A.Word.A.Day--vegan

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A.Word.A.Day--vegan

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:02:28 -0400

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Guest wordsmith Matt Ball (veganpa at comcast.net) writes:

 

Growing up, I was a big fan of Carl Sagan, and I dreamed of exploring the

universe, expanding the frontier of human knowledge and vision. I started

my college to become a rocket scientist, with the plan of working for NASA.

 

But fate intervened on the first day of college when I met my roommate,

a big, strong guy, who was not shy about explaining his vegetarianism or

what hidden realities my eating meat supported. After a false start, I went

vegetarian -- I simply found the cruelties of meat production too severe

to continue to rationalize away.

 

Shortly thereafter, I met Jack Norris and started learning more about animal

exploitation in this world. I decided I needed to do more than be a

vegetarian. With ten other activists, Jack and I held a three-day Fast for

Farm Animals in front of a Cincinnati slaughterhouse (three days being the

amount of time farmed animals often go without food before slaughter). After

the fast, Jack and I formed a group which eventually became Vegan Outreach,

dedicated to preventing the most suffering possible.

 

You can order a free copy of our Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating at:

http://veganoutreach.org/starterpack/

 

(This week's guest wordsmith Matt Ball is co-founder and executive director

of the non-profit organization Vegan Outreach.)

 

 

vegan (VEE-guhn) noun

 

One who does not consume animal products.

 

adjective

 

Made with no animal ingredients.

 

[Coined in 1944 by Donald Watson (1910-2005) to describe a " non-dairy

vegetarian " ; formed from the first three and last two letters of the

word vegetarian.]

 

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=vegan

 

" Kitsch, lively and glamorous, Canadian food writer Sarah Kramer bucks all

the vegan stereotypes. "

Leonie Cooper; The Garden of Vegan; The Guardian (London, UK); Feb 6, 2008.

 

 

Enjoy being fit, healthy? Like guilt free eating? Make animals friends

and not your food. Check out http://stutigargblog.blogspot.com

 

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The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. -Henri Frederic

Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)

 

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Pronunciation:

http://wordsmith.org/words/vegan.wav

http://wordsmith.org/words/vegan.ram

 

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