http://www.veganvictuals.com/blog/2009/10/veganmofo-26-what-would-the-community-think.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.veganvictuals.com/blog/2009/10/veganmofo-26-what-would-the-community-think.html/comment-page-1#comment-617 the greek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:20:51 +0000 http://www.veganvictuals.com/blog/?p=454#comment-617 They also sell stuff like raw vegan ice cream (It's like a dollar an ounce), vegan treats (which is just about as sustainable as a twinkie), and various other vegan sandwich and soup options. However fetishized and contemptible, I applaud them for their effort to feature a lot of locally grown and even more locally made products. I don't feel though that responsibly procured meat or dairy (and I'm talking personal charge of accountability, not relying on a fancy seal of approval) has to contribute to mass wanton callous suffering. Suffering is a constant (some say the only constant) in life, and so working with it in the most humane way possible is sometimes all we can do to keep our heads. It's difficult for eggs, dairy, and meat to considered as "clean" at all though, no matter where it comes from, with so many afflictions attributed to their gluttonous consumption. I choose to not be a vegan (anymore) not just because of preferences in taste, but because after all is said and done, I'd rather support a system where we have closest connection possible without our food, and agriculture, fortunately or unfortunately, if it is to be sustainable, has to include non-human animals in its cycle. A faux animal product made from grain or beans that are grown in the same fields as CAFO feed perpetuate expectations of what food should be, but don't open it up to question about what it can be, and what we can be happy with in our on backyards. This of course is a major inconvenience for most people that would still be comfortable living life as they know it; it would still be even moreso inconvenient to take it one step further and all become frutarians and foragers and hunter-gatherers, doing away with agriculture (interesting side note: the agricultural evolution 10,000 years ago was the first recorded dramatic, though not significant, spike in carbon emissions). Sorry for the digressive monkeywrench. They also sell stuff like raw vegan ice cream (It's like a dollar an ounce), vegan treats (which is just about as sustainable as a twinkie), and various other vegan sandwich and soup options. However fetishized and contemptible, I applaud them for their effort to feature a lot of locally grown and even more locally made products. I don't feel though that responsibly procured meat or dairy (and I'm talking personal charge of accountability, not relying on a fancy seal of approval) has to contribute to mass wanton callous suffering. Suffering is a constant (some say the only constant) in life, and so working with it in the most humane way possible is sometimes all we can do to keep our heads. It's difficult for eggs, dairy, and meat to considered as "clean" at all though, no matter where it comes from, with so many afflictions attributed to their gluttonous consumption. I choose to not be a vegan (anymore) not just because of preferences in taste, but because after all is said and done, I'd rather support a system where we have closest connection possible without our food, and agriculture, fortunately or unfortunately, if it is to be sustainable, has to include non-human animals in its cycle. A faux animal product made from grain or beans that are grown in the same fields as CAFO feed perpetuate expectations of what food should be, but don't open it up to question about what it can be, and what we can be happy with in our on backyards. This of course is a major inconvenience for most people that would still be comfortable living life as they know it; it would still be even moreso inconvenient to take it one step further and all become frutarians and foragers and hunter-gatherers, doing away with agriculture (interesting side note: the agricultural evolution 10,000 years ago was the first recorded dramatic, though not significant, spike in carbon emissions). Sorry for the digressive monkeywrench.

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