I was vegetarian for 20 years and finally went vegan when I saw Mercy for Animals videos about the egg and dairy industries.

I decided to go vegan around 2012/2013 in order to reduce the amount of harm done to animals.

After my wife went vegan, I decided to try it for a month so I would better understand the decisions she would have to make at grocery stores & restaurants, how she would have to prepare meals, etc. After three weeks I knew I would stay with it. I spent some time a few years ago trying to learn web development and built a vegan web site as my practice project. I got more involved in animal agriculture, climate issues, etc. through that.

I went vegan for the animals and have been advocating for veganism ever since.

My wife and I became vegan after watching Vegucated on Netflix. We woke up the next morning, cleared out our fridge and pantry, and haven't looked back.

My cancer diagnosis led me to my doctoral research in search of the Ideal Diet For Humans. By following this whole-food, mostly plant-based diet, I healed from cancer and got my energy and vitality back. Then one day a friend sent me a video of Gary Yurofsky's lecture. Immediately after viewing his talk and understanding the suffering caused by the meat and dairy industry, I became a vegan never to eat any animal products again.

I am a biomedical scientist who has been a passionate vegan advocate since 2013!

I remember telling myself I love meat so much that I can never live without it. This was later replaced with cheese when I went vegetarian.

Today, I am the Founder and CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection, a nonprofit that brings vegan outreach and education to universities, to support and mentor students and future leaders! We are building a unified, effective, and sustainable infrastructure for animal advocacy in universities by focusing on 3 areas:

Vegan outreach, education and community building, and making dining halls plant based!

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My transition started when my friend told me that I can't say I love animals and eat them too! I resisted for several months, but when I was presented with facts and also saw what animals go through for meat, egg, dairy, wool, experimentation, etc. the only rational and ethical decision was to go vegan.

At the same time, the more I learned about the health benefits of plant-based diet, and the health and environmental issues caused by animal consumption, the more I realized this is the root cause of many issues I always cared about! These problems are inherent to animal consumption and not just "how" we exploit animals and factory farms. For instance, free-rage or grass fed animals still contribute to zoonotic diseases, pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and climate change. In fact, in some ways, they are worse!

Veganism isn't just this arbitrary cause that I suddenly became interested in. It is the most impactful, important, and urgent topic we should be talking about. By understanding the depth of the problem and the amount of suffering caused by animal consumption to both human and nonhuman animals, I know that
rationally, mathematically, statistically, and ethically the best way to use my time and energy to help others is to be a vegan and advocate veganism, and that's what I've been doing since 2013!

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It started in 2013 when I received a 4-way bypass. Someone in the hospital recommended I watch Forks Over Knives on Netflix. It's all history from there. From them reading and doing research has converted me 110 %.

Went vegan for the animals, now it's mainly to save us all!

I had been vegetarian for around 28 years when I began to understand the horrors of the dairy industry. I went vegan in (approximately) the summer of 2013.

I was vegetarian for almost 30 years but still, I was Cognitive dissonant to the true plight of animals. With the birth of my daughter, my wife and I decided to take the big step of eliminating all animal products from our foods and from most of the items we use in our lives.

I went vegetarian in 2009/10 in high school after being exposed to PETA's Meet Your Meat campaign, and then became vegan three years after to fully extend my circle of compassion.

I went vegan for my health but came to realize that the ethical reasons are even more important.

My vegan transition was very quick. Around halloween 2013 my daughter asked me to watch a video with her...sneaky. It was the documentary Vegecated. After watching it she asked me if I would do the 6 week challenge with her. I agreed and we watched more videos on nutrition and food preparation. After about 2 weeks we decided that this was a sustainable of living. While it was challenging at first to read all the labels in the grocery store, little by little it became easier. While initially I chose veganism for my health, my conviction to stay on this path is for the animals and for the environment. I truly believe that the future health of our planet is dependent on a total transition to plant based lifestyle for all humans. And as a byproduct of compassionate living we will eradicate all forms of oppression and hate.

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I'm a bird lover & started getting interested in fancy pigeons, which lead to an interest in fancy chickens, which lead me to learn about the cruelty in animal ag, which lead me to go vegan.

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I create impactful visual communications that inspire people to engage, converting concept driven design into valuable assets that perform and spark sales.

