Editor’s note: Please welcome guest blogger Laura Orban to Livin Veg! What ís Your Veg Elevator Pitch? To sell a product, service or idea, you need an elevator pitch – a persuasive, understandable version of your story that you can tell during an elevator ride. If you can’t explain what you’re peddling in 30 seconds [...]
Editor’s Note: Please welcome guest blogger Sharyn Glowatz to Livin Veg! Just 5 years ago I was a meat eating, no cooking fool. The most impressive thing I could muster up in the kitchen was a cheese omelette with toast. My last serious attempt at cooking a meal had resulted in a grease fire that [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of sharing a table with many of the nicest and outspoken vegans in NYC. The location was The Organic Grill and the items on the menu everyone was talking about were their vegan omelets. That’s right – omelets! I’ve had tofu scrambles before, but nothing could prepare me for [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I’m an activist. Do I love it or do I do it because I have to? I’m a writer. I write fiction. Each morning when I wake up, I should be working on my book, but instead, for the last three years, I’ve been writing about animal [...]
Although I’ve drooled over the designs before, I now officially own a pair of Melissa Shoes! They were on sale on Gilt.com late last week and I was able to grab a pair for myself. (Gilt is by invitation only but they’ve had Matt and Nat, Melissa Shoes and Loomstate on there before. I look [...]
Editor’s note: Please welcome guest blogger Laura Orban to Livin Veg! How many of us don’t eat meat, but allow others to eat meat in our home? How many of us don’t eat it but serve it to family and friends? Being in the veg minority among my loved ones, that was exactly what I [...]
I’m the sustainability planner for an independent film shooting in Hartford, CT this October. It’s called Rising Star and it’s going to be fantastic. What’s even more fantastic is that the director has said that he will make the lead female character, Alyza, a vegetarian or vegan if he hears enough voices telling him to! [...]
Last night I started reading about a woman who was concerned about dioxins, a hazardous chemical that is created as a byproduct of other chemical mixtures. What exactly do dioxins do? NRDC’s information says the following: Dioxins and furans are among the most hazardous chemicals known – extremely tiny doses have been shown to cause [...]
Note: Here is the very first guest post on Livin Veg! I’ve invited other veggies to contribute to the site with their interests and expertise. First up is Lita. Read her post and her bio below. Every issue of Boating Times Long Island has two “dock & dine” restaurant reviews. As Editor- In-Chief, I search [...]
Yes, the annual Veg News survey is out and people are voting. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, look around and you’ll find many many restaurants, veg companies, blogs etc. vying for your vote. (I’m not nominated but if you like me, if you really like me, you can do a write [...]
