Compassionate eating, as I see it gives us the opportunity to actualize a humane and peaceful lifestyle that honors all sentient beings that share life on this planet.

What happens when you remove both meat and alcohol from your life? Some people would consider living this type of existence the exact definition of the word "hell."

A Practical Vegetarian is one who almost always eats plant-based food when that choice is available -- and when it's not, is open to eating whatever food is indeed available and does so with gratitude.

Being inspired (or prodded) into living as well as possible is one of the gifts of being committed to this vegan way of life. It indirectly benefits animals and it very directly benefits me.

I grew from a typical Midwestern, middle-class only child into a committed plant eater and animal advocate due, probably, to a series of events that happened early on.