STORIES
The Vegan Connection | Nancy Arenas
Four and half years ago during a conversation with a dear friend, I became vegan, right there. Right then, I became overwhelmingly sympathetic to the sufferings of animals. I finally made the connection. "What connection," someone asks, "What is this 'disconnect' that...
Investing for Vegan Values | Brenda Morris
I was already vegetarian when I went to college in New Hampshire and was beyond thrilled to find out on the first day at dinner that my roommate was also a vegetarian! We were instant best friends and told the world (well, the fraternity brothers + everyone else who...
My Journey from Clueless Omnivore to Vegan Activist | Diane Gandee Sorbi
Like most people of my generation, I grew up with no awareness or thought about where my food came from. I didn’t recognize the animals on my plate as once-living beings. Those pigs, cows, chickens and turkeys were simply “meat,” which was something I considered a...
Being Vegan is a Win-Win-Win | Keane Southard
I was an extremely picky eater as a child, and I was afraid to even taste so many foods. Most dinners consisted of fish sticks and cheese sticks, both dipped in ketchup. Outside of that, I usually ate peanut butter sandwiches (no jelly), cheese pizza (no toppings),...
Uno Mas | Vilma Reynoso
“Uno mas?” I looked up at Dad, and before I could answer, another piece of charred meat was put on my plate, whether I wanted it or not. I’ve never forgotten the smell of spices and cooked meat that permeated the back porch where we ate as a family. Every Sunday, we...
Compassion in Action | Tabitha Logan
I was a barber for 14 years. It was a career I found very rewarding in terms of people I got to know, but over time I also began to feel my life was too focused on the external. I started looking inward to find what made me happy. I found that making candles was a...
Veggie Power | Joe Walsh
I clearly remember the moment when I decided to become vegetarian. I was 11. I was walking down the street in Brooklyn, and my brother and I saw some animals near a door. I like animals, so I headed inside, and I saw a goat being held with a knife to his neck, and...
Vegan for Health, Animals and the Earth | Brooke Bussard
Starting as a young athlete, then pursuing a career in medicine, and finally spending the majority of my adult life as a personal trainer, I have been fascinated with the human body and on a quest to maximize health and optimize life. Little did I know 25 years ago...
Why I Became Vegan | Larry Weiss
I am an attorney and for the last 30 years I have been working on animal protection and environmental issues. Why did I become vegan? There are so many reasons why people do anything: accident, evolution, a promise, a moment of absolute honesty. All of these played a...
Love For All Animals | Katina Czyczelis
I have always had great love and empathy for animals. However, I was brought up in the carnist paradigm and taught to think it was necessary to use, kill, and eat animals. It wasn’t until I left home and learned there was such a thing as ‘vegetarian’, that I became...
From Cows to Rams and Beyond | Catherine Perry
An American growing up in Switzerland, I discovered the beauty of cows when my parents took me on excursions to the countryside, and especially to the mountains, where I would lose myself in the cows’ gentle eyes and lovingly absorb their fragrance. And how I admired...