"My food is grown, not born” is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images.
“Make a statement with this 100% cotton canvas tote bag! ‘My food is Grown not born’ - http://goo.gl/hKalA #vegan” was posted on Twitter by Meat Free Athlete Ⓥ on September 11, 2012. “Our newest design ‘My Food is GROWN Not Born’ has become crazy popular this month! Get yours at http://goo.gl/LdD8F #vegan #vegetarian” was posted on Twitter by Meat Free Athlete Ⓥ on October 14, 2012.
“My food is grown and harvested, not born and killed” is a similar version of the saying from 2015.
Twitter
Meat Free Athlete Ⓥ
@MeatFreeAthlete
Make a statement with this 100% cotton canvas tote bag! ‘My food is Grown not born’ - http://goo.gl/hKalA #vegan
9:08 PM · Sep 11, 2012·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Meat Free Athlete Ⓥ
@MeatFreeAthlete
Our newest design “My Food is GROWN Not Born” has become crazy popular this month! Get yours at http://goo.gl/LdD8F #vegan #vegetarian
1:35 PM · Oct 14, 2012·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Meat Free Athlete Ⓥ
@MeatFreeAthlete
my food is GROWN not born. How about you? -> http://tinyurl.com/mfashop <- https://pic.twitter.com/RKPSRgTD #vegan #plantstrong #tshirt
5:27 PM · Dec 3, 2012·Twitter Web Client
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RaisingAVeganChild
@RaisingAVeganCh
My food is GROWN, not BORN!
Go Vegan. http://fb.me/2dP7t1ups
8:00 AM · Mar 12, 2013·Facebook
Twitter
Being Vegetarian
@Be_A_Vegetarian
My food is grown,not born.
#NoticetheDifference
9:53 AM · Jul 18, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
VeganPics
@VeganPics
My food is grown, not born.
11:11 AM · Oct 18, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
Google Books
The Cotswolds Cookery Club:
A Taste of Spain - Book 2, Book 2
By Alice Ross
London, UK: HarperCollins
2017
Pg. ?:
Amber sashayed barefoot into the room – sporting black skinny jeans, a My food is grown not born T-shirt, a side plait and a huge grin
Twitter
Vegan Paradise
@VeganAddicted
My food is grown not born
7:43 PM · Dec 7, 2017·Twitter Web Client
Google Books
Title My Food Is Grown Not Born: A Vegan Inspired Weekly Meal Planner
Author Bowes Publishing
Publisher Independently Published, 2018
ISBN 1729044042, 9781729044049
Length 52 pages
Twitter
Anjali Singh
@AnjaliSingh303
Replying to @srinivasa_farms
My food is grown not born.#eggsarenotfood
8:25 AM · Sep 29, 2020·Twitter for Android
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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