#veganiam

[severelynerdysheep]

“We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.”

Cesar Chavez

#social justice #intersectionality #animals #animal rights #animal welfare #ethics #exploitation #animal exploitation #oppression #veganiam #vegan #intersectional social justice #speciesism #carnism #quote #leftism #leftist #intersectional activism #total liberation #speciesm #anthropocentrism #injustcie #anti oppression #your not anti oppression if your not vegan #exploitation is always unethical #intersectional feminism

[meeresbande]

Foods don’t become more nutritionally valuable because someone had to die for it. Therefore, veganism is not a diet. It’s not about restricting calories or any kind of nutrients – plants have plenty of those! There is no nutrient that one can’t get from purely plant-based foods. 

I eat pizza and donuts and cheeseburgers and bonbons and chocolate bars regularly. Just as I eat salad and avocado on wholegrain artisan bread with fleur-de-sel on occasion (and before anyone asks: I’m poor and severely mentally ill, not a paragon of privilege. Sometimes I still get the chance to eat nice food). The point being: A vegan can and should eat a wide variety of foods according to their preferences, needs and tastes. Some people have an easier time accessing this than others, but that’s one of the main things the existing vegan movements have actually already changed dramatically: Vegan specialty* food options are more widespread, easier accessible, more well-known and cheaper than they used to be. I’m not saying the work here is done, far from it! In fact, vegans should fight for food sovereignty!

But acting as though it’s vegans of all people who are somehow to blame for or don’t care about food deserts or the inaccessibility of cheap and variable and nutritious food choices for some people is disingenious at best. If I had to name only one single factor as most responsible for that, it would be the animal agriculture industry – grabbing land and dispossessing or outright killing indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers, lobbying for huge subsidies in industrialised countries so that meat and dairy and other animal product prices are artificially lowered, monopolising food markets to the best of their abilities, while unloading the true price not only on the backs of the countless animals that are killed, but also the exploited workers (including field workers who grow animal feed!), the communities that are polluted (look up environmental racism), the water that is polluted and diverted, the land erosion and deforestation, the climate change…

Of course all this has more factors that play into it. But it’s undeniable that animal agriculture plays an important and terrible role. In fact I have a hard time imagining how a world could be as food-injust as it currently is without industrial animal agriculture! (Not that the way plant foods are currently grown is infinitely better. We all know there is so so much wrong with that as well, up to downright slavery. But eating animals does not help exploited farmworkers… I’m for land-redistribution and decentralised community-run food production systems that empower and revitalise indigenous and traditional practices and/or adopt permaculture principles as appropriate to the time and place and circumstances.)

But really, we cannot forget that animals are feeling living beings who deserve to live and who should not be harmed or killed unnecessarily (even if there were a socially just or environmentally friendly way to do it, as far from our current reality in western society as that is).

*lots of food is and has always been vegan without having been labeled as such. Especially the staples of most people around the world, especially especially the global poor.

#veganiam #ethical veganism #political vegan #animal rights #animal liberation #veganism is not a diet #own #text

[crueltyfreerecipes]

Breakfast tater tot nachos

#food #food porn #recipe #recipes #breakfast #breakfast recipes #vegan #vegan recipes #veganiam #vegetarian #vegetarian reicpes #yum #yummy #cooking #pinterest #ideas #non dairy #non dairy recipes #dairy free #dairy free recipes #carbs #protein #health #helthy #healthy living #veggies #vegetables

[ohheyitsmika]

Guys, look at this amazing vegan sub I made. Baked Siracha Tofu Miyoko Mozz Artichoke Hearts Tomato Avocado Mix Greens Vegan Chipotle Mayo

#vegan #veganfood #whatveganseat #sandwich #veganiam

[thesoftestcloud]

i low key Never wanna post about my chickens ever again but matilda and gullan just had a lady & the tramp spaghetti situation with a blade of grass and it was cute :’-)

#p #i still cant believe the vegans in my inbox from a couple of weeks ago lol #bc it's literally my life goal to be an organic veggie farmer & live sustainably with my farmer wife in the woods #and if i kept chickens for eggs only and didnt give a fuck abt them do u think i'd have 3 of my #6 chickens be roosters?? no lmao they wouldnt be alive if i only cared about eggs #''taking advantage of another species reproductive system'' lol chickens lay eggs whether u want them to or not #if a chickens not laying any eggs it's an indicator that there's smth wrong #wow im still really salty about this #iv been a vegetarian since the day i turned 18 and i have given it a lot of thought and i have come to the conc #lusion that veganiam is not for me for lots of reasons but to be perfectly honest it's partly bc of ppl #like the ones in my inbox telling mt to kms because i eat eggs from my own backyard chickens #......but anyway

[brona-with-wings]

End of Veganuary 💚💚💚

Alrighty so after a month of being vegetarian/vegan I’ve learnt the following:

I’m actually slightly allergic to soy - basically in largish quantities it causes my face to break out so tofu, most fake meat, vegan butter and soy sauce are out but suprisingly my body is okay with vegan mayonnaise

Going out to restaurants is...challenging lol - I only went out to eat once and it was an Asian buffet so you know “yay salad bar”

I eat a lot of honey - I stopped eating honey after my first week and ever since then I noticed that it still has the same amount in it (about half full) turns out nobody else in the house actually eats honey and it’s been all me going through almost 2 huge ass jars a month lol

Explaining veganiam to ppl is...complicated - my sister and brother in law visited about 2 weeks ago and I didn’t really talk about my change (basically just trying to keep the peace) well turns out even if you’re just quietly eating a bowl of beans ppl still feel the need to say “well beans have feelings too” -_-

I can’t cook pinto beans but garbanzo beans are my jam - meanwhile my dogs are very happy about the two failed pots lol

Cruelty free body care/ beauty items are super easy - seriously just look for the bunny lol I did have to replace my shampoo but other than that my body/beauty routine is same as always

So yeah that’s been my journey so far, I still have a ways to go (I still have yet to go to my local farmers market), but in some ways I feel like I’ve learnt a lot and can’t wait to continue the journey 💚🌱💚

#vegan

[dmcjeff7]

Not to mention resource use; environmental degradation and cruelty to animals. Now is a great time to reboot society into Veganiam 🌱 (at Gammarth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDijL2TDYG9/?igshid=of1ic2189wm1

[hobobuzz]

New #hoboken tweet. @NJTRANSIT Will cross-honoring on Path and ferry for Hoboken tickets only be for M&E customers?

#Hoboken #Twitter

[awesome-ocelot-blog]

No fake cheese! Not now, not ever. veganpizzafuckyeah

#vegan #vegan pizza #veganiam #pizza #i love pizza #vegan foodporn

[hobobuzz]

New #hoboken tweet. @NJTRANSIT Will PATH from Hoboken to WTC be free for July and August for Montclair Boonton line passengers?

#Hoboken #Twitter