Hi

Time, money, and transportation all go into what people eat.

If I live in a place with no grocery store, I don’t always have the time to travel to an actual grocery store to buy perishable like milk, fresh veggies and fruits, fresh meat ect. For like 6 months my mom didn’t have a car, the nearest store was by bus, like 20 mins one way. But doing that with 4 kids and groceries, out of question.

When buying fresh food money is a big factor from experience. Now I am able to go to the store every two days to get fresh fruit if I want, I have a place to store it and I have the money. That wasn’t always the situation growing up.

Lunchables range from $2-$3 per lunch

Lunch meat ham ranges from $3-$4 per package

Stringcheese ranges from $3-$13 dollars

Soda is $6 per pack

Nesquick is $1.49 per bottle

Kraft Mac n cheese is about 1.69 per cup

Torino’s pizza is $1.36 per pizza

None of these can meet the nutrition children need. All of them have excess sugars, or fats, or sodium.. they don’t even last that long. You go through a pizza and that’s $1.39 gone. I lived on this growing up, and I was lethargic and unenergized ALL THE TIME. The food made me sick, and tired and honestly nauseous at times.

Fruit and veggies (fresh and frozen) range from $3-8 dollars.

You can buy bags and boxes of pasta and rice worth more than several servings for $1 to $3 each.

Silk milk costs relatively the same amount if not a dollar or two more then dairy milk, and provides more calcium (which is what you buy milk for).

Beans cost a dollar or less a can/bag.

Sliced bread costs $1-$3 a loaf..

You can make 5-10 sandwiches for maybe $6-$7 dollars if you plan things right. Make meals for the whole family for a fraction of what 4 or so lunchables would cost.

You can buy all the options I’ve provided at the 99 cents store or other “sale stores”.

It costs less to eat this way, and it provides actual nutrition and substance. I mean, even if you wanted to continue to eat meat and dairy, there’s cheaper and healthier alternatives.

Vegan: you’re totally right. Some people can’t and I can respect them. Can you go vegan though?

Some key points to take away:

-It is not a diet, it is a lifestyle.

-Human Rights, Environmental protection, and Animal Rights all intersect within this movement. Some like to conveniently forget that and I am looking at You Peta, and You random fake-woke-tumblrite who thinks we care more about..I don’t fucking know..whales, than people. Just because we don’t want to pay people to kill things intentionally, doesn’t mean we desire for people to die instead. Where did this idea come from?

-It’s not about eating local organic, or forgetting about food deserts. It’s demanding a change in legislation so that people who are lower on the income status in america don’t have to eat shit that’s killing them, and of course, Trying Not To Actively Fund Industries That Quite Literally Place These Communities In Close Proximity To Slaughterhouses And Cesspools Which Leads To Fatal Diseases.

-The Problem is not 8% of the world’s population being responsible for all food problems due to avocado and quinoa consumption. It is Capitalism. Veganism is an Anti-Capitalist Movement.

-No Veganism is not cruelty free, as (due to living in a capitalist society) we all contribute to someone’s suffering. However An Appeal to futility is doing Jack shit for anyone. Not the people, Not the Children, Not yourself. Get off your ass and do something any fuckin thing so that you’re Actually prepared for “Le Revolution” you seem to love talking about. The revolution will not be televised, you are the fucking Revolution. Take some personal responsibility, and Try to lessen your personal impact. Give a fuck because it’s the right thing to do.

-I’ve explained beforehand that eating vegan is the first step, once there is a majority it will be easier to shift to the ethical sourcing of our products, as many vegans have been doing and are actively still working towards.

-Some indigenous tribes depend on hunting. You know what threatens these people’s livelihoods? Commercial Fishing, and Livestock Farming. If you care about them why would you actively participate in industries that starve them? Stay woke.

-Shitty Vegans exist. Racism, and Classism is present in the individual before they decide to eat plant-based. But don’t get it twisted there are vegans of Every color, and socio-economic status. For fucks sake do not conveniently forget we exist in your attempts to trash talk veganism bc of this handful of fascist assholes. They are not representatives, they are hypocrites.

-No. It won’t solve every single problem you can think of. Can you imagine eating a can of beans with a side of rice doesn’t stop global consumerism? False advertising.

However. It is a step in the right direction by doing Anything and Everything that you can.

>Voting for legislation to be passed so that people who are low-income can have access to foods that won’t lead to health problems and early death.

>Acknowledging the fact that you may not be able to help the children who work in the Cadmium mines, but you can choose not to eat products whose waste harm children right here on American soil.

>not contributing to Nestle (bc I’ll be damned if I give that company another dollar.)

>Learning to live without depending on government subsidized products. You can’t fight a power who controls your food source. If you can grow your own food, you are no longer dependent on the enemy for it. Building survival skills are essential, and food is the first step.

>Actively choosing compassion when you can. The majority of us wouldn’t kill an animal ourselves, so why pay for people (who suffer from ptsd, substance abuse, and often become domestic abusers because of this line of work) to kill it for us? Seeing the worth in every life is crucial in a world that sees worth in only a few. There is no reason to innact the same evil as our oppressors.