The people of The Netherlands ring in the New Year with lots of fireworks. This is fun, but it's terrifying for countless companion animals as well as wild animals, small children and people who suffer from PTSD. Now, the government of The Netherlands has banned the use of private fireworks.

Most people who eat eggs want to believe that hens live in cushy barns and spend most of their days frolicking through a bucolic landscape. That vision is far from reality. Egg-laying hens spend their entire lives in massive ammonia-choked barns that each hold 100,000 or more other hens.

Artifacts and other research suggests that our ancestors were grinding wild seeds, pounding and cooking starchy tubers and detoxifying bitter nuts thousands of generations earlier than previously believed.

One of the world's largest and most easily correctable sources of methane production is animal agriculture, particularly the waste products of beef and dairy production. We simply cannot solve the climate crisis without a wholesale shift away from animal consumption.

Personally, I'd be more upset if dairy milk contaminated my cleaning products.

Happy Thanksgiving from Marla and John from Vegan Street.

The ongoing global recovery of the green turtle is a powerful example of what coordinated global conservation over decades can achieve to stabilize and even restore populations of long-lived marine species.

The host with the most knows to serve the roast with the most which is certainly plant-based. Your Thanksgiving guests deserve no less.

What happens when families with companion animals split up? In most cases, these animals have been considered property to be divided like glassware or television sets. Now Spain has passed a law that the needs of companion animals must be considered in divorce proceedings.

Switching to a plant-based diet is the single most effective thing each of us can do to protect ourselves from climate change.

E. coli and other disease causing bacteria are swarming through slaughterhouses throughout the world. Many of these bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotic drugs. This means that antibiotics we rely upon to cure diseases simply don't work anymore.

A new Oxford study published in The Lancet shows that a worldwide shift to a plant-based diet would require up to 56 million more workers to meet global demand, while disinvesting from the meat and dairy industries would save as much as $995 million.

Whole Foods Market just published Food Trends Report that predicts that high fiber foods will be a hot trend for 2026. That's great because all fiber comes from plant foods and high fiber foods are essential for digestive health. They also taste great!

Fiber is probably the most important part of a healthy diet and is essential for a high functioning digestive tract. Plus high fiber foods are some of the most delicious –berries, peppers, apples, avocados and so much more. Treat your gut with some delicious and life-giving fiber.

Happy Halloween from Marla & John at Vegan Street.

Horse racing is a deeply cruel and anachronistic sport that should have absolutely no place in the 21st Century. Hundreds of racehorses die painfully each year from injuries due to overworking and forced drug use. It is time for this bloodsport to be put out to pasture forever.

California has just joined New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning the practice, which is also illegal in 40 countries and dozens of American cities. If you live with a cat and you have considered declawing them, please don't.

The meals consumed by a typical American family cause more greenhouse gases than all of the energy used to heat, cool and power their home. Meat production, particularly beef and dairy, is one of the leading cause of climate change – greater than the entire transportation sector.

The owner's request was not completely unreasonable, and the police did rescue as many piglets as they could. But they also sought to protect the meat industry by keeping the press at bay. And those pigs that survived still went to the industrial farm and then to the slaughterhouse six months later.

Vogue, the world's premier fashion magazine, has just announced its breakup with the vile fur industry, joining scores of magazines, clothing designers, retailers, cities and countries that have rejected the idea that it's okay to wear the skins of tortured animals.

A new comprehensive study from the EAT Lancet Commission concluded that unless most on the people in the wealthier countries adopt a mostly plant-based diet, the worst effects of climate change will be unavoidable, even if humans successfully switch to cleaner energy.

Here is yet another reminder of why it's a good thing to eat plenty of fruit.

Reducing the disease burden caused by processed meat by 30% could free up $21 Billion annually in healthcare spending in the US alone. This is enough money to pay the salaries of 247,000 skilled nurses.

We bid an appreciative farewell to one of the most influential voices for the animals and the planet, and one of our personal heroes. We will miss you, Jane Goodall.

Everyone has someone who fits inside their circle of compassion. A vegan's circle of compassion expands to include all living beings.

Recently the Philippines has designated more than 200 square miles of its coastal waters as the Panaon Island Protected Seascape: home to schools of juvenile fish, sea turtles, sea anemones and other marine life. Thanks to this new protection, this area is now off-limits to fishing.

A industrial farm has been quietly clearing land to build enough new barns to house 434,000 chickens. Neighbors alerted the Coalition Against Factory Farming, who alerted the Breckland Council in Norfolk about the unauthorized expansion. The Council has now ordered Hook 2 Sisters to halt production.

