Average price of ground beef per pound: $3.66
Average price of beef roasts per pound: $4.48
Average price of beef steaks (any type): $6.21
Average price of short ribs (any source) per pound: $4.66
Average price of chicken breast per pound: $3.17
Average price of ham (any type, excluding canned) per lb: $2.58
Average price of pork chops per pound: $3.49
Average price of bacon per pound: $4.53
Average price of bologna per pound: $2.86
Average price of eggs per dozen: $1.82
Average price of milk per half gallon: $3.87
Average price of American processed cheese per pound: $4.25

Average price of apples (any type) per pound: $1.36
Average price of bananas per pound: $0.50
Average price of oranges per pound: $1.24
Average price of strawberries per pound: $2.45
Average price of onions (any type) per pound: $0.93
Average price of potatoes (any type) per pound: $0.80
Average price of broccoli (any type) per pound: $0.96
Average price of cabbage per pound: $0.45
Average price of carrots (any type) per pound: $1.03
Average price of cauliflower per pound: $0.96
Average price of eggplant per pound: $1.43
Average price of green beans per pound: $0.98
Average price of collard greens per pound: $0.92
Average price of kale per pound: $0.79
Average price of mustard greens per pound: $0.79
Average price of lettuce (any type) per pound: $1.24 (per head it’s $1.03)
Average price of portobella mushrooms per package: $2.82
Average price of baby spinach per 10 oz package: $2.08
Average price of zucchini per pound: $1.18
Average price of tomatoes per pound: $1.12
Average price of dried beans (any type, all sizes) per pound: $1.45
Average price of uncooked white rice per pound: $0.69
Average price of tofu per pound: $2.00
Average price of non-dairy milk per half gallon: $3.73
Average price of Daiya cheese per package: $4.00

(All prices are from 2012 and are sourced from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the USDA. All fruit and vegetable prices are from today’s issue of the USDA’s National Fruit and Vegetable Report, which is issued weekly.)

And this is THE PRICE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS -AFTER- BEING SUBSIDIZED WITH OUR TAXES, this is the prices after the prices are greatly decreased. While the vegetable prices shown are NOT subsidized*, AND the average prices for the vegetables listed here INCLUDE the organic prices in the average.

*non-organic corn and non-organic soy beans are sometimes subsidized by taxes.

fatbrat:

queerfatbutch:

housewifeswag:

gpoy.

^^^
double  gpoy. 

Is this the future me?

I can tell you right now I’ll be one of the fans to stay forever. She’s earned it.

When it comes to people in my personal life, or people outside of it whom I admire, I take a great deal of time figuring out if they are worth being part of my life, and when they are, they are nothing less than just that. I either truly like a person, or don’t invest time and energy in them, and when I do truly like a person, I’ll never leave them, whether or not they leave me is their call.

lacigreen:

nerdydyke:

cjshark:

instagrampa:

I’m really excited

Oh god, I can’t stop laughing.

lmaooooo

HAHAHAAHA! Omfg. Yes, I get it, an ad for an aquarium coming to this town, you pet sea animals with two fingers along the grain of their scales or skin. BUT COME ON, does this place have no editors? Or are they just as juvenile as me? A million gallons of fun? Hey, whatever you’re into… not sure anyone gets off that much, but hey, give it a try.

Claes Oldenburg’s ‘Lipstick’. A giant tube of lipstick on a caterpillar track tank, apparently the whole thing can move and the lipstick can move up and down.

This is one of my personal favorite pieces of artwork ever.

Lady Gaga’s Mac lipstick gun, from the ‘Judas’ music video.

IMO this is the best thing since Oldenburg’s lipstick tank! I fucking love it.

On that note of we learned to be vegan, we weren’t raised this way by society, if we were, we wouldn’t be 2% of even highly populated areas.

My family has both an Italian and a Southern background, and likewise were our eating habits.

I’ve had homemade meat balls, frogs legs, alligator tail, crickets, blackened shrimp, deep fried crab, cajun crayfish, muscles in pasta, calamari, lobster, formaggio… And trust me, I loved all of that, but I have my priorities straight.

I haven’t however had more typical American foods - never have had a hamburger, cheeseburger, chicken, bacon, ham, non-vegan sandwich, omlette, pulled pork, steak, lamb, duck, etc… and chances are, I’ll never know what those things taste like. That’s fine.

None of that matters either way though, veganism is not a contest and never has been. Self educate. I’m not better than a meat eater, I’m just healthier, have less of a negative impact on the world, and probably have more knowledge of nutrition that provides me with more will power. But all of that would mean nothing if I were to be an unreasonable, militant example of what I stand for. Many people will never personally know a vegan, so do veganism a favor and be a good example of it, because it’s bigger than you and more important than your resentment, as rightful as it may be.

As a vegan…

I DON’T CARE IF PEOPLE IN MY PERSONAL LIFE EAT MEAT!

I care that they are EDUCATED TRUTHFULLY about both lifestyles.

Just like I DON’T CARE if people in my personal life smoke, as long as they know the facts.

If they know the facts and are still fine with it, fine, that’s their thing.

Of course I worry about their health, but if they understand the risk and still prefer meat, then they can have it.

Yes, of course I realize that the health problems and animal abuse are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to why veganism is a good idea, but I also know that if I’m unbiased and keep letting them start the conversation and ask the questions, they are more likely to be interested.

None of us started vegan, we learned to be, ACT LIKE IT.

houseofangryhippies:

thatveganguy:

alpinerecreation:

i wanna puke everywhere

remember kids science is evil

vegans are evil

and only the good lord jesus christ will save you with puss and blood filled cancerous animal secretions

Wow, just…wow.

None of those ingredients are bad for you. I don’t understand their angle here. I wonder if people actually buy into this shit.

They’re trying so hard. Are they this afraid of losing? Even everything they mentioned as the ‘many ingredients’ were important vitamins, and plant-based ingredients… What stopped them from describing what the ingredients are? Oh, right, it’s because they are healthy.

extantecstasy:

Because the media reacts like this when we’re less than perfect. Because our emotional range gets stunted and limited.

Because so many aspects of our culture normalize rape on a subconscious level.

Because Kansas and Arizona pass bills that allows the…

Click the post and read it in it’s entirety. Because I fucking hate everyone who isn’t smart enough to be at least mildly annoyed regularly.

My two favorite current singers. <3 I fucking love that they admire one another. <3

vegan-because-fuck-you:

yum yum

Eat food that looks like food. If it doesn’t look like the food it’s made up of don’t eat it, it’s fucking poison.

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

From Truth Beckons:

GIVING BIRTH WHILE SHACKLED - If this is not cruel and unusual punishment, I don‘t know what is!

Giving Birth in Chains: The Shackling of Incarcerated Women During Labor and Delivery: http://bit.ly/Ihxals

Virginia to continue shackling pregnant inmates while giving birth: http://bit.ly/IkKgSB

Jails Can Shackle Inmates Giving Birth: http://bit.ly/IznlQL

Giving Birth in Shackles in an Arkansas Prison:
http://dai.ly/J0Y7Jd

State bill would ban shackling female prisoners giving birth: http://bit.ly/JixeP9

End Shackling Now - A NOW Activist Leader’s Guide to Eliminating Shackling of Incarcerated Women Pre-, During, and Post-Labor and Delivery: http://bit.ly/IkDfiG

Undocumented Women Forced To Give Birth While Shackled And In Police Custody:http://huff.to/JtIZqf