green vegans

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Comment by Martin on July 5, 2012 at 4:43pm

Great Idea Irene!!

In my country, most of the vegan farms get sustained by dividing their lands in two parts. In one of them, they cultivate all the vegetables and fruits needed for their own feed.

In the other part, they cultivate flowers and medicinal herbs to sell to the herbalist and naturist centers in order to get the money needed to pay the rent and make ends meet. They only negociate with naturist and herbalist centers and not with big pharmaceutical laboratories!!

I hope your dream become true! Good Luck!

Sorry for my english :)

Comment by Irene Gardiner on June 24, 2012 at 11:20am

Hi guys,

My dream is to start a vegan commune on a farm near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I already found a nice 11 Ha plot for sale. Got in touch with local vegans (all two of them J) – nobody is brave enough to commit funds or move out of the city and change their lifestyle. I am also not sure what financial model should be used. Any ideas?

Irene

Comment by Bhey Bernabe Ⓥ on June 27, 2010 at 12:20am

I LOVE MOTHER EARTH..THAT WHY I AM VEGAN. I AM LOOKING FOR WAYS IN IMPROVING ONE'S VEGAN LIFESTYLE AND SAVING THE EARTH AT THE SAME TIME... ON MY OWN LITTLE WAYS I MAKE CHANGES...I RATHER WALK THAN RIDE PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLE...A DECENT WALK WOULD NOT HURT MOTHER EARTH!!!

Comment by Jane Saw on May 12, 2010 at 3:22pm

The "wasting water" issue is one important reason for me being vegan. Weird is when an omnivore tells me that "plants have feelings too" - completely forgetting that so much more plants and water (= life!) is being destroyed by "producing" animal products. With just a bit of logical thinking they would hit on that animal don't exist from "nothing" and that so much more is "behind" whats on their plate...
I think its awful how humans live from nature, just take everything for granted and give nothing in response than waste and pollution. They see themselves isolated from nature and controlling, but this is fatal.
I love this (not "our"!) beautiful planet and I prefer at least trying to being part of the solving - not the problem, and really try to make a difference.
Being vegan is the best choice for everyone who cares enough to really make a small change -in themselves.

Comment by adam antichrist on May 9, 2010 at 2:20pm

That's a really good point Kumi. It is possible that by consuming only imported foods your impact is higher than if you ate some locally sourced animal products. But then the other benefits of veganism are lost, such as the animal rights questions; and you would still need to eat some imported things anyway. I guess the answer is still veganism, but being aware of where the items are imported from and how they are produced becomes more important.

Comment by kumi on May 9, 2010 at 10:05am

i've been thinking about the relationship between ecological issues and
veganism. it's very hard to find vegan products in japan. if i stick only
to vegan products, i have to import them from overseas. so i was
wondering if it was less ecological and had a dilemma about it.
i think it's a good place to think about it.
thanks for adding such an interesting group, adam!