Pre-chewing baby’s food just fine, experts say
Baby Bear Blu tilts his head, and opens his lips like a little bird waiting for a worm. His mother, actress and celebrity vegan Alicia Silverstone, invites little Blu onto her sweatpant-clad lap. He leans in. She chews, passes a morsel of food from her mouth to his, then, as the 10-month-old gums it, she turns and smiles for the camera, pleased with herself.
The practice, called premastication, is nothing new — in many cultures, including some African and Inuit communities, premastication is commonplace — but the video has gone viral and a web dust-up has ensued.
Ryan Gosling, Bryan Adams petition against McDonald’s
Hey girl, Ryan Gosling wants McDonald’s to stop using “battery cage” suppliers to source their eggs.And he’s not the only one, animal-loving celebs including Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, Alicia Silverstone, Ed Begley, Jr., Bryan Adams and, um, Steve-O all signed a letter sent to McD’s CEO Jim Skinner on behalf of the Mercy for Animals campaign.
The MFA recently exposed the factory farming system the clown company’s egg supplier’s use — where animals are often packed into cages so small they can barely
breadspread their wings, never mind move.