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A vegan flag combo based on the vegan flag .

Why Vegan?
From saving animals to supporting workers and the environment, there are so many important reasons to go vegan.

The Vegan Society defines veganism as a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. As such, vegans try to avoid supporting the exploitation of animals for food, clothing, cosmetics, experiments and entertainment. The question most often put to vegans is why we would choose to live in this way given the fact that eating animals is a socially accepted norm in our society. While not everyone is able to eat 100% plant-based at this time in their life, there are several compelling reasons for everyone to do the best they can given their circumstances.

Not only do 56billion+ land animals and 1-3 trillion sea animals have to die each year for our consumption, animal agriculture is terrible for the environment and human health in every way. From habitat destruction and deforestation, to ocean dead zones, to species extinction, to water usage and contamination, to GHG emissions, to climate change, to pandemics, antibiotic resistance, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, environmental racism, displaced indigenous populations, human rights abuses in slaughterhouses and farms (yes, including Uncle Joes' happy smiling dairy farm) to a whole lot of other issues.

Animal agriculture is one of, if not the leading cause of all these and more.

There's a lot of misinformation and misconceptions surrounding veganism and it hurts seeing so many queer and general leftist movements fighting so hard against it because some vegan was mean to them once or they think veganism=eating a bunch of fancy meat/cheese replacements rather than anything that doesn't have animals in it. We can't ignore animal rights because we will be throwing marginalized communities and every human under the bus.

Going vegan is a lot easier than most people think, and there's still so many things a person can do even if they can't eat 100% plant-based.

Resources:

Resources for cheap vegan food and for vegans in college.
Resources for going vegan and general information on animal rights issues and anti-vegan arguments.
Cheap vegan foods.
Vegan egg/meat/dairy substitutes and information about the cruelties of the egg industry.
Another guide on going vegan.
Some guides for people with allergies.
More allergy resources.
Acti-veg’s huge collection of resources of all kinds.
Acti-veg’s blog index which has pretty much everything else.
Black-owned vegan businesses that ship nationwide.
List of vegan subreddits. Has subs for vegans of several marginalized identities.
325 + Black-Owned Vegan & Plant-Based Businesses
Some resources for people who’ve been told they “can’t go vegan”
Masterpost of masterposts
An updated list of links to quick online vegan advocacy opportunities
How to transition to veganism

Description

A vegan flag combo based on the vegan flag .

Why Vegan?
From saving animals to supporting workers and the environment, there are so many important reasons to go vegan.

The Vegan Society defines veganism as a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. As such, vegans try to avoid supporting the exploitation of animals for food, clothing, cosmetics, experiments and entertainment. The question most often put to vegans is why we would choose to live in this way given the fact that eating animals is a socially accepted norm in our society. While not everyone is able to eat 100% plant-based at this time in their life, there are several compelling reasons for everyone to do the best they can given their circumstances.

Not only do 56billion+ land animals and 1-3 trillion sea animals have to die each year for our consumption, animal agriculture is terrible for the environment and human health in every way. From habitat destruction and deforestation, to ocean dead zones, to species extinction, to water usage and contamination, to GHG emissions, to climate change, to pandemics, antibiotic resistance, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, environmental racism, displaced indigenous populations, human rights abuses in slaughterhouses and farms (yes, including Uncle Joes' happy smiling dairy farm) to a whole lot of other issues.

Animal agriculture is one of, if not the leading cause of all these and more.

There's a lot of misinformation and misconceptions surrounding veganism and it hurts seeing so many queer and general leftist movements fighting so hard against it because some vegan was mean to them once or they think veganism=eating a bunch of fancy meat/cheese replacements rather than anything that doesn't have animals in it. We can't ignore animal rights because we will be throwing marginalized communities and every human under the bus.

Going vegan is a lot easier than most people think, and there's still so many things a person can do even if they can't eat 100% plant-based.

Resources:

Resources for cheap vegan food and for vegans in college.
Resources for going vegan and general information on animal rights issues and anti-vegan arguments.
Cheap vegan foods.
Vegan egg/meat/dairy substitutes and information about the cruelties of the egg industry.
Another guide on going vegan.
Some guides for people with allergies.
More allergy resources.
Acti-veg’s huge collection of resources of all kinds.
Acti-veg’s blog index which has pretty much everything else.
Black-owned vegan businesses that ship nationwide.
List of vegan subreddits. Has subs for vegans of several marginalized identities.
325 + Black-Owned Vegan & Plant-Based Businesses
Some resources for people who’ve been told they “can’t go vegan”
Masterpost of masterposts
An updated list of links to quick online vegan advocacy opportunities
How to transition to veganism