Meanwhile, in the company washroom...
Posted on 10/31/2004 11:40:54 AM PST by SmithL
ROANOKE -- For telephone company CEO Norm Mason, a vegan and lifelong animal lover, there was never any doubt what he'd offer at his company cafeteria.
Soy steaks and soy sloppy joes, veggie burgers, nachos and other meatless, eggless, butter-free delicacies are cooked daily using heavy bags of texturized vegetable protein.
If that doesn't sound so great, consider this: It's all free.
Mason says he created the "Vegeteria" out of concern for the well-being of his 200 employees of Cat Communications International. So he's giving them all the fresh vegetables, meat substitutes, cakes and drinks they could ever want.
"This was a way to say: 'Look, we don't feel it's right to have the flesh of an animal, an animal killed for your benefit,"' Mason said. "I see it no different than smoking. People are asked to go outside and smoke."
It also will hopefully teach them respect for animals, he says, a value symbolized by Lucille, the paralyzed dog he adopted that follows workers around on a little wheeled contraption.
Bruce Friedrich, a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, says Mason is part of a growing number of vegetarian and vegan CEOS, including Steve Jobs of Apple Computers Inc., Michael Eisner from Walt Disney Co., John Mackey of Whole Foods Market Inc. and Bill Ford of Ford Motor Co., who have made it easier for employees to eat meat-free.
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How does the number of sick people prove that nutrition is more important than many people realize? If they had the proper nutrition, they wouldn't get sick?
"Vegan CEO hoping to influence employees with meat-free cafeteria"
No problem with this, at least this guy is putting his money where his employees mouth is...
... but if he attempts to stop people from bringing in their own ham and cheese sandwichs I'll have a bone to pick with him...
Tofu bone?
If that is ALL he ate (I assume this is low iodine food)
He was advertising Grape-Nuts -- hang on, I remember him too
Meanwhile, in the company washroom...
Any guy who puts out iron (actually aluminum) like this can't be all bad!
Watch the video and be still my heart.
That was it, thanks ML
I'm surprised that no one brought up the realization that the food he offers isn't really free.
Liberals don't like the idea of some corporate entity making a lot of profit, but apparently, this company is to be able to feed it staff. However, wouldn't all that money spent be better off in their paychecks? Or to improve their healthcare insurance? Or go towards their retirement?
Veganism is for all practical purposes, a radical religion of sorts. Like any religion, it riles a liberal to have it forced upon them. Here it is, being thrust in their faces, yet they're too freaking dumb to see it.
Somebody needs to explain to me why the first thing the "meat hatering animal lovers" want to offer is fake meat. Seems they expend a lot of energy hiding the real flavor of the vegetable protein. Personally I'm a Soylent Green kind of guy myself. Yeah, that's it.
Well, I just brought in a bunch of pork butt off the grill sliced thin and marinated in chipolte and lime, dried chili,cracked black pepper and salt.
Its gonna be awfully good on fresh tortillas with homade pico de gallo and avacado and a side salad
yeah. why not just some good honest beans and peas.
IF you are a TRUE vegetarian you will NOT want to eat foods that are made to look or taste like meat. That is just plain silly to skip eating meat, then try to make veggies look or taste like meat. duh..... That is psycho.
We will be going to live in Oman. Already my husband has to work and eat with Muslims sometimes. Muslims who pray to the pagan Moon God that Mohammed prayed to. IT is offensive to eat pork at the same table with them. I plan to tell them it is offensive to me to eat at the same table with people who eat beef or veggies. And I will refuse to sit with THEM> LOL I may tell them I prefer to eat lizards, cats, and mountain lions, and poodles....
Euell Gibbon, that's the guy. And it was grape nuts, but he was trying to draw the analogy that eating grape nuts was tantamount to eating food from the wild. And then bang, gone.
Nutrition is even more important when you count the number of dead people.
I agree totally!!! If you do not wish to eat meat, why the fake meat?
I had a vegan friend who insisted his girlfriend would have to eat a vegan diet during her pregnancy and lactation if she wanted to have his baby.
She left him.
Near as I can tell, he lived from 1911-1975, so he was 64 when he died.
Pretty young -- according to his biography: "He died of a heart attack - probably a result of cardiovascular disease. In Euell's day it was not unusual to smoke cigarettes or to add high amounts of saturated fat (bacon grease, butter, egg yolks) to his wild foods. These risk factors combined with his hard life and lack of exercise in his later years (arthritis pain limited his movement) undoubtedly contributed to his death.
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My daughter thinks she's a vegetarian. I tried one of her Veggie-burgers. It's not so bad if you add cheese and bacon.
We marinated PORK ribs, country style PORK ribs, baby back PORK ribs etc. yesterday in honey and soy sauce. Then we grilled them and then simmered them in our own homemade BBQ sauce! YUM!
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