Skilled in multiple areas of strategic design and business development, I wear many hats at BONFILIO DESIGN – a small, multidisciplinary graphic design agency founded in 1998.

As a plant-powered businesswoman, I’m fiercely passionate about supporting brands and organizations that promote a cruelty-free, environmentally conscious lifestyle. My goal is to put my skills and experience to work for ethical organizations to help them thrive and grow exponentially.

I don't actually remember the date but it was quite awhile back. I did it for the animals.

Hello. I've been a strict vegetarian since 1992 and went fully vegan in 2014. My plant-based journey started as a child when I made the connection between animals and what was being served.

i wish i could share this very beautiful long journey of mine in this section but i would have to make it really short which i think it does not deserve to be cutout. they all mean so much to me. feel free to reach out when you have plenty of time 😉

I'm not exactly sure at what point I adopted a vegan lifestyle. It was several years ago. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe 2014? 2015? Not sure, but it is the best decision I ever made for my ethics, my health, the health of the planet and for adherence to my innate authentic self.

I am vegan for health and ideological reasons

Love being vegan and love how healthy I feel!

The day I decided to become vegan was the day when I went to the emergency room. I had already been a vegetarian for six years prior and swore I wouldn't give up cheese. Prior to going to the ER, I had eaten my mom's mac and cheese, her banging sour cream mashed potatoes, and a whole lot of sweets loaded in dairy. Two days later I ended up in the ER from eating too much of the dairy products amd they said they might have to remove my gall bladder. Luckily, I passed call stones in doctors care amd decided from that day forward that I will not eat dairy again! Since then, it has been interesting creating new and uniquely different meals. Becoming vegan has opened my eating pallet a totally different way!

Vegan for all of the reasons

It all started due to health issues & it kept getting easier. My health improved...haven’t looked back ever since.

I was not raised vegan, I did not become vegan because I did not like the taste of meat, dairy, or eggs. I became vegan because one day, I had the courage to take responsibility for my choices. I no longer believe animals are here for us for food, clothing, entertainment, testing, or any other purpose. I am vegan

After being vegetarian for 2 years, I saw an undercover video from a dairy farm which led me to go fully vegan.

I went vegan after seeing the IVegan.ca "Why Love One But Eat The Other" subway campaign

I am a WFPB primary care nurse practitioner.

I saw factory farmed undercover investigation footage many years ago and thought it was horrific how we treat animals. I went vegetarian a few times, then went vegan a few times, then slowly started getting into activism—and now my life is devoted to helping end factory farming and help animals in other ways. Going vegan and getting into the movement was one of the best things I've done with my life!

Research after Breast Cancer led me to transition to a primarily WFPB diet.

My first exposure to veganism was when I moved to CO in 2008. I had a few friends in grad school that were vegan, and I had also joined a Kung Fu school where the instructors were vegan themselves. My instructors promoted the health benefits of a plant based diet. I remembered that one of them was talking to a fellow student, and they mentioned that 30% of cow's milk is legally allowed to be pus. That was the moment I knew I had to become vegan. It took me a few years to fully make the commitment, mostly because I was worried about what my family and friends would think of me. After moving back to NC, I then became an activist for the animals after learning what happens to animals in the industry.

I enjoy cycling and cycling videos on Youtube. A video by DurianRider showed up on my recommended list called "Sh!t Cyclists Say." It was really funny and so I looked at more of his content, expecting more comedy. Instead, I found some superb plant-based nutrition advice that I started to incorporate into my cycling. Curious, I investigated more plant-based content from other content creators and doctors. I read the books, watched the documentaries, and gave it a try. I lost weight, my blood pressure improved, and my cholesterol improved. And my cycling has been getting better and better year after year. As I have gotten more into this lifestyle I have learned about animal welfare, the environmental impact of our food, and racial justice issues. I am only disappointed that I didn't learn about plant-based eating earlier in life.

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Joined a petition against a church's pig rassle, then saw undercover vidoes of animal ag. Devastated, but it woke me up, realized it was wrong to eat animals. Did tons of research, learned about agriculture, who the animals are, what sentience means, what vegan means, ahimsa; learned about health, resources, and wild lives. All are thoroughly, negatively impacted by raising animals, fowl, fish, and insects for food. Continue to research and advocate for the many reasons to go vegan.

