The 30-Minute Vegan's Taste of the East: 150 Asian-Inspired Recipes--from Soba Noodles to Summer Rolls (34 page)

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The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) works to create a world where humans relate to animals with compassion.
 
The World Union of Vegetarian/ Vegan Societies had been promoting vegetarianism worldwide since 1908.
 
A guide for raising vegan children with advice on providing your child with an early start to leading a long and healthy life.
 
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.
 
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the largest animal rights organization in the world, is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals.
 
Tasty and Meatless
is a weekly vegetarian television series on Time Warner Cable.
 
Alicia Silverstone’s Web site in conjunction with her book,
The Kind Diet
, offers a forum, videos, recipes, and the latest from a hip celebrity vegan activist.
 
An extensive online source for vegan and vegetarian living, including health and nutrition info, animal rights info, news, and complete online shopping.
 
The popular site of Eric Marcus, geared toward the aspiring and long-term vegan, that features articles, interviews, product evaluations, book reviews, and more.
 
Vegan Action is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to educating people about the many benefits of a vegan lifestyle.
 
The Web site of vegan body builder Robert Cheeke features articles, videos, products, and a forum for the active vegan.
 
Vegan Fitness is a community-driven message board that provides a supportive, educational, and friendly environment for vegans, vegetarians, and those seeking to go vegan.
 
This is our own Web site, where you can sign up to receive the free
Vegan Fusion
newsletter with recipes and the latest current vegan events.
 
Meet up with other vegans in your town!
 
Vegan Passions is a free online dating site for meeting single vegans.
 
Vegan Peace is striving toward peacefully sharing our Earth and includes information about veganism, animal cruelty, recipes, cookbook reviews, and nutrition.
 
Veganpet provides nutritionally complete and balanced pet food and information on raising vegan pets.
 
The Vegan Society promotes ways of living free of animal products for the benefit of people, animals, and the environment.
 
Features hundreds of vegetarian and vegan recipes with spotlights on vegetarian and vegan foods, products, menus, and restaurants.
 
A vegetarian dining guide that includes an international search option, a monthly veggie restaurant contest, and the opportunity to purchase a VegDining card for discounts at participating vegetarian restaurants.
 
An online magazine with articles on vegetarian teen lifestyle, activism, nutrition, social issues, and more.
 
A comprehensive resource for raising vegan children, including pregnancy, vegan recipes, book reviews, product reviews, a message board, and more.
 
An award-winning magazine that focuses on a vegetarian lifestyle featuring news, events, recipes, book reviews, the best veg products, travel tales, interviews, celebrity buzz, and more.
 
The Vegetarian Society is a registered charity committed to promoting the health, environmental, and animal welfare benefits of a vegetarian diet.
 
Features over 10,000 vegetarian and vegan recipes, discussion boards, and information on nutritionists, medical doctors, experts, authors, articles, newsletter, and the vegetarian community.
 
The site for Veg TV video production company, producing and streaming original content about vegetarian and vegan food, health, nutrition, and eco-travel.
 
A vegetarian megasite with recipes, photos, articles, an online store, and more.
 
The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public on vegetarianism including information on health, nutrition, ecology, ethics, and world hunger.
Asian Specialty Ingredients
The Asian food online superstore!
 
A comprehensive site from which you can learn about the history and folklore of Asian ingredients. Free recipes and an online store.
 
An online source for a vast selection of organic foods, raw foods, macrobiotic, vegan, gluten-free, Asian, gourmet, and specialty foods as well as natural cookware and home products.
 
Online source for Indian ingredients.
 
A large selection of gourmet Asian ingredients, from oils and sauces to vegetables and fruit.
 
For ingredients and equipment with an emphasis on Japanese and Chinese products.
 
For all of your Thai ingredients, equipment, and more.
Organic and Gardening Web Sites
A site advocating organic gardening with information on composting, soil building, permaculture principles, botany, companion and intensive planting, and more.
 
The Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association supports and promotes biodynamic farming, the oldest nonchemical agricultural movement.
 
Earthflow is an all-natural approach to permaculture design, offering garden tours and training programs, including permaculture courses.
 
GE Food Alert Campaign Center is a coalition of seven organizations committed to testing and labeling genetically engineered food.
 
The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the umbrella organization for hundreds of organic organizations worldwide.
 
An awesome site, the Cook’s Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions.
 
The Organic Consumers Association is an online grassroots, nonprofit organization dealing with issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability.
 
Find out where to get your soil tested, manage pests without using chemicals, and read vegetable and flower growing guides.
 
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) Web site will tell you anything you want to know about the term
organic,
from food to textiles to health-care products. The OTA’s mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade.
 
The Permaculture Activist reports the work of grassroots landscape designers and social change artists from around the world.
 
This site is now divided in two sections—one for seeds and gardening, the other an online store for organic food products.
 
World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is an association helping those who wish to volunteer on organic farms internationally.
Environmental and Sustainability Web Sites
Children of the Earth United is a children’s environmental education site that educates the public on ecological concepts and aims to provide a forum for people to share knowledge and ideas.
 
Conservation International is involved in many conservation projects worldwide. On its site you can calculate your carbon footprint based on your living situation, car, travel habits, and diet.
 
The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) is a national nonprofit organization that provides a convenient way for all sectors of the restaurant industry, which represents 10 percent of the U.S. economy, to become more environmentally sustainable.
 
Greenpeace focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet’s biodiversity and environment.
 
GMO-Free Kauai is a grassroots organization created to raise awareness and educate the public about the health, economic, and environmental risks of genetically engineered and modified organisms. Hawaii, including the island of Kaua’i, is one of the top two states in the country for open-air GMO field testing.
 
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an environmental action group with over one million members working to safeguard the American continents’ natural systems.
 
The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) is an alliance of state-based, citizen-funded organizations that provide result-oriented activism to protect the environment, develop a fair marketplace, and encourage a responsive, democratic government. Look for your state’s PIRG on the Web site.
 
Rainforest Action Network is working to protect tropical rainforests around the world and the human rights of those living in and around those forests.
 
The Sierra Club is America’s oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
Eco-Friendly Products and Services
Blendtec’s Fine Living Products include mixers, blenders, grain mills, and more. Their blender is a favorite in our household.
 
Ecoproducts is the premier site for biodegradable and compostable food service products and environmentally friendly household supplies.
 
This site carries way more than juicers, including everything kitchen-related, plus air purifiers, books, and articles.
 
Food Fight! Grocery is an all-vegan convenience store located in Portland, Oregon, with an online market that emphasizes junk foods, imports, and fun stuff.
 
Green People provides a directory of eco-friendly products and services.
 
Pure prescriptions is an online superstore for high-quality nutritional products, complete with free consultations and a health library.
 
Find the latest Vita-Mix blenders here on the official site, including factory-reconditioned models that still come with a seven-year warranty. For free shipping in the continental United States, enter code 06-002510.
Raw Food Lifestyle
David Wolfe’s Web site, Nature’s First Law, provides the raw foodist with everything from food and supplements, to appliances, to books, and personals ads.

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