Originally Posted by
rhag
Vegan here, different strokes for different folks. I do it because its what I feel is the right thing to do. If you eat meat, go for it i would just hope that people who eat meat know where it comes from. I'm not talking about a styrafoam container either. If a person is fine with eating it after they understand where it came from, cool thats your choice and I made mine. I hope all vegan/vegetarian people aren't labeled as having a "holier than thou" attitude. There's going to be elitest types in all groups of people but as like many groups of people the majority are just doing what they feel is right for them.
I doubt that all vegans know where they're produce comes from. I know in some places it's easy to buy all organic, but in other places it's damn near impossible. Some places you can easily get produce form small, balanced farms, but for a lot of us it comes from large monocultures. What if you're in the North eating produce that has been grown in the South? There's problems with everything when you look at a FULL life cycle assessment. I mean... a lot of my produce is shipped from the US or AU. I don't even want to think about how much fuel is used to transport and refrigerate across an ocean. And the heat created in building that ship?! And the heat created from making all the raw materials for it?
If you want to get on a soap box it better be the one in your personal garden where you grow your own $hit.