Recent content by jonjan

the hope is already available... it is interesting. I'd welcome test-tube meat (but I might not blindly trust the safety of it, especially after seeing how the FDA handled genetically engineered foods which are proven to have caused intestinal lesions, unexpected allergies, altered...

Levonian... Good for you. I also don't eat any animal foods anymore, since '96. I never get sick and people comment about it, and the last time I went to my doctor for a routine check-up, he said he wished all his patients were as healthy as me. I grew up eating Little Ceasar's pizza and...

if you think it's a good direction for you, then great :) if it's helpful... here are a few forums of others exploring eating more plant-based... Veggie Forums the first forum is really active and lot of helpful encouraging people there.. veterans and newbies :)

good for you ! If somebody was doing what you were doing, at every slaughterhouse, there'd be a lot less suffering. Maybe in the future there will be less pigs being slaughtered for food, but until then I'm glad you are the leader at the plant you work at. Do you happen to know what gets...

I might say that humans have the relatively unique ability of self-awareness and higher mental functions. Some individuals in non-human animal bodies, with non-human brains, do have self-awareness, and some higher states of mental ability... like Washoe, KoKo, dolphins, and other animals...

at least he has a nice Calvin and Hobbes signature :thumb:

jazzy, I know what you mean, there is sooo much suffering, and no way we can prevent it all by ourselves. The only thing we can do, is to do what we ourselves can. But this is also a giant thing. Women's right to vote, black's rights, any change that was made, was made because there were...

there are big differences in animal foods. Some cause tremendous suffering and pollution (and also unhealthiness for the consumer), and some are a lot less. Generally, all the animal foods in big foodstores come from large-scale corporate factory farms. That means giant crowded sheds (for...

Hello all, I am the person who created the helpusall site that has the helpusall.com/ap page all of you saw, that Levonian shared. I saw that there were people coming to it from alldeaf, so I was curious what was being said. So I found this thread with so many caring posts :) I am not...