Been lurking around the organic boards for a moment, and thought I would ask who out there is also a Vegetarian or a vegan? I am a vegetarian, almost vegan......the kids and woman would kill me if I dumped the last of the cheese from the house.

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birds of a feather are flocking outside........

Yes you can raise vegan bud. Check the threads. Alfalfa meal, Fax seed hull meal, and sea weed extract to name just a few. Rodale's Enclopedia of Organic Gardening has a list of all amendments and their NPK make-up.
I don't think cheese is a very good for plants anyway.

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Vegetarian here, do eat eggs but from my own hens and do drink milk from my own goats but since I know what goes into both of those I don't feel it is cheating too bad.

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sorry, omnivore here, but i was wondering what the difference between vegetarian and vegan is?

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Vegetarians don't eat meat. Vegans don't eat meat or anything that comes from an animal; ie. milk, eggs, cheese, gelatin, etc.

Vegetarian since 1996. Vegan since 2001.

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why would someone choose to be vegan? im curious i understand nutrition quite well as an athlete and someone concerned with overall health. vegetarian's can be very healthy this diet includes complete animal protein in the form of milk and eggs. soy and other plant protein sources simply do not offer the same benefits regardless of what people try to say the amino acid profile is badly lacking compared to animal sources. humans are predators like dogs cats etc.. and have evolved to process animal protein needed for muscle mass organ health and healthy hormone production and many other things. i have only known 1 vegan he was a friend i raced with he simply did not like to have to kill any animals for his benefit or be responsible for the waste involved in animal production which i respect but he did know it was not the best diet for an athlete. is this generally why most people are vegan? i dont see that there is a health benefit going beyond eating organically and being vegetaian. so im assuming it is mainly an enviromental choice beef production in particular is a nightmare and causes many problems. im not trying to anger anyone i just am curios as to why people make the choice to be vegan just wondering

I would be vegan if I didn't produce my own foodstuffs since the thought of how those animals are treated turns my stomach.

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Meat 100 years ago was probably meat.
Meat today is the result of a biolgical protien/flesh factory (modern day farm animal). I don't eat it (mostly) because the stuff is poison, and organicly grown is pricey. I've also read parts of Bhagavad-gita (hari-Krishna "Bible" or vedic verse, Hare-Krishna's are Vegitarian).
About twice a month I'll eat a fish taco or a bean burito (the carnicaria by my house uses pork in their beans).
My concience may one day get to me and I won't use blood or bone meal.

Another Vegan here. Six years.