I used to think vegans were snobs though I’d never actually met one. I was raised on meat and potatoes, a familiar rhythm of family meals. But at eighteen, on a whim, I decided to try going vegetarian. Just for kicks. A week later, I was at a birthday party. We ordered appetizers, and out…
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Alice Walker
“The animals of this world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” — Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, in a forward to The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery, 1988
Dexter Scott King
“Veganism has given me a higher level or awareness and spirituality.” — Dexter Scott King, son of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Vegetarian Times, 1995
T. Colin Campbell, PhD
“In every respect, vegans appear to enjoy equal or better health in comparison to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians.” — T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Professor of Nutrition, Cornell University
Humans are Herbivores: A Handy Chart
Sometimes it helps to see it all laid out. Thanks to Milton Mills, MD, we have this handy chart to walk us through our comparative biology. Despite that humans may eat like omnivores, we are in fact, designed to be herbivores. We’re smart enough to prepare food, yes, but now we’re also smart enough to…
Recipes For Compassion 