/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13968810
I agree that militant extreme vegans who usually have other underlying mental health issues take on a very misanthropic, black and white view of the world. But that's most extremists. Fortunately, veganism does have some semblance of a grey area in it's followers. 80% of people who try the diet don't hold the label after 10 years. And there are a few people who abstain from animal products who are aware that what they are doing is a personal choice and there are better ways to improve the quality of life of our livestock and wildlife for the people who can't live that kind of lifestyle for whatever reason.

Many vegans I engage with ALWAYS talk about our horrible hellscape factory farms, but they very seldom talk about other ways to not support those farms. You CAN buy animals that were not raised in confinement, or in farrowing crates, or pumped full of antibiotics and hormones and feed additives and gmo grains. You can support heritage breeds of livestock, which are overall superior in quality and many heritage breeds of animals are actually endangered.

I invite all vegans to ask questions without immediate answers. How SHOULD our domestic animal allies be raised?