Try Vegan!

	“Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” Albert Einstein letter dated 1950, quoted in H. Eves’ Mathematical Circles Adieu, 1977

There are lots of things each of us can do to make the world a better place. However, eating vegan is likely the most effortless—and enjoyable!—way to have a profoundly positive impact as often as every day.

As the many far-reaching effects of our food choices come to light, interest in eating a vegetarian diet continues to grow. Based on the results of a 2003 national survey by Harris Interactive, the Vegetarian Journal estimates that there are 5.7 million adult vegetarians in the United States.

So try vegan for your next meal!

Would you like some more help getting started?

Our FREE starter guide offers easy-to-follow recipes—including nondairy cheeses and mock meat—plus a vegetarian foods glossary and meal-planning tips. There’s also a list of recommended resources, such as cookbooks and on-line/mail-order stores that specialize in vegetarian products.

In addition, the booklet contains information that can help you optimize your health on a vegetarian diet. A detailed guide to specific nutrients is provided, with recommendations on how much of each nutrient you should be getting and which foods are good sources.

Vegan Outreach

Being vegan isn’t about being perfect or pure—
it’s about reducing suffering.

Instead of supporting the hidden cruelties of factory farms and slaughterhouses, we can each choose to act with compassion by boycotting animal agriculture.

Making humane choices is the ultimate affirmation of our humanity.

Over the course of a lifetime, one person’s food choices affect hundreds of animals. In order to prevent the most suffering, it’s important we each take an approach we can sustain. After reviewing these pages, some people may decide to go vegan immediately; others may choose to eat fewer animal products and explore more vegetarian meals.

Remember: Veganism is not an end in itself. It should not be thought of as a religious doctrine prohibiting a list of evil ingredients. Rather, veganism is best viewed as a tool for reducing suffering.

Vegan Outreach can provide you with copies of our brochures (Why Vegan?, Even If You Like Meat, and/or Compassionate Choices) to share with friends and family or to distribute in your community. Please see our catalog to order literature, as well as videos and other resources.

Our advocacy essays provide more ideas for outreach. And our free weekly email newsletter keeps members up to date with the latest news and actions.

See our front page or site map for more information, or contact us with questions!

“I think everybody has the capacity to stop and think and say, ‘If I knew you, I wouldn’t eat you.’ “And in some ways, it really is that simple.” Tom Regan, PhD, NCSU Professor of Philosophy from A Cow at My Table

Photo courtesy of Pangea Vegan Products.