Florida is now issuing 187 permits to kill a total of 187 bears. Enterprising animal advocates are buying as many applications as they can afford. Each permit that is bought by an animal advocate is one that is off-limits to the hunters and will save the life of another bear.

At Vegan Street, we have been fighting against vivisection for more than 30 years. We have made a lot of progress since then, and now most people agree that testing cosmetics on animals is bad. Animal activists have made a difference, and we're not stopping until this cruel practice is banned.

Virtually all pigs live in foul smelling overcrowded prisons where they can't think about much beyond trying to survive in such a hostile environment.

According to the National Chicken Council, chicken consumption in the US is 103.7 pounds per capita in 2025. Since a chicken contains 4 pounds of flesh, a typical American will eat 25 whole chickens this year. Multiply that by the 340 million people living in the US and that's 8.5 billion chickens.

Hundreds of cities and towns are converting parts of the parks and parkways or even streets and alleys into Pollinator Pathways, attracting millions of butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects.

Over the years, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have slowly shifted their recommendations away from meat, dairy and eggs and toward eating more plants, much to the anger of the meat, dairy and egg industries. Now they recommend shifting away from meat toward plant sources. For PROTEIN!

Fur coats that a couple of decades ago were seen as the epitome of high fashion are now regarded with derision and disgust, and the fur industry is seeing just a faint shadow of its former glory. We are not letting up though, and we won't stop until this cruel practice is completely dead.

There are so many delicious plant milks on the market right now that there is no excuse for drinking milk from cows.

As we age, our brains develop tiny lesions that can lead to an increased risk of dementia. Researchers from Japan analyzed data from 8,766 volunteers over the age of 65 and discovered that those who regularly drank green tea showed fewer of these lesions and had less chance of developing dementia.

Marla and I from Vegan Street are part of a team building a new vegan community engagement site called ROOTIFUL. lWe need a good strong CEO to help make this happen. If you are interested in this job, or know somebody who would be, please visit www.rootiful.net/ceo to learn more.

Of course, from our point of view at Vegan Street, all mammalian milk is bad news beyond that which mothers provide for their own children. But pasteurization and homogenization were developed for a reason and they have saved a lot of lives – lives that be at risk by drinking raw milk.

Nothing terrifies the animal killing industries than the voices and actions of compassionate people who draw attention to the institutional animal abuse and work to bring some protections to the victims. Call your Representative and demand they vote no on the Save the Bacon Act.

Rest in peace, Lady. I am so sorry we failed you in this way. This should have never happened to you. Run free, Lady.

A group of researchers, entrepreneurs and economists is betting that putting a price on whales – this time to facilitate financial investment in their carbon-storing services – will help to both offset carbon emissions and protect the animals.

Yes, there are ultraprocessed vegan foods, but you won't find that many of them in a typical 7-Eleven. Still, it's best to eat mostly whole plant foods for a lot of reasons including reducing your risk of getting the world's most deadly cancer.

Just a reminder that there are lots of really good people out there working together to build great things. These great things need to be celebrated as much as the bad things need to be condemned. forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/12/a...

Iowa is the country's leading producer of both pigs and corn which produces billions of tons of manure that contains very unhealthy levels of nitrate and potassium which sometimes causes cancer and birth defects. In fact, half of all Iowa waterways tested contain dangerous levels of these chemicals.

California's popular Proposition 12 was an attempt to help alleviate some suffering these poor souls endure, and it passed in 2018 by a wide margin. Now the Food Security & Farm Protection Act is trying to repeal it. Those of us who defend animals need to step up and help out.

Far too many people, and older folks in particular, don't get enough exercise. The best cure for this, might just be a good training partner. Dogs can connect you with your neighbors, get you some fresh air, and help strengthen your heart, lungs and muscles and improve your mood.

Bacon, sausages, deli meats, ham, hot dogs, salami, meat sticks and such are among the most popular foods out there even though they a classified as Group 1 carcinogens, and are major causes of diabetes and heart disease.

The idea of forcing animals into servitude for the sake of entertainment is rapidly falling out of favor with more and more people as many aquatic parks are closing, circuses are removing animal acts, bullfighting and dog and horse racing, and rodeos are facing harsh laws and diminishing audiences.

One of the greatest problems in the world is that far too many people only see values in the things they can profit from personally.

Despite the best efforts of the oil companies and the politicians in their thrall, green energy sources are thriving and providing even more benefits than they promised. Offshore wind farms are creating thriving ecosystems and providing a much needed boost to the declining fish populations.