Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>
> > In article <14359064.5Uv1HhjnyE@Dharma>,
> > Peter Terpstra > posted:
> > [
> > [ U.S. vegan population doubles in only two years
> > [
> > [ By Hope Bohanec
> > [
> > [ According to a new Harris Interactive study commissioned
> > [ by the Vegetarian Resource Group, the number of vegans in
> > [ the United States has doubled since 2009 to 2.5% of the
> > [ population. An amazing 7.5 million U.S. citizens now eat
> > [ vegan diets that do not include any animal products - no
> > [ meat, poultry, fish, dairy or eggs. Close to 16 million,
> > [ or 5%, identify as vegetarian, never eating meat, poultry
> > [ or fish.
> > [
> > [ If this rate continues, vegans will be 10% of the U.S.
> > [ population in 2015, 40% in 2019, and in 80 % in 2050!
> > [
> > [ This would mean an end to the exploitation and suffering
> > [ of billions of farmed animals. The study also revealed
> > [ that 33% of U.S. citizens are eating vegetarian meals a
> > [ significant amount of the time and ordering vegetarian
> > [ meals at restaurants, though they are not vegetarians.
> > [ That is over 100 million people, one third of the
> > [ country!
> > [
> > [ Interestingly, the demographic breakdown of the study
> > [ discovered that it was equal percentages of Democrats and
> > [ Republicans eating vegetarian. Perhaps these two parties
> > [ CAN agree on something - the vegan lifestyle is healthy
> > [ and compassionate.
> > [
> > [ Conscientious eating is going mainstream so if you
> > [ haven’t already, reduce or eliminate your consumption of
> > [ animal products-everyone’s doing it!
> > [
> > [
http://www.occupyforanimals.org/us-v...two-years.html
> >
> > Dhanyavaad for your post!
> >
> > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > Om Shanti
>
> Making Vegan a New Normal
>
> J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times; Anais Wade and
> Dax Henry for The New York Times; Axel Koester for The
> New York Times
>
> From left, vegetarian sashimi from n/naka; Kathy Freston,
> a high-profile advocate for veganism, dining at Craig's;
> the quinoa burger at Golden Road Brewing. More Photos »
>
> By Jeff Gordinier
> NYTimes.com
> September 24, 2012
>
> Slide Show
>
> In Southern California, Courting Vegans and Vegetarians
>
> It was a warm California evening in the city of West
> Hollywood, and Kathy Freston was sipping a martini.
>
> "Just because you're a vegan doesn't mean you don't want
> to have fun," she said, sitting in a booth at a
> restaurant called Craig's. "I'm a decadent gal. I want to
> drink. I want to feel full at the end of a meal. I just
> don't want it to have any animals in it, for a variety of
> reasons."
>
> Tall, slim and golden-tressed enough to be mistaken for a
> movie star, Ms. Freston is the author of books like
> "Quantum Wellness"*and "The Lean," and a high-profile
> advocate for veganism. She strives to consume nothing
> that can be traced back to sentient creatures: no meat,
> no eggs, no dairy.
>
> But chilled vodka with extra olives? No problem. Nor did
> she have any qualms about eating from a menu that
> includes an 18-ounce bone-in rib-eye steak.
>
> Craig's, hatched last year by Craig Susser, an alumnus of
> Dan Tana's, the age-defying hangout on Santa Monica
> Boulevard, is not a vegan restaurant. It represents a new
> culinary wave that can be felt all over Southern
> California, that reliable ripple-generator of so many
> national trends: the omnivore's restaurant that courts
> vegans and vegetarians (particularly the glamorous and
> powerful ones who are a crucial engine of the dining
> economy here) by preparing meatless dishes that surpass
> the droopy steamed-vegetable platters of yore.
>
> "You picture vegan restaurants with a lot of people with
> sandals and dreadlocks, drinking carrot juice," said
> Ellen DeGeneres, who stopped by with her spouse, the
> actress Portia de Rossi, to chat with Ms. Freston. Here
> at Craig's, the mood was more high heels and blond locks.
>
> In fact, from power tables in Beverly Hills to pubs in
> the San Fernando Valley, the surging popularity of plant-
> based diets is drastically changing the dining landscape.
> That shift is under way in various cities around the
> world, but it's happening in an explosive way in and
> around Los Angeles: at the elite gastronome magnets, at
> casual gathering spots and everywhere in between.
>
> Continues at:
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/di...nia.html?_r=2&

McCartney Presses India On vegan Day

Paul McCartney Urges Indian Prime Minister To Declare National Day Of Vegetarianism

Associated Press
CBS News
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Indraprasth aka New Delhi (AP) - Outspoken vegetarian
Paul McCartney is urging India to declare a national
Vegetarian Day to celebrate meat-free living and
compassion toward animals.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says
McCartney sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh saying such a day could save animals while helping
to protect both the environment and people's health.

McCartney's letter says "it would be a celebration of
life."

The U.N. food agency in 2003 estimated 42 percent of
India's 1.2 billion people are vegetarian, due mostly to
financial and religious concerns. Strict Hindus and Jains
do not eat meat.

Singh's office could not immediately confirm receipt of
McCartney's letter Tuesday.

More at:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...n7211309.shtml

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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