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Yep, still vegan; My reasons...My Conscience
Eating animals does
not fit my belief system, and the abuse and violence employed to
feed humans an animal-based diet is despicable. Since this is an
unpopular view, I wasn't exposed to it until my early twenties. I
wish the goings-on of modern agriculture weren't so obfuscated in our
society, so that I could have made an informed decision earlier in life.
My Health The quality of food
has been detiorating for some time now as commercial food interests
race to the bottom. The meat and dairy of today is nothing like
that of a century ago. The modern meat lifecycle makes an
inherently bad product much worse by way of the introduction of
hormones, antibiotics, antifungals, and poorly understood, potentially
lethal pathogens like BSE.
Our Environment The efforts of
modern agribusness cause great harm to our land, atmosphere, and
waterways. The environment seems to be the topic du jour in even
the mainstream media, so I'm hopeful more people will start to see the
food-environment connections.
Our Economy Our current diet is
propped up by corn, milk, and meat subsidies. These subsidies
cost us money. Every payday, I'm spending tax dollars on an
industry I don't agree with, against my will.
Some online forums for veg-heads
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