Questions

“Where do you get your protein?” “Aren’t humans meant to eat meat?” Here you’ll find short, calm answers you can read — or simply send a link to.

• “Where do you get your protein?”

  From beans, lentils, tofu, nuts, seeds and grains — and it is enough.

• “Isn’t it natural to eat meat?”

  Maybe it was. But the real question is whether we need to — and we don't.

• “Isn’t being vegetarian enough?”

  Vegetarianism is a diet. Veganism is about how we treat animals — on the plate and everywhere else.

• “Eating meat is part of our culture.”

  It is. But culture is people, and people change it all the time.

• “What’s wrong with eating local?”

  Nothing — for vegetables. For an animal, “local” doesn’t change what happens to them.

• “Why not honey?”

  Because honey is the bees' own food, and harvesting it can cost them their health.

• “Veganism is your personal choice. You do you, and I’ll do me.”

  Partly fair — nobody can choose for someone else. But a choice with a victim isn't only personal.

• “Why not eggs from backyard hens?”

  The hens may be happy — but where they came from, and what laying costs them, still matter.