This is an important alert to all California readers. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is preparing a ‘Programmatic Environmental Impact Import’ (PEIR) which will give them advance approval for all future pesticide spraying programs, without any safeguards of public input of any kind. As I see it, this is the government’s reaction [...]

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Here in the Reskills column of VeganReader, I have often urged increasing your self-sufficiency by learning to sew your own clothes and I thought readers might like to take a gander at my latest sewing project. This is a 1920′s style sundress that I made over the weekend. I bought the fabric on Saturday afternoon [...]

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I think I have a better-than-average long-term memory. I can recall things that happened when I was an infant, and I’ve used the sticking power of my mind to study several foreign languages in my life, but when it comes to remembering everyday events that have transpired over the past days or weeks, I often [...]

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I had given up on pasta. Since that initial diagnosis of gluten and soy sensitivity, I’ve tried every organic gluten free, soy free pasta available at my local markets and the results were so dismal that I finally threw up my hands and said, “Pasta is just out.” Don’t ever doubt that miracles do happen, [...]

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Yesterday, we blogged about the peaceful protest Native American Peoples and their friends are holding at Glen Cove, California, in an effort to protect a very sacred burial site from desecration. The City of Vallejo has plans to turn the ancient site into a park with parking lot, restrooms and paved trails, and for more [...]

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California has a chance to do something really right. If you live in California and went through the public school system, chances are slim that you were taught that historians now consider our state to have, perhaps, the very worst record in the nation when it comes to past treatment of original Indigenous Peoples. What [...]

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In Indigenous America, the custom of taking time to sincerely honor food sources is an ancient one. Many cultures offered prayers and petitions to animals they hunted or held ceremonies of thanksgiving for the abundance of crops, and happily, this tradition continues amongst many Native Peoples. Vegan eaters do not have to contend with the [...]

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Have you noticed the little blue labels under certain products in the aisles of the nearest Whole Foods Market? They read ‘Gluten Free’ and are placed next to specific items to let people with Celiac Disease or gluten intolerance know that a product is safe for them to consume. This is a laudable and humane [...]

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Have you been as perplexed as I was, searching the web for an affordable eco-friendly sofa, only to discover that the pricing is way beyond your budget? There’s something wrong with the fact that trying to do the right thing for your family and the planet is carrying an average price tag of $5000+ for [...]

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Image courtesy of an educational organization advertised here on our blog, Native Flutes Walking. Seeking Inner Peace? Consider Playing A Native Flute A hundred years ago, no one really talked about stress. Today, you will hear everyone from grandma to the baby worriedly saying, “I’m so stressed out.” Go to the doctor and she will [...]

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