I was vegetarian for 7 years, 1971-1978 because I believed it was important to living a spiritual life, and learned all nutrition . I gradually went back to eating animals except for cow's flesh. Yet vegetarian food remained a favorite. In spring of 2014, on Facebook I found a protest against a "pig rassle" by an animal rights group in Wisconsin (USA). These are like rodeos but for pigs, and in big mud pits. I was horrified by the cruelty, magnified because it was sponsored by a church. Through this protest I came across undercover videos of animal agriculture that shocked and disgusted me. I dove into researching more and very quickly went vegan, within a week. I learned about the many solutions offered by veganism to some of the most crucial, pervasive issues of our time. For me, living vegan is aligning my actions with the deepest values we all hold dear. It's about respecting all lives and being caregivers of the eatth.
During the first couple of vears, my advocacy was often driven by the outrage I felt in response to the inherent cruelty of all forms of commodifying sentient beings. Then I started a vegan food outreach business. BotaniCuisine. As my advocacy continued to evolve, I realized how important it is to build bridges of understanding, extending respect to those we want to reach yet maintaining an honest, uncompromising message.

I went vegan after meeting a woman at a wedding that was being catered by a BBQ place. She wasn't eating anything so I inquired why. Over the next couple hours, she introduced me to veganism and I went vegetarian the next day. Over the following month, I researched, purchased cookbooks and generally became informed. That was 4 years ago and it was the best decision I've ever made.

Doctor wanted to put me on statin to lower cholesterol which was 240. I watched Forks Over Knives and that convinced me to go plant based. Thirty days later, at age 75 I had a mild stroke. Tests showed that my cholesterol had dropped to 133 in that 30 days eating a plant based diet. Question is did the diet cause the stroke or would I have had it anyway? Nevertheless I have stayed on diet and lost weight, blood pressure dropped below 120/80 resting pulse rate is 47 and blood tests have been perfect.

I am an ethical vegan and animal advocate who promotes veganism around the globe. To me, veganism is the most vital path for world peace and compassion. My background information can be found at my website, vegansmakeadifference.com

I had always been a huge animal lover and tried "to cut down" eating meat for several years with "meatless mondays" and other feel-good-not-good-enough methods. Finally in my early twenties I committed to being vegan a full month and see how it fits me. It was perfect. Not only I felt better both physically and emotionally, my lifestyle improved. I started to cook more, be more mindful what I shop, where I eat, try new restaurants and recipes and I never looked back and never hesitated that it wouldn't have been the perfect choice.

I transitioned after my first marathon in NYC eating everything and found that it helped my performance recover better. After having read the scientific literature, I was convinced to stay on it and be a role model for others. Now, with the education, I use it to teach others how to transition and how to better THRIVE with it.

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I was raised a vegetarian in India but was a milk guzzler until I got to know about how cruel the dairy industry really is. Around the same time, I started reading blogger Steve Pavlina's story about going vegan. Both together prompted me to go on a 30-day trial of being vegan. Within about 6 months, I decided to permanently ditch dairy and go vegan for good.

I'm just here to see if I can find a vegan dating app - as I'm searching for the one and only Alicia Silverstone.

I became a vegetarian around 15. There were limited health food stores or vegan options back then. I am so grateful to have continued to pursue a plantbased lifestyle and eventually become vegan.

Went vegan for health and ethical reasons.
Now I am a certified Vegan Nutrition Coach. I want to help educate people on healthier living through a better diet.

I went vegan for health reasons. I then learned about the animal cruelty and I am now an intersectional vegan.

Forks Over Knives , Veducated, Cowspiracy, What the health, plant pure nation, nutritionfacts.org
Dr. Greggor MD, T. Colin Campbell PHD, Dr. Esselstyn MD, Dr. John McDougall MD

We are passionate about living a healthy and active lifestyle.

