Posted in "ethical omnivore", becoming resensitized, cheese, children/animal connection, connecting with animals, excuses for eating meat, freedom in being vegan, inspired by vegan husband, inspired by vegan partner, inspiring others, vegan, tagged animal agriculture, cheese, chickens, cookbooks, factory farming, Humane Society, National Anti-Vivisection Society, podcast, transformation, vegan, vegetarian on June 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I am sponsoring an episode of Food For Thought in honor of my boyfriend, Brian Kantorek, a compassionate, loving, gentle, supportive, fun, and all-around amazing person who also happens to be vegan. Since meeting him, I’ve gone from eating a bloody steak (piece of dead cow really, but I wouldn’t have called it that then) [...]
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Posted in animal liberation, children/animal connection, connecting with animals, cruelty in egg industry, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, vegan, tagged 'Meet your Meat', battery hens, chickens, children, freedom, peta, vegan, violence on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thank you for all you do; you have changed me from a new and uncertain vegetarian to a strong and resourceful and most importantly joyful vegan! I am the other of two wonderful boys aged 27 months and 12 months; before and after I had them I sometimes became quite depressed at the idea that [...]
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Posted in animal agriculture, cheese, connecting with animals, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, dog and cat advocate turned vegan, environmental concerns, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, hostile response from non-vegan friends, humane dairy, perception of vegans as extreme/freaks, return to meat-eating after being vegetarian, small farms, vegan, vegan doctor, vegetarian then vegan, tagged animals, chickens, dairy, dogs, factory farm, fitness, foodie, health, iTunes, medical, nutrition, omnivore, organic, ovo-lacto, peace, physical, podcast, spiritual, sustainable, transition, veganism, vegetarian, VegNews on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Your podcast has changed my life. I am so grateful that you dedicate so much of your time to this work. It is so very important. I love to hear you read the letters written by listeners whose lives you have helped transform. I hear myself in so many of them, and that is part [...]
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Posted in animal liberation, buddhism, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, hostile response from non-vegan friends, inspiring others, peter singer, religion and animals, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged buddhism, cookbooks, ethics, healthy, journey, joy, liberation, meat, peter singer, podcast, releasing life, suffering, turtles, vegan, vegetarian on February 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was born in Taiwan but grew up mostly in Africa and the U.S. I have very few memories of Taiwan but one vivid memory I do have is of my mom taking my brother and me to the market to buy turtles. We then traveled to a river somewhere and set them free. [...]
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Posted in connecting with animals, desensitized children, freedom in being vegan, vegan, tagged animal testing, businesses, children, clothing, guilt, harmony, Kafka, peace, peace of mind, suffering, transformation on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Each time I have altered my lifestyle to omit the consumption or use of an animal product, I have felt a certain brightening of my spirit. I’ve wondered about the cause of this, and I can only assume that I must have felt a certain subconscious guilt about consuming animals all along. Throughout my transformation, I [...]
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Posted in animal agriculture, becoming resensitized, cheese, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, desensitized children, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, parent's response to vegetarianism, vegetarian then vegan, tagged st. louis, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarian husband on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve always been someone who cared too much. I have a hard time ignoring things once they’re in front of my eyes, no matter who are what it may relate too.
When I was a kid I ate whatever my parents put in front of me and did not question it for the most part. I [...]
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Posted in animal agriculture, animal liberation, becoming resensitized, buddhism, connecting with animals, farm sanctuary, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, mindfulness, peter singer, vegan, vegan in china, vegetarian then vegan on December 1, 2007 | 6 Comments »
THE FIVE STEPS OF MY VEGAN JOURNEY SO FAR
There were several steps in my becoming vegan, which I’d really like to share with others. Like many, I’ve arrived to this transformation in middle-adulthood, and I’ve largely arrived at it alone and on my own.
The process (so far) for me could be roughly [...]
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Posted in India, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, raised vegetarian, speaking the truth, vegetarian then vegan, tagged animals, earth save, indian, lacto, vegan, vegan freak, vegetarian on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
It all started when I was a young boy, growing up in Miami. My parents did their best to try to find us events and programmes that would let us kids feel like we have a community to belong to. Having immigrated from India, finding such a community was difficult enough, but being (lacto) vegetarian [...]
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Posted in animal agriculture, connecting with animals, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, inspiring others, lambs, parent's response to vegetarianism, small farms, unsupportive parents, vegan in Norway, vegetarian then vegan, tagged health benefits of veganism, humane farm, lamb, lambs, motherhood, norway, small farm, vegan, vegan children, vegan parents, vegetarian, yoga on November 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was always aware of there being something wrong with eating animals but raised in a strong family with two elder brothers my ideas were always considered childish. I tried to turn vegetarian when I was 12 but was confronted with mum trying to sneak ham into my sandwiches and so many comments of ‘it’s [...]
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Posted in "humane" slaughter, animal agriculture, becoming resensitized, calf separation, cheese, children/animal connection, connecting with animals, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, desensitized children, freedom in being vegan, humane dairy, mindfulness, small farms, vegetarian then vegan, tagged cage free, dairy, free range eggs, free-range, organic cheese, organic milk, organic yogurt, veal, vegan, vegetarian on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was a vegetarian for about 10 years before finally taking the vegan plunge this summer, and have always been proud of my choice not to eat animals. The notion of veganism was a niggling presence in the back of my mind, but I told myself that I “couldn’t” do it for [...]
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