3,966 Views - Click for Gallery Thanksgiving is a day most people would associate with meat, but NBA star and longtime vegetarian John Salley revealed on the Rachael Ray Show that not only does he not cook meat on Thanksgiving, but his holiday guests often don’t notice this glaring menu omission. John Salley shared some of his vegetarian recipes on the Rachael Ray Show, including his Slam Dunk Guacamole. With the prominence of animal activism and an increased awareness in healthy lifestyles, vegetarianism has gained far more acceptance in contemporary popular culture than in generations past. Even prominent celebuchefs like Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray frequently feature vegetarian recipes on their television cooking shows. Click through the articles in the slideshow below to explore more innovations in the vegetarian lifestyle and meatless fare. Via: trendhunter

Aged Animals to Sell Salad (GALLERY)

Florette's Meat-Free Campaign

This Florette salad campaign features animals with an aged appearance, designed to promote the brand's meat-free “Sealed Gourmet Salads” with the message that animals who desire to live a long life would…
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Promoting Deformed Produce (VIDEO)

EU Embraces Wonky Veggies

Come on, let’s face it, we all thought the fruits and veggies we buy are supposed to look like the stereotypical images their names bring to mind. Not so fast! For a while the European Union knew better,…
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Vegan Tattoos (GALLERY)

Animal Friendly Ink

There are vegetarians and then there are hardcore vegans. It's safe to say the group of people featured in the gallery above fall into the latter category. Tattoo ink is not always vegan. It almost always…
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Diets for Casual Vegetarians (VIDEO)

Flexitarians Are the New Omnivores

Vegetarians sometimes are closet meat-eaters. Now being a flexitarian can remove the guilt of being a vegetarian but still scarfing down a cheeseburger when you’re totally wasted. Dawn Jackson Blatner…
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Vegetarianism to Slow Global Warming

IPCC's New Climate Spin

The chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made a speech in London on September 8th that called for people to reduce their consumption of meat. According to the panel's findings,…

Outlandish Emergency Food Kits

275 Vegetarian Meals for $75

Well, there are just so many excellent uses for this humongous container of “food.” If you order online, in theory you wouldn’t have to leave the house for anything. Since the food lasts for 20 years,…
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Vegetarian Food Branding (GALLERY)

VEGE by Design Frying Pans

This is a really cute and clever idea about how to brand your food as vegetarian friendly. Called VEGE by Design these cast iron frying and bilini pans come from Selki-Asema. The pattern they leave in…
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Vegan Beauty Products (GALLERY)

"Be Fine" Skincare Made of Food

The vegan skin care line Be Fine is a welcome addition to the organic skincare market. Unlike other brands, which are only sold in high-priced beauty supply or department stores, Be Fine is sold at drugstore…
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PETA Winning KFC Battle (GALLERY)

New Classic Vegetarian Sandwich

Kentucky Fried Chicken is launching a soy-chicken burger: the Classic Vegetarian Sandwich! PETA has been fighting KFC for decades about the unethical treatment of chickens used in their greasy fast food…

Vegetable Vending Machines (GALLERY)

For Vegans On The Go

In Japan, an assortment of green leafy vegetables are made readily available for people on the go through vending machines. I've seen a lot of silly stuff sold in vending machines, but a vegetable vending…

Non-Vegetarians Eating Poo

Keimling's Crappy Ads

Well, what do we have here? An ad for Keimling vegetarian restaurant that basically tells you to stop eating animals because you're essentially eating crap! A bit extreme, wouldn't you say? Both the concept…

Free Range Humans

Disturbing Pro-Vegan Ads

Here is a marketing idea I hope NEVER becomes a popular trend. If there ever was a picture worth a thousand words, this could be it. I was mortified when I saw it, and for the record, I'm not a vegetarian.…

Meat On The Pole Not On The Plate (VIDEO)

Vegan Strip Club

“Vixens not veil, sizzle not steak we put the meat on the pole not on the plate.” Is the motto of Johnny Diablo owner and founder of the very first (worldwide) vegan strip club, Casa Diablo, in Oregon.…

Vegan Shoes

Natalie Portman Designs For Te Casan

So a hot actress decides to become a designer... who cares, right? However, if she designs vegan shoes, it becomes a different story. Natalie Portman designed a collection with Te Casan that have no…

Mutant Veggie Ad (GALLERY)

Green Peace Uses Shock Factor

Do you know what you eat? Manipulated food doesn’t just pertain to animal products. This Green Peace ad uses creative visuals to points out the dangers of genetically modified fruits and vegetables.…

Amazon Sells Fruit, Meat, Ice Cream (VIDEO)

New AmazonFresh Online Grocery Store

Amazon started off with books, but what wasn't enough, so the giant online retailer moved to other goods from movies to gadgets to household items. Now it's moved on to foods, from fresh to frozen, to…

Dating By Diet (VIDEO)

Vegans Shun Sex With Animal Eaters

A recent article in the Globe & Mail pointed out an interesting trend in the Vegan community which was backed up by a New Zealand study. A lot of the animal-lovers have opted not to have sex with others…

Eating Dog To Protest The Queen

Vegan Performance Artist Makes a Statement

The world is going to the dogs, literally. Last year Prince Phillip shot a fox but it held onto life for five minutes before it was clubbed to death by his hunting party. Months later, seeing that justice…

Organic Pleasure

Vegan Condoms and Wild Yam Organic Lubes

A sexual product trend made especially for the organic minded. From Vegan Condoms to Organic Wild Yam Lubricants, the shop offers all organic sexual products. So its appropriate to say that "it's never…

Vegetarian Estates in Mumbai

Carnivores are being told they need not apply to a housing project in Mumbai. Even their high offers cannot change the situation. Apartments can enforce Catholic-only or Hindu-only buildings so vegetarians…

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