Last September, as part of its commitment as a member of the Council of Better Business Bureau’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, Burger King pledged to not “approve, pay for, or actively seek the placement of BURGER KING® food or beverage products in the program/editorial content of any medium in the United States primarily directed to children under 12 years old.”
But now they've gone back on their word by planning promotions of kids meals (which are aimied at children 3 years and up) for the PG-13 movie "Iron Man" which contains violence inappropriate for young children.
For more information, check out the press release at: http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/pressreleases/ironman.htm
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
An entire village growing its own food!
This is so cool - the people in Martin (a village in England) have come up with a project for "weaning" villagers off of supermarkets. They're working together to grow their own food and raise their own livestock for meat and eggs. Of the 164 families who live in Martin, 101 have signed up as members of Future Farms for an annual fee. Read the article here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=559580&in_page_id=1770
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Book Review: Vegan Express
Check out my review of Nava Atlas's great new book Vegan Express at http://www.vegfamily.com/book-reviews/vegan-express.htm
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