As a child, I adored animals. I loved going to petting zoos, small farms, and anywhere I could touch the baby animals and feed them and coo over them. I live in a metropolitan area, so I suppose it was only a matter of time before I encountered vegetarianism, and as a sensitive and thoughtful [...]
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Seeing The Beauty of the World
Posted in children and violence against animals, children/animal connection, college vegetarianism, connecting with animals, foodborne illnesses, health benefits, inspiring others, parent's response to vegetarianism, resensitizing children, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged animals, baking, Brazil, dairy, ducks, eggs, geese, magic, meat, peace, peta, podcast, seafood, vegan on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am contributing to the world peace in my own way.
Posted in college vegetarianism, excuses for eating meat, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, reduce meat - then eliminate, return to meat-eating after being vegetarian, veg in college, vegetarian for health reasons, vegetarian then vegan, yoga, tagged commitment, coworkers, health, Japan, passion, Salt Spring Island, stress, Tokyo, Vancouver, yoga on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a thirtysomething from Japan living in Vancouver, Canada. I started listening to “Food For Thought” about a month ago when I seriously began considering going vegan, and you got me hooked! I just can’t stop listening to your podcast. I also visited your website, checked out some of the pictures, and was fascinated by how beautiful you are… [...]
A diet that fully reflects all of my values…
Posted in connecting with animals, environmental concerns, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, inspiring others, john robbins, perception of vegans as extreme/freaks, speaking the truth, vegan, vegetarian for health reasons, tagged asthma, compassion, environmental sustainability, finding voice, good health, tradition, values, vegan on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want you to know that your podcast has helped transform my life.
I have always been a health nut, and in January of 2008, I was directed to John Robbins’ Healthy at 100, which documents how cultures subsisting on plant-based diets tend to live longer. Robbins’ book, along with Skinny Bitch, convinced me to [...]
A new-found world of veganism
Posted in children/animal connection, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, parents' response, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged children, freedom in being vegan, meat, podcast, skinny bitch, vegan, vegetarian on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A couple of months ago after many years of eating a limited amount of meat diet, our 7 year old daughter made us realize that we were ready to become vegetarian. She, as well as our son, naturally didn’t have a desire to eat meat. They questioned where it came from and ate so very [...]
Curiosity Antennae
Posted in animal agriculture, connecting with animals, environmental concerns, excuses for eating meat, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, hormones in meat, inspiring others, small farms, speaking the truth, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged awakening, cruelt-free, curiosity, diet, farmed animals, health issues, New Zealand, vegan on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had never really been a particularly healthy person growing up. I guess I ate mostly what everyone else, my family, friends and the rest of New Zealand society ate. Meat and two veg for dinner, plenty of fruit, cereals and grains, a lot of dairy. It was the simple things I remember eating – [...]
Inner Peace for the First Time – from Eating Vegan
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 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Christian Vegan – Not an Oxymoron!
Posted in connecting with animals, diet for a new america, excuses for eating meat, health benefits, inspiring others, john robbins, religion and animals, return to meat-eating after being vegetarian, small farms, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, violence, tagged bible, christian, church, Earthlings, faith, Genesis, john robbins, leather, prayers, vegan, vegetarian, weight loss on February 13, 2008 | 26 Comments »
I was raised in a carnivorous family. When I was a senior in high school we moved to a farm that had cows, chickens, pigs, horses, and rabbits. I stopped eating chicken when the family slaughtered 100 “old” egg laying hens in one day. It was really disgusting.
Lacking knowledge and support, eventually [...]
A Non-Vegetarian Buddhist to Vegan Activist
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 | 4 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. [...]
“Animal Lover” Stops Eating Animals
Posted in becoming resensitized, health benefits, religion and animals, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged animal lover, animal research, animals, healthy vegan, junk food vegetarian, meat, science, vegan, vegetarian, vivisection on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always loved animals. Even as a kid there were times when I felt more comfortable around them then other people. When I was about 12 or 13 I had a friend who was a vegetarian who explained to me about factory farms. (only about meat production though) It really got me [...]
A Journey from an Unsupported Vegetarian to an Embraced Vegan – in Norway
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 | 3 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 [...]
