This month marked my wife Ashley’s 5-year anniversary with the vegan lifestyle. Although we started this journey together, she was all in from the start while I had to lean in and take my time with it. Our evolution started simply enough – on a summer morning in 2009 I was reading an article about […]
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Life as a Vegan
I have been vegan now for over three years. It was nearly an overnight process and I have never once looked back. No exaggeration – I went from eating rare steak one day to being disgusted by it the next. Vegan followed vegetarian after a mere few months. I like to say “the switch flipped”. […]
Book Review and Giveaway: Plant-Powered for Life
Sharon Palmer is on a mission to help you fall in love with plants. In her new book Plant-Powered for Life she conjures up images of farmers markets full of fresh, crisp vegetables, produce bins overflowing with juicy ripe fruit, and fields of fresh leafy greens. Even the most die-hard carnivore wouldn’t be able to […]
Veganize it: Shoe Edition
Perhaps the most daunting task when veganizing your wardrobe is finding vegan shoes. With all of the ads for leather and suede shoes, it’s easy to assume that finding quality, eco-friendly, vegan alternatives would be challenging. Actually, with a little bit of research (don’t worry the extent of research required pretty much stops at Google), […]
See Things for What They Actually Are
Cruelty has many faces. Evil, big businesses have many aliases. Unethical behavior takes many sneaky disguises, often as lovely-looking, innocent things we are surrounded by in every day life. If you want to succeed as a vegan, one of the best (and scariest) things to tackle is seeing things as they actually are and not […]