Keep Vegin - In this global economic recession, many veg*n restaurants are reporting a slow-down in business while some have already ceased to operate. While it's unfortunate, there is something YOU CAN do to help. Please continue to support 100% Veg restaurants wherever possible when dining out. Visit happycow.net to find veg*n restaurants worldwide, and keep the veg movement strong!

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"Where do you get your protein?" is this month's featured article.

Funky Pies in Bondi Beach/Sydney, Australia specializes in handmade chunky gourmet pies.

One World Cafe in Baltimore, Maryland features healthy, tasty food at affordable prices.

The Greens Cafe is a new restaurant in Irvine, California providing wholesome veg cuisine.

Rivenrock Gardens cactus artisan grown in California

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Veggie Brothers - You've never tasted vegetarian comfort food this good before. Veggie Brothers has an incredible selection of soups, appetizers, sides, entrees, waiting to be shipped to your door. Check out the testimonials, video demonstration, and get ready to be amazed. Get 5% off with code: 5HC51809

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Loma Linda, California is being touted as a "blue zone," a place where its people are the among the healthiest and longest living in the world. Loma Linda, the home of Senventh Day Adventists most of whom thrive on vegan-vegetarian diets, is the only place on the North America continent featured. The keys to longevity as seen in the examples of the people from the "blue zones" include: a mostly plant-based whole food diet, a supportive community, daily exercise, and a sense of life purpose.

Europe - The European Parliament recently voted to endorse a bill that said commercial seal hunting, notably in Canada, is "inherently inhumane."

United States - The US Department of State's Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science imposes a trade embargo on all Costa Rican shrimp exports to the US. The embargo is due to Costa Rica 's failure to enforce its laws that require commercial shrimp fishers to protect sea turtles from capture and death in trawl nets by using Turtle Excluder Devices.

Britain - Quirky Brit hits US to help save planet... one of the actions he took was to go vegan.

India - Bollywood celebrities give animal welfare a boost.