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Where to eat on Stanford Campus (list in formation - no guarantees as to the accuracy of the vegan/vegetarian labels; please ask at the establishment)

Thai/Indian/Chinese/Vietnamese Truck (Food to go - on Santa Teresa St. near Tresidder 11AM-1:45PM weekdays)

Lots of vegetable and tofu dishes, different kinds of rice, noodles, vegetable spring rolls and samosas.

Late Night (Lagunita Roble)

Olives

Treehouse

MoonBean's Coffee

Alway Cafe (300 Pasteur Rd)

The Axe & Palm

Jamba Juice (520 Lagunita Ave, Tressider)

Stanford Bookstore Cafe

Bytes Cafe (415-298-8558, in the Electrical Engineering Bldg)

Palo Alto Restaurants and Stores Serving Vegetarian Food:

http://www.bayareaveg.org/ug/index.htm?city=18&veg=0&cat=0

Our Projects:

We are working to stop violence against animals by encouraging vegetarianism and veganism, and to encourage informed discussion about animal testing taking place at Stanford. We are always happy to consider taking on new projects. Ideas?

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Why veg?

Vegetarianism and veganism are boycotts of industries that cause extreme suffering to animals. Vegetarians and vegans raise awareness of the cruelties of factory farming and slaughterhouses, decrease demand for the products of this cruelty, and create demand for alternatives. Going vegan is the easiest thing a person can do to significantly benefit large numbers of animals.

Coincidentally, going vegan is also the easiest thing a person can do to significantly benefit the environment. Vegans have a much smaller environmental footprint. Animal agriculture is a major factor in global warming, forest destruction, soil erosion and water pollution, as well as the waste of food resources (from all of the grain, soy, and corn fed to factory farmed animals - the majority of calories are lost in this inefficient process). Veganism is a simpler way of life, less wasteful of food, land, water and energy and less harmful to animals.

According to the American Dietetic Association, the largest dietary organization in the United States, well-planned vegan diets are safe and beneficial to health.

Further Resources: TryVeg.com, WhyVegan.com, ChooseVeg.com. ARF members are always happy to provide advice about vegetarianism and veganism. Contact Us

More detailed Why Veg:

Factory farms and modern slaughterhouses are places of unimaginable suffering.

Animals in factory farms live in filthy, crowded conditions. They are mutilated without anesthesia; for example, chickens beaks are cut off, pigs are castrated and their teeth are pulled out, and cows are burned on the face in "branding".

Slaughterhouse practices in the United States are horrendously cruel. Video footage has been taken of slaughterhouse workers killing pigs by smashing concrete cinder blocks against their heads. When equipment malfunctions at slaughterhouses, cows may have their legs chopped off or their skin removed while they are still conscious. Some egg producers kill unwanted chicks by crushing them to death. Veal, one of the cruelest meat products, is a by-product of dairy.

Almost everyone agress that it is wrong to abuse dogs and cats. It's time to extend this basic decency to all living, feeling animals. Things have gotten out of hand. To put it bluntly, meat, dairy and egg production are causing unimaginable suffering to billions of animals every year - more factory farmed animals suffer this fate than there exist human beings on Earth.

Vegetarianism and veganism make powerful statements.

More about animals living in factory farms:

CHICKENS

“Chickens are complex behaviorally, do quite well in learning, show a rich
social organization, and have a diverse repertoire of calls. Anyone who has
kept barnyard chickens recognizes their significant differences in personal-
ity,” according to Colorado State University Distinguished Professor
Dr. Bernard Rollins.

Chickens are arguably the most abused animal on the planet. On factory
farms, these animals spend their lives in total confinement, often in cages
so small they cannot move. Their highly sensitive beaks are seared off
with a hot blade and they are genetically manipulated and drugged to grow
so fast that their legs cripple under their own weight.

COWS

Cows are one of the few farmed animals allowed to do anything
natural, like breathe fresh air or feel the sun, but they are still subjected to
painful abuse. To mark cows for identification, ranchers restrain the ani-
mals and push hot fire irons into their flesh, causing third degree burns.
Male calves’ testicles are ripped from their scrotums without pain
relievers, and the horns of cows raised for beef are cut or burned off.
Cattle are usually born in one state, fattened in another, and slaughtered in yet another. They are transported hundreds of miles in all weather
extremes. Many cows die on the way to slaughter, and those who survive
are hung up by their legs, and then their throats are cut and
they are skinned.

PIGS

Pigs are highly intelligent and social creatures, but on modern
farms they are treated as meat-producing machines. Mother pigs spend
most of their lives in “gestation crates” so small they can’t turn around
or lie down comfortably (see above). When piglets are taken from their
mothers, they are mutilated without anesthetics: workers cut their tails and teeth, and the males are castrated.

A pig’s death is just as miserable as her life: the average slaughterhouse
kills 1,000 hogs an hour, making it impossible to give pigs humane and
painless deaths. Many pigs are still alive and conscious when they are
dumped into the scalding-hot water bath for hair removal.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

From the Baltimore Sun: Save the Planet with a Vegetarian Diet

From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations newsroom:

"According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. It is also a major source of land and water degradation.

Says Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO’s Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report: 'Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.'

With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy products every year. Global meat production is projected to more than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes."