Shouting about the disgrace of our society. We need to face upto the fact that killing animals is just unacceptable. Do something worthwhile today. Be vegan.
Living in Northern Norway I assumed that the small selection of vegan food options here were because I live in a remote village in the Arctic. However with Matthew returning from the US it became clear that I am in fact quite privilidged to have the options that I do for me and my family. I noticed on my last visit to the UK that there were few vegan choices in the supermarkets and because most of these chains have put small health food shops out of business I struggled to find food, especially food I could eat on the go. Since turning vegan I have found a heap of recipes for spreads and picnic style food but you have to make them! If you find yourself out and about it remains really tough to get a good vegan meal. In the UK I often resorted to buying unhealthy junk like potato chips or just had a solitary piece of dry bread! Not so appetising!
Matthew reported that where he was in the US, mainly Austin and San Francisco things were pretty much the same as in the UK, with the same chains in all the cities, serving the same food. He embarked on a spur of the moment road trip from Austin, Texas to San Francisco and again found it hard to get food.
So sitting here in my Arctic office, wondering if I should nip accross the road to the health food store and get some veggie spread, crackers, organic dark chocolate and a vanilla soya drink or go to the Co-op who have now started selling Tofutti spread, vegan mayo and chocolate soya milk or go to the local cafe where they will make me up a vegan baguette and some french fries to go with a lovely apple and cinnamon tea, I feel quite proud of my little village and its options. The fact that before we moved here we could get nothing except soya milk speaks volumes. It tells me that people here will cater for us, even if we are the only people buying the goods! It also means that the options are there for others who wish to try them and I am always encouraging people to do so.
I would encourage you as a vegan to ask your stores to supply the things you like, you may be surprised. Especially now when store are desperte for people to spend - it may just be you have the upper hand! And if you do have a local store that sells good food for you then support them all you can, even if it costs you a little more. We all have to help each other out. Even ask your supermarket, it won’t kill them to stock vegan food - aren’t they the lucky ones!
Have a productive and killing free weekend!
Jill x
I used to eat meat, wear leather and basically had the same contempt for animals which I see on a daily basis everywhere I look. I became a vegetarian after seeing newborn lambs prancing around and not wanting to be responsible for them being murdered. I became a vegan when I was thinking of breastfeeding my son and finally understood what the dairy industry is all about. What I know now, I did not know then. No longer living in ignorance, I have no option but to write this blog.
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If you thik you don’t have to much choices..Brazil is even worst. Yeah, we have a lot of veggies and fruits..but vegans don’t eat just salad. It’s hard to find food without dairy and eggs. And we have just some soy products..all non-dairy..we have no faux-meat..just really bad soy burgers and hot dogs..but, I think we can make a lot of stuffs at home..the problem is when we are travelling. and I would love to try some non-dairy cheese. Cause I really hate tofu, so I have no cheese option.
i became a Vegan three years ago and i can say that my health have been very very good. meat and dairy substitutes like soy also works well for the body.