Recommended Reading Material

Additional reading material

Most of the above books are commonly available at most health and natural foods stores, and many vegetarian societies also stock them. The easiest way to buy them is by mail order from American Vegan Society, P.O. Box H, Malaga, NJ USA 08328

List of Organizations of Animal care and Nonviolent Activities:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

501 Front St., Norfolk, VA, USA 23510

757-622-PETA (7382), fax: 757-622-0457

Web Site: www.peta-online.org, e-mail: [email protected]

Exposes animals abuse and promote respect for animals. Its credo is, “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.” PETA is probably the largest organization of its kind, now has global presence in many countries.

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

P.O. Box 6322, Washington DC, USA 20015

202-686-2210, fax: 202-686-2216,

Web site: www.pcrm.org, e-mail: [email protected]

Comprised of physicians and lay members; promotes nutrition, preventive medicine, and ethical research practices; publishers of Good Medicine magazine. PCRM is all pro-animals! Not only they stand for strictly vegetarian diets, but also against using animals in laboratories. They lobby hard in the Congress for eliminating meat and dairy from food pyramid, which is taught in schools and used as a guideline for serving lunches.

Vegetarian Resource Group

P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD, USA 21203

410-366-8343, fax: 410-366-8804

Web site: www.vrg.org

Dedicated to health, ecology, ethics, and world hunger education; produces and sells books and pamphlets. One also finds vegetarian and vegan recipes, vegetarian and vegan nutrition information, vegetarian and vegan cookbooks, Vegetarian Journal excerpts, vegetarian travel information, vegetarian and vegan brochures, and even a Vegetarian Game. Also their travel guide for restaurants at http://www.veg.org/veg/Guide/USA/ is most useful

Beauty Without Cruelty - India

4, Prince of Wales' Drive, Post Box 1518, Wanowrie, PUNE 411 040, INDIA

Web site: www.bwcindia.org

The organization in India, Beauty Without Cruelty, strives to educate the people about various aspects of living a cruelty-free lifestyle. They define it as “A way of life which causes no creature of land, sea, or air, terror, torture or death.”

American Vegan Society

P.O. Box H, Malaga, NJ, USA 08328

609-694-2887

Has an extensive list of available vegetarian books and sponsors annual conferences; oldest American vegetarian organization.

Vegan Outreach

10410 Forbes Rd., Pittsburgh, PA, USA 15235

Web site: www.veganoutreach.org

Distributes the informative booklet, Why Vegan?

EarthSave

600 Distillery Commons, Suite. 200, Louisville, KY, USA 40206

502-589-7676

Web site: www.earthsave.org, e-mail: [email protected]

An organization committed to environmental and health education; provides materials and support for people who are becoming vegetarian.

Vegan Action

P.O. Box 4353, Berkeley, CA, USA 94704-0353

510-654-6297

Web site: www.vegan.org

Distributes information on vegan diets and lifestyles and campaigns for the increased availability of vegan foods.

North American Vegetarian Society

P.O. Box 72, Dolgeville, NY, USA 13329

518-568-7970

e-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.cyberveg.org/navs, - www.navs-online.org,

Dedicated to the promotion of vegetarianism through education, publications, and annual conferences.

Humane Farming Association

1550 California St., Suite 6, San Francisco, CA, USA 94109

415-771-2253

Email - [email protected]

Web - www.hfa.org

Leads a national campaign to stop factory farms from misusing chemicals, abusing farm animals, and misleading the American public. Runs the nation's largest farm animal refuge.

Farm Sanctuary

3100 Aikens Rd., Watkins Glen, NY, USA 14891

530-865-4617 fax: 530-865-4622

Web - www.farmsanctuary.org/

Works to prevent the abuses in animal farming through legislation, investigative campaigns, education, and direct rescue programs. Operates shelters for rescued farm animals.

Jewish Vegetarians of North America

6938 Reliance Rd., Federalsburg, MD, USA 21632

410-754-5550

e-mail: [email protected]

Web - www.orbyss.com/jvna.htm

Association of Vegetarian Dieticians & Nutrition Educators

3835 Route 414, Burdett, NY, USA 14818

Tel/fax: 607-546-4091

Offers a home-study course on vegetarian and vegan diets.

Plenty International

P.O. Box 394, Summertown, TN, USA 38483

Web site: www.plenty.org, e-mail: [email protected]

Has worked with villages around the world since 1979 to enhance nutrition and local food self-sufficiency through vegetarianism.

The Animals' Voice

420 East South Temple #240

Salt Lake City, UT USA 84111

801-539-8100

www.animalsvoice.com/

This site contains what used to be a hard-printed a complete magazine on web, all dedicated to, as the name says, “Animal’s Voice.” Which is one of the oldest magazines.

The Ark Trust, Inc.

P.O. Box 8191, Universal City, CA, USA 91618-8191

Phone (818) 501-2ARK (2275), Fax (818) 501-2226

Web - www.arktrust.org E-mail - [email protected]

The Ark Trust organization, honoring Hollywood and multi medica celebrities and authors presenting pro-animal issues. / Their motto is, “Cruelty Cannot Stand Spotlight.” Their annual Genesis Awards are televised on Animal Planet Channel.

EnviroLink Network

Web - http://envirolink.netforchange.com

Here is a catchall for all the other sites that you may want to search for. This site provides a huge list of linkages in various areas of environmental issues, including the ones listed above.

Excerpts - How our Diet affects the Environment

Excerpts from Environmental News

Recycling department of IBM, Raleigh, NC

October 20, 1998

We don't think anyone should tell us what to eat - that's too personal. But we do think you should know some facts about how your diet affects the environment.

·    Believe it or not, cows may be contributing to the greenhouse effect. According to one estimate, the world's 1.3 billion cows annually produce nearly 100 million tons of methane - a powerful greenhouse gas that, molecule for molecule, traps 25 times as much solar heat as CO2.

·    Livestock (Cattle, Calves, Hogs, Pigs etc) production accounts for more than half of all the water consumed (for all purposes) in the USA.

·    A third of the surface of North America is devoted to grazing. Half of American croplands grow livestock feed (mostly for cattle) for meat and dairy products.

·    220 million acres of land in the USA have been deforested for livestock production.

·    25 million acres (an area the size of Austria) in Brazil, and half the forests in Central America, have been cleared for beef production.

·    The value of raw materials consumed to produce food from livestock is greater than the value of all oil, gas and coal consumed in America.

·    Growing grains, vegetables and fruits uses less than 5% as much raw materials as does meat and dairy production.

According to DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA: If Americans reduced their meat intake by just 10%, the savings in grains and soybeans could adequately feed 60 million people - the number of people who starve to death, worldwide, each year.