I lost my father for a problem related to his heart. My reaction has been studying everything I could put my eyes on to understand why that happended as he was in good health apparently. My conclusion was that if my father would have eaten vegan (or more vegan) he could've still been here. After that I decided to go vegetarian and after one here when I kept studying I discovered more and more also about ethical issues and sustainability so I went vegan. In these 8 years I volounteered with several nonprofit organizations that fight for animal rights

I was fat sick & dying of heart disease, pre-diabectic, 6 yrs Insomnia. I could barely stand, my feet were so painful. Everything hurt. I had arthritis. I was Vegetarian for 18 years at the time. When I first went vegetarian I became very healthy but now I realise I was mostly Vegan then I got a job and more money started coming in so I started buying heaps of chocolate, cakes, cheese, Eggs, dairy milk. I was 55 yrs old & believed we get old, fat & sick, live on pharmaceutical drugs then Die... I was ! My mother died of a brain tumour, my uncle - diabetes, aunty - 3 strokes & she died before 55. Another aunty - cancer.
...Then a Vegan came into my life...I learned what happens to cows & chickens... I decided I cannot be a part of such horrific Cruelty!
My daughter rang me at the precise moment...her first words were "mum, I'm going Vegan" to which I replied "so am I...Little did we know the dramatic, miraculous change going Vegan would have.

My daughter is now a well known animal activists...In America her nick name is "thunder from down under" - someone else calls her "The perfect storm."

Within a very short time after going Vegan my body healed - COMPLETELY!! MY doctors reaction to my before & after Vegan blood tests was unbelievable... he just sat there staring from the before to after results & couldn't speak except to finally say "How?"
I needed the answers to that question so I went on a journey to find out WHY.... I found Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Michael Greger & so many more doctors that turned from traditional medicines to studying Nutrition.

I'm now 8 years Vegan & I'm 64 - I can run, climb, move my furniture myself... I'm stronger, healthier, faster than I've ever been in my life. My brain absorbs more information faster. I'm so Grateful!
11 people at my dog park have gone Vegan.
My 6 year old Granddaughter has become a Vegan activist but she pronounces Vegan as Began 😆. My sister & brother are Vegan.

After going Vegan to Stop Cruelty to farm animals - ones whole mind set changes and we find ourselves thinking ethically on every subject. I'm now also an environmentalist.

I would like to live to see a Vegan world in which Kindness motivates us - animal farmers grow crops & greedy polititicians have to start listening...this is when we Take back our Power ! With KINDESS💚🌳🐥

As in many other cases, I started my vegan journey loving cats. Years after adopting my very first cat I realized that it made no sense to love some animals and eat some others, so I went vegan. I still love cats and dogs (live with 20 of them) but no I also love the rest of species.

My mom told me so 😉

Always had a connection to animals and once I learned I could live without harming any living being I couldn’t turn back!

Hey, I'm Tash and I'm the 2nd half of the SYV duo. Matt and I have been together for over 5 years (thank you Tinder) and have been in business together for over 3 of those years now. We've built 2 previous businesses before this one & we love it! We both love being business owners, it's just part of who we are and what we enjoy + being surrounded by sweets is a bonus.

Went vegan after watching Earthlings

Started due to health issues & then became aware of factory farming & then became aware of environmental influences of the food choices & life styles

I became vegetarian when I was 13 years old after realizing that the cows I saw on the pastures out in the country near my cousin’s house were the same cows that were in the burgers I would get at McDonald’s with my grandma every Friday. From then on, I grew to learn more about factory farming and couldn’t turn back. Once I went to college and made my own meals, I became fully vegan and have never felt better!

My sister shared a video with me by Gary Yourofsky and I dropped everything the next day 😀 I'm an now 80% raw vegan and going to100%!

5 years ago my physician said my cholesterol was too high and I must start taking Lipitor. I'm not a fan of taking medicine, especially on a permanent basis, but it was the side-affects that really scared me (get your liver checked every six months?????) I asked her if there was anything else I can do and the answer was "Change your parents." I did not like this answer and I did some research and found the suggestion that changing to a vegan diet would help. The biggest driver for me was the "China Study." I'm an engineer with a math minor, numbers speak to me and I know how you can lie with numbers. The staggering amount of participants in the study, the length, and the goals removed all my doubts.

I looked at other materials like "Forks over Knives" and such. As so, I got my blood work done, spent 3 weeks getting to a Vegan diet, was on a full Vegan diet for 2 weeks more, then got my blood work done.

Not surprising to anyone probably reading this, my bad cholesterol alone when from 186 to 90. Other numbers were very very good also. My physician was very pleased. It was at this point I asked her "Why didn't you suggest this?" and the answer "Noone will change there diet this drastically for health."

