
To Vegan or Not to Vegan
I want to end the cruelty that factory farming commits upon livestock. That very word alone, livestock, makes me shudder. As if the animals are simply candies in a dish. Hardly that easy to choose and eat though. Slaughtering is a messy business and that's why it's always done behind closed doors, and tours to the general public are never offered. Not willingly anyway.
So, I want to stop eating meat and dairy, and poultry and anything that used to live. I'll continue to eat plants for sure. Okay, only those that are non-root plants. No radishes, or carrots or potatoes. Nothing that destroys the plant if I eat it. I can cut it like leaf lettuce, trim it like grass - not that I'll eat grass but..so there it is. I can eat fruits. Mainly. I like fruits. They're sweet. If I can pick it from a plant and not kill the plant...
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