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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 13h

Vogue, the world's premier fashion magazine, has just announced its breakup with the vile fur industry, joining scores of magazines, clothing designers, retailers, cities and countries that have rejected the idea that it's okay to wear the skins of tortured animals.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 1d

A new comprehensive study from the EAT Lancet Commission concluded that unless most on the people in the wealthier countries adopt a mostly plant-based diet, the worst effects of climate change will be unavoidable, even if humans successfully switch to cleaner energy.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 6d

Here is yet another reminder of why it's a good thing to eat plenty of fruit.

Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 9d

Reducing the disease burden caused by processed meat by 30% could free up $21 Billion annually in healthcare spending in the US alone. This is enough money to pay the salaries of 247,000 skilled nurses.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 11d

We bid an appreciative farewell to one of the most influential voices for the animals and the planet, and one of our personal heroes. We will miss you, Jane Goodall.

Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 15d

Everyone has someone who fits inside their circle of compassion. A vegan's circle of compassion expands to include all living beings.

Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 21d

Recently the Philippines has designated more than 200 square miles of its coastal waters as the Panaon Island Protected Seascape: home to schools of juvenile fish, sea turtles, sea anemones and other marine life. Thanks to this new protection, this area is now off-limits to fishing.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 26d

A industrial farm has been quietly clearing land to build enough new barns to house 434,000 chickens. Neighbors alerted the Coalition Against Factory Farming, who alerted the Breckland Council in Norfolk about the unauthorized expansion. The Council has now ordered Hook 2 Sisters to halt production.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 28d

Florida is now issuing 187 permits to kill a total of 187 bears.
Enterprising animal advocates are buying as many applications as they can afford. Each permit that is bought by an animal advocate is one that is off-limits to the hunters and will save the life of another bear.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · 28d

At Vegan Street, we have been fighting against vivisection for more than 30 years. We have made a lot of progress since then, and now most people agree that testing cosmetics on animals is bad. Animal activists have made a difference, and we're not stopping until this cruel practice is banned.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Sep 9

Virtually all pigs live in foul smelling overcrowded prisons where they can't think about much beyond trying to survive in such a hostile environment.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Sep 4

According to the National Chicken Council, chicken consumption in the US is 103.7 pounds per capita in 2025. Since a chicken contains 4 pounds of flesh, a typical American will eat 25 whole chickens this year. Multiply that by the 340 million people living in the US and that's 8.5 billion chickens.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hundreds of cities and towns are converting parts of the parks and parkways or even streets and alleys into Pollinator Pathways, attracting millions of butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 28

Over the years, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have slowly shifted their recommendations away from meat, dairy and eggs and toward eating more plants, much to the anger of the meat, dairy and egg industries. Now they recommend shifting away from meat toward plant sources. For PROTEIN!

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fur coats that a couple of decades ago were seen as the epitome of high fashion are now regarded with derision and disgust, and the fur industry is seeing just a faint shadow of its former glory.

We are not letting up though, and we won't stop until this cruel practice is completely dead.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 21

There are so many delicious plant milks on the market right now that there is no excuse for drinking milk from cows.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 19

As we age, our brains develop tiny lesions that can lead to an increased risk of dementia. Researchers from Japan analyzed data from 8,766 volunteers over the age of 65 and discovered that those who regularly drank green tea showed fewer of these lesions and had less chance of developing dementia.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 18

Marla and I from Vegan Street are part of a team building a new vegan community engagement site called ROOTIFUL. lWe need a good strong CEO to help make this happen.

If you are interested in this job, or know somebody who would be, please visit www.rootiful.net/ceo to learn more.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 15

Of course, from our point of view at Vegan Street, all mammalian milk is bad news beyond that which mothers provide for their own children. But pasteurization and homogenization were developed for a reason and they have saved a lot of lives – lives that be at risk by drinking raw milk.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 15

Nothing terrifies the animal killing industries than the voices and actions of compassionate people who draw attention to the institutional animal abuse and work to bring some protections to the victims. Call your Representative and demand they vote no on the Save the Bacon Act.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 8

Rest in peace, Lady. I am so sorry we failed you in this way. This should have never happened to you. Run free, Lady.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Aug 5

A group of researchers, entrepreneurs and economists is betting that putting a price on whales – this time to facilitate financial investment in their carbon-storing services – will help to both offset carbon emissions and protect the animals.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yes, there are ultraprocessed vegan foods, but you won't find that many of them in a typical 7-Eleven. Still, it's best to eat mostly whole plant foods for a lot of reasons including reducing your risk of getting the world's most deadly cancer.

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Jul 30

Just a reminder that there are lots of really good people out there working together to build great things. These great things need to be celebrated as much as the bad things need to be condemned.

forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/12/a...

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Vegan Street @veganstreet.bsky.social · Jul 24

Iowa is the country's leading producer of both pigs and corn which produces billions of tons of manure that contains very unhealthy levels of nitrate and potassium which sometimes causes cancer and birth defects. In fact, half of all Iowa waterways tested contain dangerous levels of these chemicals.

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