AnimalRighter

Promoting compassion and respect for animals
Articles (by publication)

I have written articles for a number of vegetarian and animal rights publications: much of my published work can be found below. 



Feature Articles
- The Road to Vegetopia: (Re)Imagining the Future of Food (March 2009)
- From Hippie to Hip: Vegetarianism has moved from the margins to the mainstream, from counterculture to consumer culture. VN travels back in time to chart the course of the ever-evolving veg movement. (March 2008)
- Banking on Benevolence: Socially Responsible Investing for Beginners (Nov 2006)
- iMeat: How Lab-Grown Meat Could Revolutionize Vegetarianism and the World (May 2006)
- Hearts & Mines: Jewelry without the cruelty (March 2006)

NewsBeet columns
- Benevolent Business: B-Corporations (Nov 2008)
- Liver and Let Die: Lessons to be learned from the Chicago foie gras ban repeal (Sept 2008)
- Phasing Out Factory Farms: Why we need a national moratorium on the construction and expansion of factory farms (July 2008)
- Too Sexy For Your Meat: The politics of vegansexuality (May 2008)
- Vegan, Inc. - Establishing a legal definition of "vegan" could ensure truth in advertising (March 2008)
- Taking the Initiative: A California ballot measure could end the three worst
factory farming abuses in the nation's top agricultural state (Jan 2008)
- Animal House: Transform your college campus into a vegan oasis (Nov 2007)
- Clink Cuisine: If your moral conscience wasn't enough, a look at prison meals could keep you on the good side of the law (Sept 2007)
- The Puck Stops Here: Star chef Wolfgang Puck raises the bar on animal welfare (July 2007)
- President Kucinich? A vegan dynamo hits the campaign trail (May 2007)
- Animals Win Ballot Box Battle: Arizona voters elect to ban veal and gestation crates (March 2007)
- The Age of Vegeterrorism: "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Animal Liberation Movement?" (Jan 2007)
- Devil's Bargain: How Corporate Buyouts Impact the Ethics of Independent Companies (Nov 2006)

NewsBeet briefs
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007

Profiles
- Veg Travel: Bicycle Beano, Wanderbird Cruises, and Raw World Costa Rica (Aug/Sept 2005)
- Rey of Sun: Sun Flour Baking Company Breaks the Cookie Mold (March/April 2005)
- Say Halo to a healthy new fast food chain: Healthy competition for fast food's big guns (March/April 2004)

Book Reviews
- The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, by Peter Singer and Jim Mason (Aug/Sept 2006)
- Obligate Carnivore: Cats, Dogs, and What it Really Means to be Vegan, by Jed Gillen (Nov/Dec 2004)
- Vegetarianism: Movement or Moment? by Donna Maurer (June/July 2003)







Since June 2005, I have written a monthly column for The Animal World. Click here to read them.
 


My article for the SF Bike Coalition, posted on the "Bay Area Transit" blog of SF Gate, the website for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper:

- Safe Routes to School Program Aims to Double Their Success (April 12, 2010) 2005



- Undercover TV: Animal Rights Reality Television (October 2005)



- Men Changing the Face of Animal Welfare: Three innovative advocates redefine masculinity for the new millennium (profiles of Randy Grim, Gene Bauston and Eddie Lama) (Fall 2006)

- In a Pig’s Eye: A Porcine Perspective on Pork Production (Spring 2006)
 



- California Compassion: Proposition 2 Passes! (Winter 2009)







- They're Still Doing That? Some cosmetics companies resisting shift to non-animal testing in the face of effective humane alternatives (Summer 2005)



- Soul Food-For-Thought: Benefit Event Review (March 2010 - Design & Photography by James McCaffry)
 


- Kenneth G. Williams - Vegan Bodybuilder (promotional booklet - Design & Photography by James McCaffry)







- Animal Abuse and Advocacy on the Internet (June 2006)

- Premarin: Hormone Drug Hurts Women and Horses (July 2006)

- China Massacres more than 54,000 Dogs in Rabies Scare (August 2006)
 


- TV Watch: Grey’s Anatomy Tackles Animal Rights (November 2008)








I used to work for IDA. Here are some features I wrote for IDA's homepage:

- Mother's Day is for Animals, Too

- Cesar Chávez: A Legacy of Animal Advocacy

- Are You Prepared for Disaster? How to keep yourself and your animal companions safe
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