When Amazon.com bought Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion in 2017, some vegans assumed it would be a massive boost to veganism. It’s easy to see why: Self-described vegan CEO John Mackey remained in his position, and with such an…
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Is Amazon’s Whole Foods Market a Vegan’s Friend or Foe?
Tagged with: Whole Foods Markets, humane, vegans, veganism
Posted in vegan foods, Whole Foods, Farmed Individuals from Other Species, Veganism
Posted in vegan foods, Whole Foods, Farmed Individuals from Other Species, Veganism
Why do vegans allow vegetarianism to define veganism?
Shake hands, declare independence We must end our non-critical acceptance of vegetarianism’s influence and power over veganism. Though unintentional, vegetarianism will continue to harm and subvert veganism’s progress until vegans stand up to claim and control veganism’s definition and affirm…
Tagged with: vegans, vegan human ecology, social change, veganism, this is hope the book
Posted in Veganism, Definitions, The State of Our Movement
Posted in Veganism, Definitions, The State of Our Movement
Are Vegans Vegetarians? Part 3
Before I describe how international and U.S. organizations inappropriately reference veganism as vegetarianism, please remember my purpose for writing “Are Vegans Vegetarians?” We need to understand that defining veganism as a type of vegetarianism—and using those terms interchangeably—diminishes veganism, is…
Are Vegans Vegetarians? Part 2
In Part 1, I noted that the conversation of what vegetarianism is and is not has been ongoing as a contemporary issue since the early 1800s. In Part 2, I review highlights of the historical context when vegetarianism lost its…
Tagged with: vegetarianism, veganism, vegetarian, Donald Watson, vegan
Posted in The State of Our Movement, Veganism
Posted in The State of Our Movement, Veganism
Are Vegans Vegetarians?
And by extension, “Is Vegetarianism Relevant Today?” Part1: The content of this multi-part blog is based on one of my presentations at the 2015 NAVS Summerfest last week. The debate over the meaning of vegetarianism is not new. People…
Tagged with: vegan, vegetarianism, veganism, vegetarian, vegan history, vegan terminology
Posted in Veganism, The State of Our Movement
Posted in Veganism, The State of Our Movement
