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Welcome to c/vegan@lemmy.world. Broadly, this community is a place to discuss veganism. Discussion on intersectional topics related to the animal rights movement are also encouraged.
What is Veganism?
'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'
— abridged definition from The Vegan Society
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Resources on Veganism
A compilation of many vegan resources/sites in a Google spreadsheet:
Here are some documentaries that are recommended to watch if planning to or have recently become vegan:
- You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again
- Dominion (2018) (CW: gore, animal abuse)
Vegan Fediverse
Lemmy: vegantheoryclub.org
Mastodon: veganism.social
Other Vegan Communities
General Vegan Comms
Circlejerk Comms
Vegan Food / Cooking
!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org
Attribution
- Banner image credit: Jean Weber of INRA on Wikimedia Commons
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This probably doesn't apply to everyone, but I tend to think that meat imitation products like this are usually attractive to people who are new to plant-based eating, whereas old plant-based eaters want alternatives to meat altogether, like soy/tofu, other pulses, legumes, nuts, grains, etc. I'm in the old camp, but I realize that products like 3D printed eel (or other examples) might help people who are exploring plant-based eating, and so I generally like to see stuff like this
Glad someone brought this up. I eat plant based simply because I don't like how meat tastes. Every so often when I order a vegan/vegetarian option from a new restaurant, it'll turn out to be some impossible-adjacent product that tastes too much like meat for me. I'm all for these products but wish food places would be more transparent about whether their meat-less options are imitating meat or not. Took this comment as a chance to get this off my chest
I got into veganism partially thanks to imitation meat, and while I almost never have it now I absolutely prefered the uniquely non-meat flavours they offered before the recent stuff got so close.
I think it's just culinary more interesting to have different flavours that are more meat-ish alternatives than perfect meat imitations.
It also freaks me out when I get some foods - if it seems like it might be real I am often not convinced I am eating something which is vegan/vegetarian. I don't need that stress lol.