http://www.veganreader.com Thoughtful Reading For A Compassionate Planet Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:57:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Non-Native Americans have lived for generations with a terrible handicap when it comes to understanding the first inhabitants of the land we are all walking on today. Hampered by biased and inaccurate cultural myths and poor or utterly incorrect public school education, our vague beliefs about the story of Indian ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/11/25/giving-thanks-for-a-truer-picture-of-america/ How happy I am to have met my major sewing goal of 2009 - sewing 2 warm, organic winter coats for my husband and myself. This was a big project, but not beyond the capabilities of anyone who knows how to use a sewing machine. Coats are one of those ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/11/17/organic-coats-vegan-and-so-warm-sew-your-own/ I am so frustrated, sitting down to write this article. I am so ashamed. How can people live their whole lives in California, go to school, read newspapers and many books, interact with their neighbors and yet remain so comfortably ignorant of the true history of this state that they ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/11/15/lytton-pomo-land-windsor-california/ Many of you who have been working over the past couple of years to stop the pesticide poisoning of California families as a result of the CDFA's LBAM 'program' will recall the petition that was signed by over 31,000 people urging that this assault on our health be stopped. Many ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/10/17/lbam-petition-update-and-calls-to-actions-you-can-take/ Whether you love to munch organic sunflowers seeds or treat your backyard birds to them, if you have a sunny spot, you can grow your own sunflowers every year and will find real joy in doing so. Our variety of choice is the Tarahumara Sunflower - an heirloom plant with ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/10/04/tarahumara-sunflowers-and-seeds-how-to-grow-harvest-thresh-roast-store-and-more/ My friends, Mary Beth and Jim, of the Ecological Options Network recently published a phenomenal video which I saw for the first time tonight. If you want one more reason why Californians must defeat the LBAM spray program, you will find it in this video: I'm sure you heard what I ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/09/16/why-we-must-defeat-lbam-spray-and-keep-going-from-there/ Here in the Reskills column of VeganReader, I am advocating that men and women consider learning to sew some of their own clothes. Sewing for yourself or your loved ones is not only a very pleasant way to spend time, it also increases your sense of being an able person ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/09/14/organic-vest-warmth-without-cruelty-great-for-vegans/ Our recipe for How To Make Rice Milk has met with such tremendous success here on Vegan Reader, that we'd like to talk about another wonderful non-dairy milk today. Readers have been requesting an Almond Milk Recipe and I'm delighted to share with you the one we make here on ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/09/12/almond-milk-recipe-the-creamiest-of-them-all/ There are children in America who have never held a piece of whole fruit in their hands. There are families in America who spend nearly all or all of their food budget money on boxes, cans and jars - processed foods filled with additives, preservatives, fragrances, colors, pesticides, genetically modified ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/09/10/native-american-foods-the-key-to-good-eating-in-america/ Have you seen the ads on TV? The little girl skipping through vineyards and orchards, only to be vaporized by the presence of bugs? The HungryPests.com campaign is one of the most ghoulish efforts I have ever seen made by the USDA/CDFA to frighten people and hide the truth about ... http://www.veganreader.com/2009/09/07/hungrypests-com-the-ghoulish-truth/