cool 2 be real - an update

[Guest guest]

There was a post last month about the Cattlemen's Association's new

website (launched in Dec. '02) called cool-2b-real.com. As you may

recall, the site is an outrage and an offense to girls they are preying

on (8 - 12 years of age).

 

Here are some interesting links I found about the site:

 

Sign a petition against Cool-2-Be-Real:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/x121984x/

 

Salon.com's scathing review:

" Luring preteens with red meat. AWeb site produced for girls by the

National Cattlemen's Beef Association solves self-esteem problems with

heaps of ground round. "

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/11/beef_teen_people/index.html?x

 

Time's review:

" More teenagers, particularly girls, are turning to vegetarianism. And

that's making America's beef producers very nervous. "

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,412343,00.html

 

Best regards,

 

~Caity

--

Caity McCardell

http://www.CaityandStefan.com

[Guest guest]

There was another article in SFGATE, and I'd love to know if anyone can get a

hold of the writer's contact info. She wrote:

 

" As PETA's director of vegan outreach, he [bruce Friedrich] goes as far as to

recommend a vegan diet for adults and children: fruit, whole grains and

vegetables, including legumes (beans, peas and lentils). That means no meat or

fish and no dairy products, such as milk and cheese -- a recommendation that

goes against federal food pyramid guidelines. "

 

My problem with this is that 1) Of course the pyramid is a totally political

concoction AND 2) he's saying exactly what the American Dietetic Association

agrees is a healthy diet -- for children, pregnant women, etc. So, once again,

inaccurate information goes out to the public. I'd love to encourage some

letters to her to educate her on this. Any ideas?

 

Colleen

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Caity McCardell

SFBA-Veg

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:33 PM

[sFBAVeg] cool 2 be real - an update

 

 

There was a post last month about the Cattlemen's Association's new

website (launched in Dec. '02) called cool-2b-real.com. As you may

recall, the site is an outrage and an offense to girls they are preying

on (8 - 12 years of age).

 

Here are some interesting links I found about the site:

 

Sign a petition against Cool-2-Be-Real:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/x121984x/

 

Salon.com's scathing review:

" Luring preteens with red meat. AWeb site produced for girls by the

National Cattlemen's Beef Association solves self-esteem problems with

heaps of ground round. "

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/11/beef_teen_people/index.html?x

 

Time's review:

" More teenagers, particularly girls, are turning to vegetarianism. And

that's making America's beef producers very nervous. "

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,412343,00.html

 

Best regards,

 

~Caity

--

Caity McCardell

http://www.CaityandStefan.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

SFBAVeg , Colleen Patrick Goudreau

<colleen@j...> wrote:

 

> There was another article in SFGATE, and I'd love to know if anyone

can get a hold of the writer's contact info. She wrote:

>

> a recommendation that goes against federal food pyramid guidelines. "

>

> My problem with this is that 1) Of course the pyramid is a totally

political concoction AND 2) he's saying exactly what the American

Dietetic Association agrees is a healthy diet -- for children,

pregnant women, etc. So, once again, inaccurate information goes out

to the public. I'd love to encourage some letters to her to educate

her on this. Any ideas?

>

> Colleen

 

Hi all,

 

Colleen, Is this the article that you're talking about?

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?

file=/news/archive/2003/02/19/financial0727EST0014.DTL

 

(if the link doesn't work for you, just search on the " exact phrase "

www.cool-2b-real.com and it will appear in the search results)

 

Buried at the very bottom of the article is the author's email

address:

Martha Irvine can be reached at mirvine(at)ap.org

 

AND... speaking of teens.... If you interact with teens, VIVA has a

free veggie packet for teens! You can visit their website at

http://www.vivausa.org/ or use this direct URL:

http://www.vivausa.org/act/actorderform.htm

 

lauren of VIVA will be speaking at this weekend's LibNow conference

in one of the few presentations open to the general (non-student)

public, on Saturday, in the early afternoon (details were previously

posted to the list)... Maybe we'll see some of you there!?

 

Cheers,

Tammy