Help Our Club!

Hey there!
I'm asking everyone out there in the blogosphere to help me and my Vegetarian and Animal Rights Club. We are trying to make April 5th-April 9th Vegetarian Awareness Week. We are going to get a booth in our school's lobby-ish area. We are going to do blind taste tests with Vegetarian and Vegan food, do raffles for foods and other good Veggie stuff, we're going to sell stuff like t-shirts and stuff, and we're also going to give out information. We are trying to make this week at least a state wide thing but we are hoping to make this eventually a National thing. We have people in our club who have emailed Oprah, Dr. OZ(I know...) and all of the vegetarian and vegan restaurants in our area as well as health food stores. So it should be fun to have this actually work. So if you know anyone you can email or talk to or if you want to start it at your own school then do that. If you want help, have any questions, or comments than email me at vegangirl94@gmail.com

Veg Week

Hi.
So today in my High Schools Vegetarian/Vegan Club we thought our first event should be a Vegetarian Week. It would be like a week where you pledge to be vegetarian(if you're an omni) or vegan (if you're a vegetarian and you want to...). We thought it was a great idea and we were going to give out food. So I challenge you to do the same thing. I challenge everyone who reads this to either become vegetarian or vegan for at least a week. I know this is a short post but, I just thought it would be a good idea. Comment on this post if you want to do this, or email me at vegangirl92@gmail.com .

XOXO

RIGBY <3

I'm Tired

I'm tired of people asking me questions because they simply don't understand things...

So, here are some FAQ's:

Q: Why do vegans and vegetarians have fake meat because don't they not like meat?

A: That is true in some cases. I don't like all meat but sometimes I just want a turkey sandwich so I go and buy some vegan bread and tofurkey slices. I do not eat excessive amounts of fake meat because it can be bad for you, but not NEARLY as bad for you as real meat. Oh, and most vegans and vegetarians don't give up meat because they don't like the way it tastes, they just see that real meat has many downfalls.

Q: But aren't eggs and milk good for you?

A: The only good things in them are protein and calcium, which you can get many other places. They also have downfalls like fat and cholesterol. So no, they are not "The perfect food". Also, think of it this way eggs are the reproductive cells of chickens so it's like someone else eating your eggs. I know that sounds gross, but thats really what it is. They're not always fertilized, but then neither are ours. And milk, we are the only animal(and yes, we are an animal technically) that drinks another species milk and we are also the only species that drinks any kind of milk for our whole lives. You know when you stop drinking breast milk? Thats when normal animals stop drinking their mothers milk, including cows! Isn't that gross? You're drinking cow's breast milk.

Q: Where do you get your vitamins and protein?

A: Everywhere, there are so many vegetables and plant based products that have so much protein and other vitamins that you need. I also do take a vitamin supplement, but I've done that since before I was a vegan.

Q: Why are vegans always so skinny?

A: Mainly because we don't eat all of the bad things that come from animal products. Did you know that people can get stressed easier if they eat meat? Yeah, because when they are about to kill the animals they get a rush of adrenaline and nothing can take that out of their flesh, so if someone eats that they get the adrenaline and it can make them stressed.


Ok, so I'm sorry if you think this means I'm pressing my views down your throat, but I was a little tired of the things I mentioned. I'm sorry.