5 Ways Going Veggie Can Save the Planet
So you’re thinking about going vegetarian or vegan, but you’re not quite sure it’ll have any impact. Maybe you’re doing it for ethical reasons or maybe you want to improve your health or diet. Whatever your reason, you can rest assured you’re making a great choice, not just for you, but also for the rest of the world. Here’s a …
Ways to Support Animal Rights Beyond the Farm
This article is for those who are seeking to be socially active in the Animal Rights movement, beyond their ‘at home’ life. The line between livestock animal and companion animal can often be a tenuous one. As just a very basic example, look at how some people keep pigs as pets and how some cultures view cats, dogs, and guinea …
An Introduction to Container Gardening
If you’ve downsized your home or simply have no garden space on your property, your days of growing food are far from over. If you can grow a vegetable in the garden, there’s a way to grow it on a balcony. Container gardens need a bit more attention than ground plots because they dry out faster, but they need less …
The Veggie Lifestyle on a Budget
It’s common knowledge – eating healthy, especially eating lots of vegetables, costs more than eating junk, right? Wrong! It can cost a lot more to eat fresh and healthy foods, especially living the vegetarian lifestyle, but that happens when you don’t think about what you’re eating beforehand. Considering that you have to plan out your meals in order to get …
A Primer on Garden Mulch
In whatever area of the yard you have your garden, mulch serves as the protective cover. Sometimes it’s a decorative quilt and other times a heavy insulator as proof against inclement weather – but all mulches offer a needed protective element as well as making your garden look better. Once you’ve planted flowers or vegetables, it’s important to choose a …
8 Things to Love about Raised Garden Beds
Double-digging and building frames may seem like too much of a commitment for some simple garden plots, but gardeners who build raised garden beds rarely go back to the old way of growing their favorite plants. The modern popularity of this gardening technique might be traced back to the 1980s, when Mel Bartholomew had his hit television show, Square Food …
How to Grow Kale
Beautiful, leafy kale (Brassica oleracea) is right up there with its more famous cousins, spinach and broccoli, in the top echelon of healthy vegetables. Just look at the numbers. One cup of cooked Kale has a meager 32 calories, but also provides over 1000% of daily value of vitamin K, 100% of vitamin A and 70% of vitamin C. Like …
7 Cook-Out-Friendly Vegan Dishes
Cookouts and barbecues are American as apple pie, and there’s no reason to limit yourself to standard vegetarian burgers. Vegan options for cook-outs range from the quick and easy to the complex, so pick something that suits the time and energy you want to invest. Many traditional side dishes – like coleslaw or potato salad – work even better as …
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