I was extremely happy with the results and made a life change to eating Vegan. I was also very upset about the fact my Physician didn't feel it was something I should know that a Vegan diet would help because I would want to eat my self to the grave.

Over the years I found another health route of problems... You cand still eat CRAP and be a Vegan. Just recently my health has started to slip, Colersteral is still good, but sugar is high, blood pressure is up, etc. Using information from Dr. Greger, and reading his two books, I've gone 100% Plat based (as much as possible) and implemented his programs. My last visit... excellent! Making huge strides in the issue areas.

This information needs to be pushed out to EVERYONE. We are killing ourselves one dollar at a time to Big Food/Drink/Meat/Dairy. This alone should be enough for us to wake up. The other benefits like saving our environment, the cruel treatment of animals, etc are huge too, however, most people may resonate with the "what's in it for me right now"

We were vegetarians for about 25 years and went vegan about 3 years ago. We only wish we did it sooner. We learned about the dairy industry and the terrible suffering of the cows and wanted nothing to do with it. We also learned the truth about the egg industry and it made us sick. Vegan for life!

Tenho 33 anos, nasci no Brasil e quando não estava muito satisfeita no meu curso universitário no Brasil, decidi visitar o Canadá - isso foi há 13 anos e desde então me tornei cidadã canadense.


Minha jornada veg começou aos 13 anos, quando li num zine, num show alternativo de punk rock, que mais de 90% das florestas são desmatadas por causa da “agricultura animal”.

Meses depois (1999), deixei de comer animais, também inspirada por uma nova amiga vegetariana na escola.



15 anos mais tarde, comecei a procurar grupos online de pessoas veg. Num evento, contando como eu era ovolacto pra uma moça, ela me perguntou “por que não é vegan?” - Eu não tive resposta e naquele momento já soube que queria ser vegana. Pesquisei, mudei hábitos alimentares e outros, assisti documentários e eventualmente vi um post no Instagram sobre uma vigília, evento da organização The Save Movement pelos direitos dos animais.
A partir daí, fui me envolvendo mais e mais no ativismo, até após 1 ano resolver sair do meu trabalho corporativo de 9 anos, me desfazer do meu apartamento e carro e viajar pra deixar de participar daquela rotina sistêmica e passar mais tempo com a família e vivendo a vida.
Minhas participação e organização de eventos ativistas enquanto fazia o mochilão não foram despercebidas. Falar português e espanhol também foram fatores pra uma das organizações que mais admiro me convidar pra turnês pela América Latina pra abrir mais grupos, atender VegFests e organizar vigílias, oferecer palestras e expandir o movimento pelos direitos dos animais nos países de língua portuguesa e inglesa.


Desde então, viajei por 20 cidades de 12 países exclusivamente pelo projeto #SaveLatino, abrindo novos grupos e não só organizando vigílias e palestras, mas também participando e (co)organizando eventos de conscientização, reuniões, Cubos da Verdade (Anonymous for the Voiceless), interrupções (DxE Direct Action Everywhere), resgates, investigações em matadouros, fazendas e feiras onde animais são usados e mortos.
Fora as ações de rua e o ativismo diretamente relacionado à causa animal, também participo ou apoio e tenho interesse em movimentos em prol do meio-ambiente, da população indígena, de imigrantes, moradores de rua, LGBTQ, saúde física e mental, e outros que lutam por um mundo mais justo e compassivo.

Mais recentemente, tenho aberto as portas da minha casa pelo AirBnB, onde posso conhecer e compartilhar experiências e informações com pessoas do mundo todo sem sair de casa. Também tenho pesquisado sobre o desperdício de alimentos fazendo o Dumpster Diving, onde temos a oportunidade de oferecer alternativas àqueles que não têm dinheiro pra se alimentar.

Watched several documentaries on factory farming and found better vegan alternatives

I didn't know about veganism but was considering becoming a vegetarian and started researching online. After watching YouTubers, reading articles and watching all the documentaries, I became vegan in one week. Now I am working for a vegan marketing agency and a vegan NGO to help animals in my career 🙂

I was very ill in 2015, and I could barely walk. Within 6 weeks, I had lost 30 lbs and inflammation had disappeared.

