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Ana Laura Rivarola Oneto is president of the Vegetarian Union of Paraguay - UVPy (South America). She kindly agreed to be interviewed for IVU Online News. 

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Livestock should be taxed to reduce the contribution made by their flatulence to greenhouse gas emissions, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a report that will give anti-livestock campaigners fresh ammunition.
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In the following interview, reprinted with permission from EVANA, Renato Pichler, founder and coordinator of the European Vegetarian Union’s (EVU) V-Label Scheme, talks about how EVU is expanding the scheme.

One of the health concerns relating to lactose intolerance appears to be the fear that persons who, for whatever reason, avoid dairy products (a major source of dietary calcium) will be at greater risk of bone loss and fracture.

The following story, translated from Spanish, was found on the website of the Vegetarian Union of Paraguay (in South America). The author is Pedro Poyen Lin, the organisation’s General Secretary.

IVU Manager, webmaster, historian, etc., John Davis, now blogs regularly on the VegSource website.

 

We have added two renowned dancers to the rich history collection available on the IVU website - Isadora Duncan and Nijinsky.

 

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