“Everyone needs to be vegan right now!” It’s understandable to feel this sense of urgency. Tens of billions of animals are born into a life of misery and murder every year. Preventable lifestyle diseases are on the rise. Coping with dangerous work conditions, abuses from management, low pay, and psychological damage are the norm for […]
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What Exactly is a Vegan, Anyway?
“You’ve a vegan? Does that mean you’re from planet Vega?” “So you’re one of those va-guns?” “Vegan? I’ve been hearing that word a lot lately. What does it mean?” “Do you eat fish?” “If you’re vegan you can’t have the ham, but you can have the egg salad.” “But where do you get your protein?” […]
The Compassion Conversation Must Continue
This summer marks eight years since I read Skinny Bitch. It would be another year and half before I gave up cheese, but my awakening to a more compassionate lifestyle began that afternoon in a Barnes & Noble store. Awakening Maybe that’s not quite true. I think I had already started to awaken, in some […]
The Magic of Picking Up Your First CSA Share
Finding ourselves in a rut and buying the same veggies over and over again, week after week, my partner and I decided to try purchasing a CSA summer share this year. The promise of fresh, organic, seasonal vegetables was alluring from a health perspective, but the slightly scary/mostly exciting thought of creating dishes based on […]
Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time
Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time is the story of Esther, the tiny piglet who came into the lives of Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter by chance one day. I follow Esther on social media, so I’ve been in love with her for years now, but I love her even more […]