I have been vegan for almost 6 years. I became vegan after learning the realities of the animal agriculture industry. It was the best and easiest choice I've ever made and I could not imagine ever going back. After working in non-profits for a couple years, I realized I wanted to do something mission-driven and something that I'm deeply passionate about. So I started my own Vegan Nutrition company called Sustain Nutrition Co! Now, I aim to help people go vegan while achieving their health goals!

My grandfather was a dairy farmer and, for a few years before I was born, my father took over the farm. After I was born, we had pigs until my parents started a plant nursery instead. Nevertheless, animals were always there to work for us, not be with us. I knew everything about milk production, but it didn't bother me one bit. My favorite foods were steak (rare) and cheese (blue). Still, I always considered myself a good eco-friendly citizen and in particular I was keen on cycling everywhere. Sometime in 2013, I got into an online argument with someone who told me that, if I was fueling my bike rides with steak, I might have well have been driving a Hummer. That was like a punch in the gut: I had never thought about the environmental impact of my food before. I started educating myself and decided to go plant-based at home and vegetarian when eating out. At friends' homes, I would eat anything. Then in 2015 my second child was born. Just like the first one, I breastfed him... except that now I truly felt compassion for the cows. It was in the middle of the night, while nursing him, that an awful thought hit me: what if someone came, took away my baby, and hooked me to a milk machine instead? The morning after, I decided to be vegan for life.

The BuyEatVegan team consists of passionate individuals who hold their own set of morals and values, each centered around the grand idea of veganism putting an end to animal cruelty, helping us live better lives every day, and restore proper respect for all forms of life besides just our own. Our goal is to educate and inform the public about inhumane processes, alternatives to those processes, and make the argument that veganism can and will make a significant positive change in personal lives as well as bettering our society as a whole.

I cannot contribute to the pain and suffering of an innocent living being. I went vegetarian at 21 and vegan 23 years later. Only regret; not going vegan at 21 🙁

I went vegan for the animals. However, I'm whole food plant based for my health.

Awakened in 2015, having been a slumbering vegetarian for 34 years! Planning with my partner, Martin, to set up a vegan B&B/Retreat/Activist Centre in England in 2019 - watch this space!

Six years vegan!

It has been an amazing experience, with positive health benefits as well.

I came to veganism through The World Peace Diet and truly believe that world peace is both achievable and inevitable with veganism. And I am so grateful for and inspired by everyone I meet in this movement.

International Vegan Film Festival

After being vegetarian for over a decade, I made the full switch as I realized more and more, that I was not doing enough to end the use of animals in the food chain.

Started eating a 100% plant based diet, but then ran across the vegan documentaries during the process of learning more. Became vegan overnight once watching those documentaries. Was exposed to the concept of veganism in the early 2000s, but was scared off by a trusted source with a PhD that I wouldn\'t be capable of keeping myself healthy. Very happy to eventually learn that what was told to me was complete myth.

Has eat a lot and all, but one day found a small video about human digestion, and after that wanted to try a raw-food for one week. After that was months and years of vegan and vegan raw-food.
Especially one person has described me, if I eat someone, it almost the same if I bite or hurt myself.
I hope someday everyone will be vegan or raw-food vegan.

!!!! Only vegan

I was pescaterian for a year, at 57 years old, decided to go vegan a year into it. As much as I liked the taste of meat, I never wanted anyone to die for me. So, I said, no more. Better late than never! Now I am WFPB certified. A volunteer with a local vegan/animal rights group. I protest, do investigations and anything else I can to to promote animal welfare and compassion.

I started wanting to be healthier then I started learning about the other ways veganism helps the world.

My super cool older cousin came home from college and dared me not to eat any meat on Thanksgiving day of 1996. I was 9, I took the dare! That night she showed me a VHS tape that she had brought back from college - it was being passed around amongst her friends. It was similar to footage from Earthlings. I never ate another animal again! I didn't learn about the rest until 19 years later, and I continue to learn more every single day. We went vegan in 2015. My son did it the same day, despite me trying to convince him to wait and let me try it first. I'm so thankful he had more sense than me at 5 years old! Now he goes by VeganEvan and speak all over the country! We do activism everywhere we go 🙂

Hi, I’m Andy Liu, the founder of HZCORK. I met with Portugal cork on the year 2015. I went on an exclusive tour to Portugal and found there is cork shop in every streets and alleys. I was astonished by how cork can be used to do. Every cork item looks so beautiful and unique, like a piece of art. I decided to bring them to my homeland. So I create my own cork fabric manufacturing factory.

