Help Farm Sanctuary save Tinsel & Holly

Recently two calves only days old and unable to stand, were taken from a stockyard floor by Farm Sanctuary's Rescue Team and brought to the Cornell University Medical Center. The calves Tinsel and Holly were brought in with on the verge of death, found laying on the floor scared and shaking after being pushed, pulled and trampled.

Holly, the first of the two to be rescued, was too weak to stand and her fur was matted and covered with feces from being trampled by the other calves. Her most serious ailment was dehydration, deprived of the basic necessity of water.

Tinsel was so small he looked like a black and white dog. Too weak to stand, workers kept pushing and pulling the calf to prop him onto his feet -- so he would sell at a higher price. Finally he just collapsed on the floor near death. Tinsel still in critical condition, is receiving IV fluids and antibiotics.

These scared and weak animals that are fighting pneumonia and scours, are also fighting for their lives. If not for Farm Sanctuary, they would have died overnight on the cold stockyard floor scared and alone. If they make it through, they will live out the rest of their lives on rescue farms.

If you want to help provide urgent care to Tinsel and Holly, the two calves recently rescued from certain death at a stockyard, please visit this link.

Farm Sanctuary encourages you to adopt a turkey

It is that time of year again when more than 45 million turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving. These over bread birds are slaughtered when they are only 6 months old. They are denied the simple pleasures of outdoors, raising their young, or even the freedom of movement.

Since 1986 Farm Sanctuary has rescued more than 1000 turkeys from slaughter and have either provided a home for them on their farms or have found homes for them. Again this Thanksgiving with help from you many turkeys will avoid the table and be able to live their lives. The Adopt a Turkey program allows you to sponsor a turkey for as little as $30.00. You can choose an individual turkey you wish to support and will receive a picture and a certificate with fun facts about your new friend.

For more information please go to Farm Sanctuary Adopt-Turkey.

NutritionalFacts.org Launches

Dr. Michael Greger’s has spent the past year creating the website NutritionalFacts.org. His goal is that the website will grow into an authoritative source for the latest plant based nutrition.

 The website features all Dr. Greger’s videos from all his past DVD’s called “Latest in Clinical Nutrition”. The videos clips are split into hundreds of short segments organized by topic. The website is free for visitors and is non ad supported, nor does he sell any products.

Starting Monday, August 18th NutritionalFacts.org will start an ambitious new undertaking. They will upload one new video every day, seven days a week, for at least the first 365 days. Dr. Greger realizes this is a large task to take on but to him its a labor of love.

You can follow the daily video feeds below.

Daily video feed: http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/feed/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org

Twitter: http://twitter.com/nutrition_facts

Pickle it

This is from the Vegnews magazine.

2 quart size mason jars
1 1/2 pounds of cucumbers sliced 1/8 inch thick
6 cloves of garlic sliced thin
1/2 cup fresh dill chopped
2 tsp yellow mustard seeds
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp fennel seeds
2 cups apple cider vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbs sea salt


Put the cucumber, garlic, dill, and spices in the mason jars. In a small saucepan heat the cider vinegar, water, and sugar until it boils. Boil for 5 mins dissolving the sugar. Pour the liquid evenly into the jars and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for two days then enjoy. The pickles will last 2 to 3 months.

Mexican Corn Salad

This is a easy and flavor full side dish. I mix together:

16oz. Frozen non GMO corn thawed
1 Diced red pepper
1 Diced shallot
1/2 medium red onion
15 diced black olives
1 diced jalapeno
1 tsp cumin
1tsp chile powder
1 lime juiced
1tsp salt
1tsp black pepper
1 1/2 tbs pepper sauce


Mix well and refrigerate for an hour.

Stop the attempted cover up of animal abuse by agribusiness

New York state legislature is considering a measure (S.5172) that would make it illegal to film animal abuse that occurs on factory farms. This is a direct violation of freedom of speech. Whistle blowers have done more for animal welfare then any other attempt to reign in the abuse. Agribusiness would like nothing better than to hide the abuse that goes on within their facilities. The recent investigations in New York, that have shown malicious abuse of farm animals, has pushed New York's agribusiness to lobby for this measure.

Time to take action!
Please call to your New York state senator and urge opposition to S.5172. Look up your legislators' names and phone numbers.

There is a email petition to sign that is located on the Humane Society's website.

The deal with veal

Every person should be able to make their own choices of what they eat and know how it came to their plate. It is irresponsible when people say, I'd rather not know where my food comes from. If you're one who chooses to eat veal these days over the unlimited amount of food choices, you should understand what you are supporting.

Veal comes mostly from the unwanted male dairy calves. The Dairy Association has done a great job selling their illusion of how a liquid fat "milk" is good for you to consume. The "Milk Does a Body Good" and the "Got Milk" campaigns, with promotions from celebrities, helped to increase dairy sales. Keeping dairy cows pregnant and producing milk is the dairy farmers goal. Fifty percent of the babies born are females who go back into the dairy production business until they are no longer needed. The other half are males sold off to veal farms for the appeal of tender meat, all fat and no muscle. To accomplish this the baby calves are taken from their mothers at birth and chained to a veal crate. Some farms tether the calves so tight to the crate that they can hardly move.The only thing the calve can do over the rest of it's life is eat. Walking or grazing on grass could produce muscle build up that would ruin the tender meat. The usual veal calf will be slaughtered at 22 weeks old, a little over 5 months, unless its Bob Veal where the calves are slaughtered only a few days after birth.

When you choose to eat veal you are supporting this process. All animals should have a chance to live a cruelty free life. People can vote with their grocery or dining money to support this animal cruelty or to send a message that this is unacceptable.

Banning Veal Crates:

The UK banned the use of veal crates in 1990

In the Unites States:
Maine- ban by 2011
Arizona- ban by 2012
Colorado- ban by 2012
California- ban by 2013
Michigan- ban by 2013


To help:
Say No To Veal - A Farm Sanctuary Campaign