Read Up Monday

The new film Forks Over Knives highlights the connection between what we eat and our overall health. Movie goers will not only see a clear case for the benefits of eating less meat, they’ll get a head start with the help of Meatless Monday!

With 27 locations across the U.S. and Europe, Maoz Vegetarian is not your typical fast food chain. Quick, nutritious and tasty meatless meals are the norm at this famous falafel franchise and, starting this week, so is Meatless Monday.

For the past 30 years, Bloomingfoods Market & Deli has been feeding Southern Indiana. Aside from the co-op’s isles of fresh, whole food, Bloomingfoods nourishes the community by purchasing from local sources and offering cooking, gardening and health classes. In May the market added another component to their health outreach by committing to a Meatless Monday.

No stranger to boar sausage, or to a finely braised veal shank, Mario Batali isn’t the first person that comes to mind when you think about vegetables. And that’s what’s so interesting about Batali’s decision to embrace Meatless Monday in all of his 14 restaurants across the country. With this simple gesture, Mario sends the message that we can start the week right by eating our veggies.

This past week, The Huffington Post launched its newest section. HuffPost Food investigates everything edible, and we were delighted that they included Meatless Monday!

In his award winning series Food Revolution, Jamie Oliver enters Huntington, West Virginia intent on curbing the city’s disease risk by improving health habits. His efforts illustrate that we need nutrition education in our schools– and more kitchen time with our kids at home!

With its focus on inexpensive yet delectable cuisine, Fab Frugal Food shows us just how delectable plant based meals can be as it goes meatless every Monday.

Chicago NOW, the high-profile community hub about all things Chicago, has taken up the Meatless Monday mantle. Persuaded by the many health reasons to go meatless, Chicago NOW has joined the movement.

Social networking sites serve as bridges in the vast sea of cyberspace. Our Facebook and Twitter pages have blossomed in recent months, providing a constant stream of news, resources and discussion.

Acclaimed author and food activist Michael Pollan invited us to simplify our diet when he coined the phrase “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”. In his newest book, Food Rules, Pollan turns this advice into 64 bite-sized tips that encourage us to embrace traditional attitudes towards diet and dining.

“Saving lives millions at a time” is the slogan the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University adopted during Dr. Al Sommer’s years as Dean there. Now, his new thought-provoking book says we can also save billions of dollars through preventive medicine.

Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat is a simple eating guide for those who love food! Dr. Michelle May takes an honest look at the relationship between eating and mindset. She offers straightforward answers to start your week with a positive mindset.

The Monday after Thanksgiving is touted as the biggest online shopping day of the year: Cyber Monday. This week, we offer our top 5 recommendations for eco-conscious sites that make holiday shopping just a little greener.

The Internet has made it easier than ever to learn tips on nutrition and better living, but it can be difficult to know where to turn and who to trust. Read up on health this Monday by checking out our recommended health magazines available online or in print.

In an ever-changing world of new cooking techniques, cuisines and gadgets, how’s a foodie to keep up with it all? Constantly evolving and user-fueled, Foodista is the perfect resource for today’s culinary landscape. That’s why we’re proud Foodista is going meatless every Monday!

When your mom’s a doctor and your dad’s a spa chef, what’s a meatless tween to do? In the case of 12-year old Elyse May, she packaged her knowledge and wrote an award-winning teens meatless cookbook and launched a popular nutrition blog!

Despite his love of steak, renowned chef Tal Ronnen switched to a plant-based diet. But he quickly realized he craved the meat-like consistencies he enjoyed as a carnivore. Ronnen uses this tension as the inspiration for his new cookbook, The Conscious Cook

Catherine is a New York City foodie, entrepreneur and parent. Her kids have inspired her to create Tribeca Yummy Mummy; a blog full of recipes that are sure to please adults and children alike.

People are using digital resources to discuss greener living and join the Meatless Monday movement! Check out some of our favorite microbloggers for weekly tips on making more sustainable choices.

Dawn Jackson Blanter’s book, The Flexitarian Diet, encourages healthier, meatless meals without asking us to sacrifice our favorite foods.

We’re delighted to introduce a brand new series spotlighting restaurants around the world using innovative ways to offer delicious meatless meals. This Monday we highlight California’s The Veggie Grill.

Writers of all stripes are using blogging to spread the word about Meatless Monday. One of our favorites is Edible Aria, a recipe and news blog that advocates sustainable eating.

New York Times best-selling author Kathy Freston has a new book, The Quantum Wellness Cleanse, outlining her 21-day cleansing routine. But it’s her earlier work, Quantum Wellness, that gets to the heart of why we should all go meatless on Monday.

The findings in Hank Cardello’s new book stuffed, are at times controversial. But his solution is simple: focus on the numbers. Cut your calories. As he says, don’t supersize, zero size.

Epicurious, the world’s premiere recipe site, has teamed up with NutritionData, the top nutritional analysis website, to offer weekly meatless recipes every Monday.

Sometimes you come across a website name that says it all: simple, direct, powerful. Conde Nast’s NutritionData does just that: providing you the info you need to make informed nutrition choices.