animals....
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Josie in
Animal Rights, Diet & Health, Farm Animal Advocacy, Farm Animal Rights, Farm Animals, Vegan Diet, Vegan Health, Vegetarian Series on
September 14, 2009 |
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How to Become Vegetarian
Part 2 of 5
Don’t miss Part 1: Why Go Vegetarian
Last week I talked about the many reasons why it’s good to become vegetarian. This week I’ll explain exactly how to make that transition. So many people have said, “I really want to go vegetarian. I just don’t know how.”...
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Josie in
Animal Rights, Diet & Health, Environment, Farm Animal Advocacy, Farm Animal Rights, Farm Animals, Vegan Diet, Vegan Health on
September 7, 2009 |
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A Little Mess Up
Dear readers,
I’m so very sorry that I had a little mess up on my very well intentioned blog post from yesterday, Why Go Vegetarian Part 1 of 5. I worked really hard crafting the argument and researching sources and then …. oops I accidentally published the wrong version.
For those of you...