Vegan: Calendar of Vegan Events, Vegan Festivals | The Vegan Voice. Vegetarian Summerfest Home Page. Albany VegFest 2013 - Home. Factory Farming: Cruelty to Animals. On today’s factory farms, animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy, windowless sheds and confined to wire cages, gestation crates, barren dirt lots, and other cruel confinement systems. These animals will never raise their families, root around in the soil, build nests, or do anything that is natural and important to them. Most won’t even feel the sun on their backs or breathe fresh air until the day they are loaded onto trucks bound for slaughter. The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes of years past are now distant memories. The factory farming industry strives to maximize output while minimizing costs—always at the animals’ expense. Cows, calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other animals live in extremely stressful conditions: When they have finally grown large enough, animals raised for food are crowded onto trucks and transported over many miles through all weather extremes, typically without food or water, to the slaughterhouse.
Tofu 101: Your Guide To All Things Tofu! Readers, meet tofu. Tofu, meet readers. Welcome to Tofu 101: a guide to the what, why and how of all things tofu. Class is now in session! What Tofu is made similar to cheese, and starts with extracting soy milk from ground, cooked soybeans. The soy milk is heated and salt is added to separate it into curds and whey. The more the tofu is pressed, the firmer it becomes. Silken tofu is great for adding to smoothies or scrambling like eggs, while firm or extra firm (my fave) is best for using in everyday dishes. Why Tofu is a great source of protein for those looking for a meat alternative, and it’s also high in calcium, iron and contains no cholesterol.
Plus, it’s so versatile! The nutrition and versatility is great, but the TASTE is what I really love. I also really like eating tofu raw, adding it to cold salads and such. What I’m sure you really want to know though is, what’s the texture like? How Ingredients: 1/2 block extra firm tofu, pressed 2 cups broccoli, steamed Wok oil Chopped peanuts 1. Vegetarian Restaurants North America. Vegan Fitness. Food Inc. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) - Neal Barnard, M.D., president. Vegan Essentials. Ⓥ The Vegan Forum. The Vegetarian Resource Group.