Cork is one of the most sustainable products and cork is very resistant, impermeable, vegan, eco-friendly, 100% natural, lightweight, recyclable, renewable waterproof, wear-resistant, biodegradable, does not absorb dust, thus preventing allergies. No animal products are used and no tests are made to animals.

Cork is also sustainably harvested-- the trees are not harmed in the cork removal process.

I initially became vegan because of health issues.

I'm an ethical entrepreneur. I love connecting with and learning from likeminded people as I've learned that we can't change the world alone. That's why I've chosen to invest the majority of my time in making connecting with likeminded people as easy as possible. I contribute with these 3 mission driven projects:

🌱 Shop Like You Give a Damn
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🌱 Vevolution
Vevolution is the home of the plant-based business community, where startups and investors come together to change the world. We offer plant-powered startups access to mission aligned investors and offer investors a steady deal flow of vegan startups from all over the world.

🌱 Vegan Entrepreneurs Network
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I went vegan after studying an animal rights module for my politics degree. I then went on to specialise in animal rights for my MA degree.

I was never a huge 'meat' eater, and was a bit bothered by my father hiding food from us kids, but he'd serve himself steak, like a big delicacy, and give us kids hamburger helper? By 2015 I was struggling to find my lifelong self, with a lifelong diet, and health, and animal product was the obvious choice. I've forever been an animal lover, more so now than before, and I knew at an early age, but perhaps subconsciously?, that when I saw that McDonalds was professing on their Golden Arches, 'Over x-million burgers served,' that there were restaurants were all over the place and the number was growing. A LOT OF BOVINE WERE SENSELESSLY KILLED because of gluttony and lack of education, and now We are fatter than ever and growing! We are our own keepers and our planet reflects what we are doing. It is not just cows, but all animals, all pieces of land, all parts of the planet, and our whole bodies. Ugh, where do we go from here, is how I feel sometimes.

I’m a kitchen and bathroom remodeled in Maryland. My son went vegan when he started college and educated me soon after. I started as a vegetarian the day before thanksgiving then went full vegan one month later. Best decision of my life. It was initially all about the environment but now it’s everything.

When I saw photos of cows going to the slaughterhouse.

I will share a bit later.

Founder of the Church of Veganism.

I was punished as a kid for not eating meat. As an adult, I thought I had to. I skirted it as best I could and then my nephew said that his U of O Athletic Coach said to be healthy - no meat, no dairy! I finally got the permission that I was waiting for as a kid. I went vegan mid-sentence.

I read "Eating Animals" and my entire mindset was changed.

I was a vegetarian since age 11. 4 years ago i finally became woke and vegan. I became an activist organizer for DxE Panama and later also for Animal Save Movement and Earthlings Experience. I am currently busy with my Non profit foundation which is the umbrella for our activism here in Panama, as well as the basis for the vegan movement. Aiming at starting the construction of the first Farm Animal Sanctuary in Panama end of this year, or asap (CoVid 19 sort of makes things a bit unstable) I live with 20 rescued animals, 3 of which are Cats with FIV.

vegan for the animals & enjoying a healthy lifestyle - street activist with AV Cube of Truth

I met a family of Vegans when I was 16 & stopped buying any animal products but a year later went on Shell Tankers & ate whatever was on the menu.
I met Vegans again when I was 24 and again stopped buying animal products but when my 1st daughter was born my partner wanted 'normal food' & I had no idea how to transition to a vegan diet.
Age 50 I found myself alone, 4 grown up children & at liberty to educate myself & decide my diet.
I began with 'What the Health' & immediately had an epiphany! I realised my dad died of prostate cancer & heart disease because he ate a high cholesterol saturated animal fat diet...& I had never heard any doctor warnings!
I began watching lots of films; 'Cowspiracy', Earthlings', 'Dominion', slaughterhouse footage & activism.
I have been a 'keyboard warrior' since 2016 when I started sharing Vegan memes, posts & msgs 2 as many people as possible. I do this thru instagram, twitter, FaceBook, SnapChat & now Linkdn... My mission is to unite all vegans to #preventyearzero #VeganWorld2026