Moby has already told the world they should all eat vegan but now he’s taking it a step further by providing people a place to do so. The vegan musician is said to have invested in a new vegan eatery in Los Angeles. Not much is known about the restaurant, not even its name, but according to the Los Angeles Eater, the musician is an investor in a deal that bought a classic Art Deco-style building on Rowena Avenue. The building was supposed to house another restaurant that never opened because of permit issues and was then put on the market for $1.5 million. The unnamed restaurant is slated to open in July and when it does its outdoor space will be used for events. Other than that, nothing else is know about the new vegan joint except that it’s in a fairly quiet neighborhood and across the street from Ivanhoe Elementary school. Maybe Moby is trying to do just like the Camerons and get kids to love a vegan diet so they grow up to be healthy and environmentally conscious adults. (ecorazzi.com)

There are things you associate with Tuscany’s celebrated Chianti wines and there are some things you wouldn’t think of, including gelatin from fish-bladder membranes and other agents from bone marrow, egg albumen and crushed crustacean shells. The company’s commercial manager, Lorenzo Laschetti, told that its own research had identified a growing demand for vegan and organic wines in some of its biggest oversees markets, including the UK, Germany and the US. The producer’s entire Colli Senesi product range from the 2014 harvest onwards will be vegan. And its first certified 'cruelty-free' Chianti, a rosé, is in the shops now. The first vegan red Chianti will be on sale in May. Prices will stay the same for the vegan wine. Mr Laschetti said that by the end of this year the company also hoped to earn its organic production certificate for all the sangiovese, canaiolo, cabernet cauvignon, and merlot grapes it grows to make its wines. In addition to satisfying vegans’ ethical tastes, some campaigners say there are health grounds for removing animal products from the production process. (independent.co.uk)

The average person will chomp down on 7,000 animals during their lives, according to the Vegetarian Calculator. It breaks down to 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep and 4,500 fish, according to the group. The organization advocates that people eat less meat to have a more positive impact on the environment. In 2012, 5% of American adults considered themselves to be vegetarians, and 2% said they were vegans, according to Gallup. (usatoday.com)

Earlier this month, The Peck Slip School in lower Manhattan became the second city public school to begin serving only vegetarian food in its cafeteria. Peck Slip follows on the heels of PS 244 in Queens, which dropped meat from its cafeteria menus two years ago. The Newark School District has joined dozens of school districts around the country — including ones in Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, and elsewhere — in turning all cafeterias meatless on Mondays. In the Bronx, all seven of billionaire Carl Icahn’s Icahn Charter Schools have also gone completely meat-free one day a week. Meatless meals have clear benefits for the environment and animals — factory farming is harsh on both. But they’re perhaps most important to children’s health and well-being. Studies find that replacing meat and dairy products with plant-based foods can dramatically lower risk for chronic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes. (nydailynews.com)

A DNAinfo and Yelp analysis of Chicago restaurants found that Hyde Park has dramatically more vegan options than the city average and is the only neighborhood where vegan food topped the list. When comparing Hyde Park's restaurant scene to all of Chicago's, there are proportionately 12 times more vegan restaurants in the South Side neighborhood as compared with the city as a whole. Gabrielle Darvassy, the owner of B'Gabs Goodies, said it makes sense that Hyde Park would rank high. "There are entire communities that have not one vegan option," Darvassy said. It's not surprising that the diet that cuts out all animal products would be popular in a highly educated and health-conscious neighborhood like Hyde Park. "You have a student population that is adventurous in their diet," Darvassy said. "My clientele comes from all over the place." Darvassy said when the restaurant started in Woodlawn it did a fair amount of business serving patients at the University of Chicago's hospital who are on a highly restrictive diet not out of choice, but out of necessity. (dnainfo.com)