Contents
MAY/JUNE 2017
ON THE COVER
20 Are you Australia’s sexiest vegan?
PETA is calling on all ordinary Aussies
leading the pack with animal advocacy.28 Pig farmers in our schools
The pork industry is infiltrating our
schools with the “Pigs in Schools” program.
32 There’s no planet B: Getting serious
about agriculture
Agriculture is killing billions of animals a
year while destroying our planet and health.
50 Waging war on stereotypes
Today’s vegans are fighting back against
stereotypes of tie-dyed wearing hippies.
86 The deal with plant-based iron
Getting your iron from plant-based food
is much healthier and more effective.
90 Yes, you can get protein from plants
Find out which foods are high in protein
and calcium.
92 Beat the flu with superfoods
Avoid colds and flus this winter by
eating raw and warm.
MAILBOX
06 Letters to the Editor/Instagram
WHAT’S ON WHERE
08 What’s on where
Save Poppy Street Activism; Meatonomics:
The True Costs of Farming; Adelaide Vegans
Dinner; Cruelty-Free Wine and Cheese
Evening; Vegan T-Shirt Day; International
Earthlings Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and
Gold Coast; Big Vegan Market; Putting the
Chicken First - Little Oak Sanctuary; 2nd
Annual Farm Animal Rescue (FAR) Hoedown;
Introduction to Plant-Based Nutrition;
Melbourne Dog Lovers Show; Vegan Dinner
and Dessert; May Veganluck in the Park;
Everyday Raw Food Basics Workshop; Vegan
BBQ & Bakesale to Help Us Save Lives This
Kitten Season; Adelaide Vegan Picnic.
10 What’s on where
Farm Sanctuary Tour; Sanctuary Volunteer
Day; Adelaide Vegans Dinner; Living Well in
WA; Vegan MasterChef; Winter Solstice Vegan
Barbecue; 6 Course Vegan Thai Dinner; Animal
Activist Collective; Dinner & Table Games -
The Happy Fun Vegans Melbourne Group.IN THE NEWS
12 Melbourne just got even hipster
Melbourne is slowly becoming the vegan
capital of the world.12 DOWNLOAD
Get downloading with some great FREE
vegan resources.14 Historic vigil bears witness to suffering
The first ever Sydney Pig Save vigil was
held last month at the largest piggery in
the southern hemisphere.16 Aussie vegan fashion revolution
More than 150 Australian designers have
vowed to go cruelty-free.18 Changing the political landscape
How to get the vegan message across in
the world of politics.20 Grill’d launches “bunny” burger
Restaurant Grill’d has angered vegans
and animal lovers by launching their new
rabbit burger.22 Dolphin park sued over animal cruelty;
Melbourne’s “biggest vegan shop in
the world”.24 Minister backs calls for welfare body; New
vegan meal-kit delivery service; Barnaby
sent vegan boots for 50th.POLITICS OPINION
25 Who benefits from silencing animal
activists?(^) New documents reveal the extent to which
industry and government are working
together to silence animal activists.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
26 Europe votes to ban battery cages on rabbit
farms; Research finds that a vegan diet can
shift waistlines.
27 Taiwan bans slaughter of cats and dogs
for human consumption; “Fake” fur from
cats, rabbits and dogs.
THE BIG ISSUE
36 Veganism: threatening the culture
(^) Veganism is threatening omnivores’
culture, and everything they’ve been raised
to believe.