Vegan Bites: Significant Quotes
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE PLANET
“If you want to make a statement, ride your bike to the farmers market. If you want to make a difference, go vegetarian.” read more >>
“Stop Eating Meat I don’t know if I’d go so far as calling meat eating ‘the single worst things humans can do to the environment’ like Change.org does, but in terms of actions you can take to reduce your carbon emissions (not to mention cultivating compassion for all life…) adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet is one of the most powerful things you can do.” read more >>
EGGS
“The HSUS launched a national campaign publicly urging IHOP to move away from exclusively purchasing eggs from hens confined in cages—a modest step that many of the company’s competitors (including Denny’s, Burger King and Wendy’s) have already taken.” read more >>
“It is hard to imagine that the boiled egg that we consider part of a traditional breakfast could, in a foreseeable time, be produced without the actual laying hen being necessary.” read more >>
WHY VEG?
“The farmer, Vic, told me to look at all the turkeys and pick one out. I saw a cute one with a silly walk and cried, ‘Him!’ Before my pointing finger had even dropped to my side, Vic had grabbed the turkey by the neck and slit [the animal's] throat. Blood and feathers went flying. I had sentenced that turkey to death! Up until then, I didn’t know where meat came from—and I’ve been a vegetarian ever since.” read more >>
PROBLEMS FOR ACTIVISTS
“Between people who unabashedly support eating meat and those who adopt moral vegetarianism, lie a number of people who are uncomfortably carnivorous and vaguely wish they could be vegetarians. Opposing animal suffering in principle, they can ignore it in practice, relying on the visual disconnect between supermarket meat and slaughterhouse practices not to trigger their moral emotions.” read more >>
“the population is going gangbusters and growing at a much faster rate than our ability to persuade people to be more animal friendly, which of course creates an inherent problem for animal advocates“ read more >>
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