Go Vegan

We believe that not only the best way but really the only way we can live our values is to be vegan. We want to minimize the harm we cause in the world. We want to decrease the number of thinking, feeling beings who are hurt and killed needlessly. We want to see less violence in the world. By being vegan, we can realize these values at every meal and every time we put on clothes. If this weren't enough, being vegan is healthy, it's good for the environment and it's estimated that going vegan spares 95 animals each year from being hurt and killed. Plus it's really easy -- in the industrialized world, there's an embarrassment of foods and clothing items for which animals weren't intentionally harmed. Go vegan now. The animals — and your own mind and body — will thank you!


Below you'll find these topics addressed in more detail. And, to get you more inspired, click here for some thought-provoking quotes about veganism.

Poetry

  • The Sending of the Animals by Henry Stephens Salt

Responses to the tough questions

  • If it's OK for a lion to eat a cow, why isn't it OK for me?
  • What about donating animals to poor people?

For workers and society at large

The lack of respect that the meat and dairy industry shows nonhuman animals also gets shown toward humans. Many industry workers are exploited because they are undocumented workers and the companies use this to take advantage. Many workers are put in dangerous situations and taken care of poorly after being injured. Further, the desensitization that workers must undergo toward the animals often follows them home, with increased domestic violence. Strange illnesses keep cropping up that are linked to eating nonhuman animals: SARS, avian flu, Ebola, Mad Cow, etc. Check back as we compile more and more examples.

Hunting

Sport hunting involves killing animals for enjoyment. It's unnecessary, and the rationalizations of its fans are insupportable by anyone who thinks hurting and killing animals for fun is a morally weak position.


In the future, we'll answer common defenses of hunting. Below, you'll also find a compilation of news stories about hunting that reveal it for what it is.

For the animals

This section focuses on the various ways animals suffer in the service of humans. It will be expanded soon.

Vegan Blog

  • Bumpersticker: 'Eat Meat, The West Wasn't Won on Salad'
  • VegFund.org helps animal activists give out free food
  • Pumpkin pie by Wholly Wholesome at Whole Foods is awful
  • 'Kids can too be vegetarian'
  • Our first public event — vegan booth at pet fair

Shopping

Here are some products that we recommend and/or use ourselves. By buying them through the links below, we get a referral fee, which helps us care for more animals.

Industry shenanigans

  • Fish industry influences children's health group
  • Meat-dairy industry harms people living near factory farms
  • Poultry industry urged to use euphemisms for hurting animals
  • Responses to meat & dairy industry statements

For human health

Below is a look at the many ways consumption of meat and dairy is bad for human health, as well as links to vegan athletes who find their health improved by veganism. (Check back for more entries.)

For the environment

Reasons why veganism is a better choice for the health of the planet.

Quotes

  • Quotes — abolition vs. welfare
  • Quotes — animal agriculture and the Holocaust
  • Quotes — animal experimentation
  • Quotes — animal rights
  • Quotes — general

Newsletter, Philosophy, Essays

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Recipes

  • About specific ingredients, utensils, techniques
  • Breakfast
  • Desserts
  • Dog treats
  • Main dishes

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