THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

If cruelty is defined as causing unnecessary and intentional physical or mental harm, what we do to animals must constitute acts of cruelty.  We cut off their tails, we castrate them, we forcibly impregnate them, we take their babies away from them, we lock them in cages where they can’t turn around.  We load them into trucks and take them to slaughterhouses where we cut their throats or force them into gas chambers – and these are just standard, legal practices.  But perhaps even more insidious than that, we don’t just ignore that these acts cause physical and mental harm, we go so far as to call them humane.

Winters/Vegan

Riley [Reid]: For breakfast, I used to be vegan but I’m not anymore, I make this vegan French toast with homemade maple syrup with pears and apples. And I’ll make poached eggs. I really like to make this big ratatouille and I make a mean vegan lasagna with cheese. I make the cheese out of pine nuts and cashew cheese. I make really good pistachio cake as well. I love to cook. I can follow any recipe and make it delicious. (laughs)

Riley Reid (unsourced)