VegE-News is a monthly news and events email service. It is free to subscribe. Their March issue's stories include:

Health.
 • Superbug found in Canadian pork products.
 • Low-fat diet reduces vascular heart disease risk.
 • Soy reduces breast cancer risk according to Japanese study. Women who eat tofu, miso soup or natto on a regular basis face lower risks of breast cancer. Another recent study showed older women who eat soy-based foods faced lower risks of heart disease.
 • Mad cow disease strikes again in Canada.

Environment.
 • How true are claims that going veg benefits the environment? "Mounting evidence suggests that meat-based diets are not only unhealthy, but that just about every aspect of meat production is an environmental disaster with wide and sometimes catastrophic consequences."
 • London council's green advice to staff: Go vegetarian.
 • Half a good idea: Manitoba bans new hog barns in half of province.

Lifestyles and Trends.
 • Increasing demand for meat contributes to world hunger and high prices.
  • Veggie athlete: Diet fit for a Prince. That 6-foot, 260-pound first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers is powered by wheatgrass, soy and tofu nowadays. No meat. Not even fish. Prince Fielder used to enjoy a juicy steak as much as any carnivore, but a few weeks ago he received the book Skinny Bitch from his wife, Chanel. "After reading that, [meat] just didn't sound good to me anymore. It grossed me out a little bit. ... I don't miss it at all." Fielder said he has a lot more energy than he did before the new diet, and his body feels cleansed.
• Vegetarian fast food enjoys more and more popularity. U.S. restaurant group Zen Burger aims to revolutionize the fast food world with a chain of vegetarian outlets.
 • Interview: Professor Richard H. Schwartz, President of Jewish Vegetarians of North America.

Animal Issues and Advocacy.
 • Meat: An ugly reality show. "It's official: Downers – cows too sick to stand, the ones at highest risk for mad cow disease – were indeed getting into the [U.S.] food supply and being fed to our nation's children in the school lunch program."
 • USDA may install cameras in slaughterhouses.
 • Australia: Call to alter food labels for animals' sake.

Books and Perspectives.
 • Activist documentary maker asks: How can pet lovers eat meat?