Life as a College Vegan

veganbreak: OMG. @DaiyaFoods wins again w/ their new #vegan...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:16:06 -0400

OMG. @DaiyaFoods wins again w/ their new #vegan #glutenfree frozen pizzas. Seriously. MIND-BLOWING-ly good.

Cinnamon Vanilla Personal Lubricant(4oz)

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:09 -0400

Cinnamon Vanilla Personal Lubricant(4oz):

Add some flavor to your love life! The scents of vanilla and cinnamon create one of the most popular aphrodisiac blends around. This organic personal lubricant combines them in an exciting way: prevalent enough to enhance your sensory experience and

Vegan friendly lubricant!!! I’m not sure why I’m so excited about buying this but I am.

karmendyjoy2013: rngnightmares: THE CAT RETURNED THE KISS THE...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:02:12 -0400

karmendyjoy2013:

rngnightmares:

THE CAT RETURNED THE KISS

THE CAT FUCKING RETURNED THE KISS

OH MY GOD

SO MUCH CUTENESS!

qenr: mine

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:51 -0400

qenr:

mine

animalcruelty-notok: Pigs are kept in cages their entire life,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:38 -0400

animalcruelty-notok:

Pigs are kept in cages their entire life, before being sent to abattoirs at about 4 months old, having never seen the light of day. Piglets are moved from farrowing units to metal cages or concrete pens. These pigs, who are not used to having no milk from their mother, often try to suckle from other piglets, or suckle from pigs tails. From here the piglets are moved at 6 weeks to rearing pens to be fattened. These pigs often suffer leg problems due to standing on hard floors for most of their life. This can also cause problems during travel and is one reason for before-slaughter deaths. Mother sows and their piglets are forced to suffer brutal abuse and lives of unrelenting confinement and misery.

In these systems, pregnant sows are often confined in narrow crates, unable to move freely.
The piglets reared for meat are often mutilated, without anesthetic and kept in concrete sheds without bedding. Even after a sow has given birth, the sow is still kept in a cage only centimeters lager than herself. Her piglets are kept in an adjacent cage. This is supposedly to stop the sow from crushing her piglets, although research has suggested that when given a larger area, and the correct management, the piglet death rates are not larger than when a sow crate is used. Research has shown that their are 112 leg conditions for pigs which are caused by standing on hard floors. By banning intensive farming in pigs, the amount of pigs getting these conditions would dramatically decrease.

Within a couple of weeks, the sow is inseminated again (often artificially) and starts her next pregnancy. Commercial sows normally produce just over 2 litters a year with around 10-12 piglets per litter. She has a breeding lifetime of about 3 years before being replaced and sold for slaughter. Farrowing crates also severely restrict the sow’s movement and frustrate her strong motivation to build a nest before giving birth. They prevent the sow from being able to get away from her piglets, for example if they bite her teats. It is common for piglets to have their teeth ground down or clipped, without anesthetic, to minimize biting injuries.

Growing pigs are often kept in barren, crowded conditions on slatted concrete floors without straw for bedding or rooting. These pigs have no access to outdoors and will never experience fresh air or daylight. They are unable to behave naturally and are likely to be bored and frustrated. They tend to fight and to bite each other, sometimes causing severe injury.

In addition to tooth cutting, most piglets have their tails docked to discourage tail biting. This is painful and may cause long-term pain. Stress, illness and conflict often result when piglets are abruptly weaned and mixed with unfamiliar young pigs.

Most male piglets in Europe (but not in the UK and Ireland) are castrated. Public pressure has led to a voluntary declaration aimed at ending the surgical castration of pigs in Europe by 2018. As a first step, signatories will ensure that prolonged pain relief is used for surgical castration of pigs from 2012.

Pigs travel badly and are easily stressed by transport and by pre-slaughter handling. They do not have sweat glands and are particularly susceptible to heat stress during transport. Internationally, significant numbers of pigs die each year in transport or in lairage at slaughterhouses as a result of stress.

More information about pig farms and videos here

To find out how to help change how pigs are farmed please click here

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Shocking investigation shows extent of pig abuse at farm supplying pork to Walmart where animals have tails ripped off and are packed into tiny gestation cages

"Plants are alive too"

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:59:15 -0400

vegan-because-fuck-you:

Ultimatum

I have:

A puppy in one hand

A vegetable in the other

You have to choose which one to stab.

Like any sane person, I’m going to go ahead and assume you chose the vegetable. Why? Because you fucking know damn well that vegetables aren’t alive like animals are.

Stop trivializing and mocking the suffering of non human animals by butting into conversations pretending to care about the fucking well being of carrots

I've been a vegetarian my whole life, but I've just decided to turn vegan after seeing your blog. Thank you, darling. <3

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:11 -0400

Oh my god, that makes me so happy! :) And no, thank you for caring about the animals ^_^

<3 Gretchen

Yo! Ask me stuff :D Let's talk!

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:45:34 -0400

I wanna get to know you guys (:

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Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:41 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:49 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:46:21 -0400

fake-mermaid: look what my friend did to her dog i can’t...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:10 -0400

fake-mermaid:

look what my friend did to her dog i can’t breathe

vegan-girl-1994: They’re our closest ancestors and live off a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:17 -0400

vegan-girl-1994:

They’re our closest ancestors and live off a completely plant-based diet… so why is it so hard to believe that humans are meant to be herbivorous?

nopolarbearsinnorway: veganthology: Made rebloggable by...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:05 -0400

nopolarbearsinnorway:

veganthology:

Made rebloggable by request.

Hahahaha, I am dying XD

ellenkeepsitclean: why-the-hate: fitnessgyro: People need to start understanding that yes,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:36:01 -0400

ellenkeepsitclean:

why-the-hate:

fitnessgyro:

People need to start understanding that yes, healthy food is good for you, but it is extremely low in calories and that’s why you need to eat A LOT MORE!

I see so many fitblrs under eating.

^^^

Couldn’t have said it better myself! Thank you! 🙌

alwaystogetheraloneforever: this rabbit is probably more...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:35:45 -0400

alwaystogetheraloneforever:

this rabbit is probably more attractive than me

vegan-yums: avocado on toast by reya. on Flickr.

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:26 -0400

vegan-yums:

avocado on toast by reya. on Flickr.

butterflygrace: (via Vegan Richa: Spiced Apple Cake. Vegan...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:42:56 -0400

butterflygrace:

(via Vegan Richa: Spiced Apple Cake. Vegan Recipe)

My family might come with me to Loving Hut tomorrow!

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:03:27 -0400

I’m so excited :D My mom likes to try vegan foods and enjoyed it last time we went, but this will be awesome if my dad and brother come!

Are Tofurky pizza pockets stil coming out sometime?

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:28:09 -0400

I haven’t seen or heard anything about it since it was announced with the other new products.