Professor Francione’s most recent book, Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation, is now available from Columbia University Press, online sellers, and at bookstores. Read an interview with Professor Francione on the Columbia University Press website and blog. Listen to Professor Francione discuss his new book with Bob and Jenna Torres on Vegan Freak Radio: Part One | Part Two.

So you’ve decided to go vegetarian or vegan. But now what? If you're trying to figure out what your next step should be, these quick tips will help you make the transition. Transform dishes that you already know and enjoy. For example, omit meatballs from your favorite spaghetti recipe, or replace with a vegetarian substitute, such as GimmeLean. Chances are, much of what you already eat could easily be made vegetarian.

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Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?

Becoming a vegan or vegetarian is a choice that could save the world, save your health and save your money. A shocking statement to some, but it is true. The amount of energy needed to grow livestock is enormous. In fact it has been estimated that giving up meat would reduce greenhouse gasses more that switching to a hybrid car.

Many people become vegetarian overnight, while others make the change gradually. Do what works best for you. We have all the information to help you get started!

The energy consumption of animal-and plant-based diets and more broadly, the range of energetic planetary footprints spanned by reasonable dietary choices are compared. It is demonstrated that the greenhouse gas emissions of carious diets vary by as much as the difference between owning an average sedan versus a sport-utility vehicle under typical driving conditions. the authors conclude with a brief review of the safety of plant-base diets, and find not reasons for concern

But most people are neglecting one of the most important steps toward stopping global warming: adopting a vegetarian diet. Americans need to know that what we eat has a huge impact on the environment - and changing our diet can make a difference. Animal agriculture, a major source of water pollution and deforestation, has become one of the biggest culprits in global warming. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released a report this year showing that farmed animals are a top contributor to today's serious environmental problems, including greenhouse gases.

Ultimately, living with compassion means striving to maximize the good we accomplish, not following a set of rules or trying to fit a certain label. From eating less meat to being vegan, our actions are only a means to an end: decreasing suffering.

Just take a look at what's being fed to the animals you eat. Same Species Meat Diseased Animals Feathers, Hair, Skin, Hooves, and Blood Manure and Other Animal Waste Plastics Drugs and Chemicals Unhealthy Amounts of Grains

The way America produces meat, milk and eggs is unsustainable, creates significant risks to public health from antibiotic resistance and disease, damages the environment and unnecessarily harms animals, a report released Tuesday says.

Factory farming takes a big, hidden toll on human health and the environment, is undermining rural America's economic stability and fails to provide the humane treatment of livestock increasingly demanded by American consumers, concludes an independent, 2 1/2 -year analysis that calls for major changes in the way corporate agriculture produces meat, milk and eggs.

No matter what you call it, it adds up to the same thing. Millions of animals are crowded together in inhumane conditions, causing significant environmental threats and unacceptable health risks for workers, their neighbors and all the rest of us.