Articles & Columns

Feature Articles
- The Madness of Meat: From pink slime to mafia horse beef, the world of flesh foods just keeps getting weirder (September 2013)
- The Secret Life of Bees: How colony collapse disorder endangers the human food supply (March 2013)
- SNAP Out of It: How corporations milk billions from the federal food stamps program by selling junk food to hungry Americans (January 2013)
- Rebranding Veganism: Six cutting-edge companies are using modern marketing to help vegan businesses succeed and gain maximum exposure (June 2012)
- Restaurant: (Im)Possible - A Guide to Opening Your Own Vegan Eatery (September 2011)
- Fear Factor: Recent increases in the number of food recalls beg the question: Can we make eating less hazardous to our health? (May 2011)
- 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 (November 2006)
- iMeat: How Lab-Grown Meat Could Revolutionize Vegetarianism and the World (May 2006)
- Hearts & Mines: Jewelry without the cruelty (March 2006)
Articles for VegNews.com
- Meat-Free Politicians (November 2010)
"News Beet" Column
Wrote this bi-monthly from 2006 to 2008
- Benevolent Business: B-Corporations (November 2008)
- Liver and Let Die: Lessons to be learned from the Chicago foie gras ban repeal (September 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: One man's view on the politics of vegan sexuality (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 (January 2008)
- Animal House: Transform your college campus into a vegan oasis (November 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 (September 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?" (January 2007)
- Devil's Bargain: How corporate buyouts impact the ethics of independent companies (November 2006)
"News Beet" Briefs
Along with the "News Beet" column, I also wrote the "News Beet" briefs, which are 150-200-word blurbs about veg & animal issues:
Business Profiles
- Veg Travel: Bicycle Beano, Wanderbird Cruises, and Raw World Costa Rica (September 2005)
- Rey of Sun: Sun Flour Baking Company Breaks the Cookie Mold (March 2005)
- Say Halo to a healthy new fast food chain: healthy competition for fast food's big guns (March 2004)
Book Reviews
- The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, by Peter Singer and Jim Mason (September 2006)
- Obligate Carnivore: Cats, Dogs, and What it Really Means to be Vegan, by Jed Gillen (November 2004)
- Vegetarianism: Movement or Moment? by Donna Maurer (June 2003)
- Veg Travel: Bicycle Beano, Wanderbird Cruises, and Raw World Costa Rica (September 2005)
- Rey of Sun: Sun Flour Baking Company Breaks the Cookie Mold (March 2005)
- Say Halo to a healthy new fast food chain: healthy competition for fast food's big guns (March 2004)
Book Reviews
- The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, by Peter Singer and Jim Mason (September 2006)
- Obligate Carnivore: Cats, Dogs, and What it Really Means to be Vegan, by Jed Gillen (November 2004)
- Vegetarianism: Movement or Moment? by Donna Maurer (June 2003)