Projects
Number of Animals Killed to Produce One Million Calories in Eight Food Categories
October 12, 2009
The argument that a vegetarian diet also causes animals to be killed is sometimes used as a defense of eating meat. According to my estimations, a vegan diet causes far fewer animals to be killed than a diet including meat, and we can remove the great majority of the suffering and death caused by what we eat simply by removing chickens and eggs from our diets. Enter below to see the interactive graphic and read about the results.
Rate of Slaughter of Chickens, Pigs, and Cows in the United States, 2008
April 18, 2009
In 2008, over 9 billion chickens, 116 million pigs, and 35 million cows were killed for food. The food choices you make every day determine the difference between life and death for intelligent, sensitive individuals. Please see the Vegan Resources page for easy-to-use information that can support you in making compassionate food choices.
The Virtual Battery Cage
January 27, 2009
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Unless you're unfortunate enough to be one of the millions of hens born into slavery every year, you might never see the inside of a battery cage. The Virtual Battery Cage was created to help visualize this extreme and unnecessary intensive confinement system from the perspective of one of its victims. Send it to your friends, embed it in your website or blog, and if you don't want to contribute to animal exploitation, stop buying eggs.