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Now I want to be Vegan. I was on Farm Santuary when I saw a video (I didn't even watch, just read the description) and saw that it was about a mother cow chasing after a worker who was dragging her poor baby calf away from her-it was still wet after being born. Then I realized that how can I be for the animals if I consume dairy. Consuming dairy means I am talking away from the calf what it should rightfully have and causing the mother cow pain....and I can't be against cruelty if I do that. I had also been talking to Daniel here on Care2.....and I realized that dairy also contributes to the horrible veal industry as well. I am glad I saw the light, now I can go a step further.
So, today I went out and brought Silk soymilk and yogurt...combing through the ingredients on my usual foods (like bread, snacks etc) isn't easy, and I do have leftover cheese and a few more leftover things that I will finish up (so I am not being wasteful to the animal I have already caused pain to). As for eggs, I will try Ener-G egg replacement just cause I am curious. The cold weather has left my mother's pet hens not as interested in laying, so I'll try that until they start again. I heard applesause can be used in place of eggs too...I'll see how that works. No Toffuti ice cream at Jewel, so I made do with sorbet (yes I admit I am weird enough to eat that in January!) Still can't find vegan margerine or sour cream there either....thankfully Peapod sells it, so no big deal, I guess.
I want to stress that I am doing this out of compassion, love and Buddhism, not to be trendy. I just have to say that because I know someone who drinks soymilk, eats veggie burgers and claims to be "vegan-like"...and also eats sushi because it's "healthy". People who do stuff like that ruin it for the true Vegs and Vegans out there and make me so mad! |
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| Jan 25 |
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Blog: I work with Vegetarians!
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— How awesome is this? I
just started a new job
recently...I work with
the owner and his wife,
and usually their two
small children are in the
office on a daily basis.
I was talking with the
wife today...and found
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| Sep 24 |
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Blog: Meat free for Over a month! Yay!!
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— So now I am vegetarian
with vegan tendencies! I
am so happy! I keep the
weight off now and all
the veggie food is
awesome-my taste buds
have been opened to a
whole new world of food!
I am now trying dairy
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| Aug 12 |
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Blog: My first day going veg!
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— OK, so ever since I
decided to become
lacto-ovo vegetarian I
have adopted a consious
decision to ween myself
off meat. Well, I made
today my first meat-free
day and I actually feel
really good! I feel great
having not eaten another
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— AGAIN , ANOTHER BARBARIC
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— AGAIN , ANOTHER BARBARIC
SITUATION DIVIDE ROMANIA,
NOW THE CITY , VULCAN,
WHERE , AGAIN AND AGAIN
THE POOR STRAYS ARE THE
VICTIMS, PLEASE HELP TO
STOP THIS BARBARIC
KILLING BY SIGNING THE
PETITION, ADRESSED TO THE
MAYOR, PLEASE OPEN YOUR
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Blog: Please sign the petition to Support the Recognition of Fibromyalgia by Chris K.
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— Please sign this very
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Alert: CHATTANOOGA TN ~ “ ‘Real Life’ Is Real Fun For Cats At Humane Educational Society” by Dave O.
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Alert: CHATTANOOGA TN ~ “ ‘Real Life’ Is Real Fun For Cats At Humane Educational Society” by Dave O.
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— REPLY TO:
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Pet List:
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shelters/TN25.html
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