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Why Vegan?

• About Vegan Outreach
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• Why Vegan?
  • Introduction and Contents
  • Factory Farms
  • Transport and Stockyards
  • Slaughterhouses
  • Stories from Behind the Walls
  • Environmental Destruction
  • Resources and Contamination
  • Widening the Circle of Compassion
  • A Healthy Way to Live
  • What to Eat?
  • More Information
• Starter Guide
  • Introduction and Contents
  • Staying Healthy
  • What Do Vegans Eat?
    • Simple Meal Ideas
    • Vegan Foods Glossary
    • Meat, Egg, and Dairy Substitutes
    • Favorite Products
  • Cooking
    • Do You Really Need a Recipe?
    • Substitution Tips
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Sandwiches and Wraps
    • Salads and Side Dishes
    • Sauces, Dips, and Spreads
    • Soups, Stews, and Chili
    • Pasta and Rice Dishes
    • Seitan
    • Desserts
    • Product Recipes
    • More Recipes
    • Cookbooks and Videos
  • Further Reading and Resources
    • On Living with Compassion
    • Defining “Vegan”
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Contacts and Discussion Groups
• Vegan Health
• Advocacy Essays and Articles
• Booklets and Other Resources
• Catalog

Why Vegan? is also available both in PDF format and as a printed booklet, and has been translated into several other languages:

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Contents

Factory Farms Transport and Stockyards Slaughterhouses Stories from Behind the Walls Environmental Destruction

Resources and Contamination Widening the Circle of Compassion A Healthy Way to Live What to Eat? More Information

“It is all very well to say that individuals must wrestle with their consciences—but only if their consciences are awake and informed. Industrial society, alas, hides animals’ suffering. Few people would themselves keep a hen in a shoebox for her egg-laying life; but practically everyone will eat smartly packaged, ‘farm fresh’ eggs from battery hens…milk drinkers do not see the calves torn from their mothers.” The Economist, “What Humans Owe to Animals,” 8/19/95

“For modern animal agriculture, the less the consumer knows about what’s happening before the meat hits the plate, the better. “If true, is this an ethical situation? “Should we be reluctant to let people know what really goes on, because we’re not really proud of it and concerned that it might turn them to vegetarianism?” Peter Cheeke, PhD, Oregon State U. Professor of Animal Agriculture Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture, 2004 textbook

“There’s a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause to consider the miserable life of the pig—an animal easily as intelligent as a dog—that becomes the Christmas ham.” The New York Times Magazine “An Animal’s Place,” by Michael Pollan, 11/10/02

Interested in exploring a more compassionate way of life? Unsure how to try vegetarianism? Vegan Outreach’s starter guide covers everything from nutrition to recipes to philosophy—for everyone from those wanting to try vegetarian foods occasionally, to longtime vegans!

Our starter guide is also available in booklet format, entitled Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating:

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• Order a free copy
• Order additional copies to share or distribute

Contents

• Staying Healthy – Health and nutrition information, including recommended daily intakes of important nutrients.
• What Do Vegans Eat?
  • Simple Meal Ideas
  • Vegan Foods Glossary
  • Meat, Egg, and Dairy Substitutes – Links to some popular vegan products.
  • Favorite Products – Compilation of our enewsletter’s “Products of the Week.”
• Cooking
  • Do You Really Need a Recipe?
  • Substitution Tips
• Recipes
  • Breakfast
  • Sandwiches and Wraps
  • Salads and Side Dishes
  • Sauces, Dips, and Spreads
  • Soups, Stews, and Chili
  • Pasta and Rice Dishes
  • Seitan
  • Desserts
  • Product Recipes – Links to recipes using some of the vegan products available at many supermarkets and natural food stores.
  • More Recipes – Additional online resources for vegan recipes.
  • Cookbooks and Videos
• Further Reading and Resources
  • On Living with Compassion – With the Why addressed, this piece examines the What and How (more essays available here).
  • Defining “Vegan” – What “vegan” means to some people.
  • FAQ – Answers to some of the frequently asked questions we receive.
  • Contacts and Email Discussion Groups – Links to organizations, individual volunteers, and email discussion groups, listed by region.