Talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey along with 378 of her staffers have pledged to give up eating animal products for one week beginning February 1, according to a poston her website.
“The challenge is on!” announces the teaser. “No meat, no milk, no animal anything… Could you do it? “
To kick off “The Vegan Challenge,” Tuesday’s Oprah show will feature appearances by authors Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma), and Kathy Freston (Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World), as well as a visit to a beef processing plant by investigative reporter Lisa Ling.
Animal abuse widespread at meat packing companies, said GAO Photo: Animals Voice
“Watch and make your own decisions,” says Oprah in a trailer for the upcoming show.
Read about a report by the U.S. General Accounting Office regarding widespread cruelty toward cattle at meat packing companies:
