{"id":493,"date":"2024-04-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codez.me\/?p=493"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:21:59","slug":"i-gave-up-meat-and-gained-so-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codez.me\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/i-gave-up-meat-and-gained-so-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"I gave up meat and gained so much more"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A drawing of friends sitting at a picnic table in a green clearing next to the ocean, sharing a delicious vegan meal.\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lede_1920x1080.0.jpg\"><figcaption>Christine Mi for Vox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The delightful abundance of going vegan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The beginning of an illustrated essay. Author writes: \u201cFor most of my life, I\u2019ve fielded questions about why I\u2019m vegan. Although I write about factory farming for a living, I don\u2019t really invite these conversations. A casual dinner party or happy hour doesn\u2019t feel like the best time to get into specifics. I want to share how deeply rewarding veganism can be, but I don\u2019t want to sound judgmental or sanctimonious.\u201d Comments are illustrated: \u201cWhat do you cook?\u201d and \u201cThat must be so hard!\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan1_1edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Author writes: \u201cMainstream narratives about vegetarians and vegans tend to treat us as a punchline \u2014 as deprived, joyless, or extreme... It\u2019s unsurprising that the idea of ditching meat provokes such strong reactions. And for many people, a future without meat is one not worth living in. But what if we flipped the script on assumptions about plant-based life as something that just subtracts things from our lives?\u201d Text appears alongside a TV scene, people cooking over a grill, a picnic.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan1_2edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of the author and friend on a white background, followed by text that says: \u201cI totally understand why people feel weird about cutting out meat and dairy. Food connects us to each other.\u201d And then, a lush field with text superimposed: \u201cBut let me tell you a secret: My world has never felt so full of joy and purpose.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan1_3edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A farm illustration. Text reads: \u201cIn his book Dedicated, author Pete Davis argues that having an infinite array of options might look like freedom, but this is ultimately a superficial notion of what makes a happy, connected life. \u201cWe yearn for the purpose, community, and depth that can only come from making deep commitments,\u201d he writes.&nbsp;This is the role that veganism has come to play in my life. It\u2019s my ethical North Star \u2014 the spiritual anchor that makes everything else make sense.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan2_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cI didn\u2019t always live this way. When I was 4, I immigrated with my mom and my grandparents to the US from the former Soviet Union, and I grew up eating lots of meat- and dairy-heavy cuisine: meat dumplings slathered in sour cream, beef kabobs by way of the Caucasus and Central Asia, pancakes thickened with cottage cheese.\u201d Below the text, the foods are illustrated against pastel plates.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan3_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cAs a preteen, I decided I wanted to stop eating animals. For a long time, though, I wasn\u2019t a consistent vegetarian. No one in my family or school friends was interested in vegetarianism, and without a community, transforming your diet can feel virtually impossible. Things started to change in high school. I learned that veganism isn\u2019t just about taking animal-based foods off your plate. It\u2019s about adding new ingredients altogether.\u201d Illustration of a haggard teen reading \u201cMeat Inc.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan3_2_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cWhen meat is the centerpiece of a dish, all the other ingredients serve to highlight and complement its fatty, savory flavors. But plants make entirely different tastes the star of the show \u2014 no meat imitation required. Foods like coconuts, cashews, beans, and even oats can add their own delightful creaminess, while braised cabbages, fried tofu, crisped chickpeas, and chewy seitan provide body and texture.\u201d Illustration of author cooking, followed by chana masala.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan4_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cI baked every type of decadent cupcake imaginable \u2014&nbsp;mint chocolate, matcha, dulce sin leche \u2014 from the book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and brought them to school to share.\u201d Illustration of friends saying \u201cThese are so good!\u201d and \u201cYum!\u201d Text continues: \u201cAfter a while, my definition of food started to change. Far from making me feel deprived, these experiences opened up a limitless world of plant-based foods \u2014 foods that many Americans never get to experience.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan4_2_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cI also gained an appreciation for how many plant-based gems already exist in Russian cuisine.&nbsp;Like vinegret, a tart purple salad of minced beets, dill pickles, and other vegetables. Shchi is an herb soup of hardy plants like cabbage and potato. (It\u2019s sometimes made with meat broth, but that\u2019s easily omitted.) Others, like salat olivye, a dill-heavy, mayonnaise-based salad, are easier to veganize than you might think with chickpeas and egg-free mayo.\u201d Meals are illustrated.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan5_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of the author and her mom in front of the stove, tending to a large pot. Text reads: \u201cMy mom is still ambivalent about veganism, but she admires how important it is to me and often says she wants to try it. She uses Impossible Meat to veganize kotleti&nbsp;(meat patties) and golubtsi (cabbage rolls). These are best eaten on a bed of buckwheat \u2014 the nutty, nutrient-dense whole grain of choice in former Soviet countries.\u201d&nbsp;\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan5_2_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Speech bubbles from various writers. The author\u2019s text reads: \u201c21st-century people who eat meat-rich diets can sometimes essentialize animal products as a central part of culture, but the foundations of cuisines around the world have long been plant-based.\u201d Then two condensed quotes from journalist Marianna Giusti and chef Hannah Che appear alongside potatoes, eggplants, and garlic.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan6_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cEven in the lands we call the United States, Indigenous peoples for centuries cultivated the Three Sisters \u2014 corn, beans, and squash \u2014 a protein-rich trio still savored today.&nbsp;We can look to these traditions to build a more sustainable future.\u201d These words are superimposed on an illustration of the Three Sisters growing in a field against a soft yellow sky.\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan6_2_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cVeganism isn\u2019t just a diet or a way to lower carbon emissions. It\u2019s a philosophy of nonviolence toward nonhuman animals.\u201d Rows of factory farming sheds are illustrated, as well as pollution. Text continues: \u201cFactory farming has literally remade life on Earth. It has replaced wild animals with billions of farmed animals, both victims of and unwitting contributors to our planetary crisis, that live and die in conditions of bottomless cruelty.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan7_1edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Illustration of cows in close confines. Text reads: \u201cFor many people, confronting the violence behind something so intimate as the food we eat makes them want to shut down rather than take action. But I\u2019ve come to see joy and grief as two inextricable sides of the same coin. Committing to veganism has allowed me to mourn animal agriculture\u2019s impact on the planet while being able to build something new, something better, something consistent with my deepest values and with a livable future.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan7_1.5edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cIt has also connected me with others and expanded my sense of home.&nbsp;The Midwest, where I live, has some of the densest concentrations of factory farms on Earth.&nbsp;By some measures, animals farmed for food now make up the bulk of the Earth\u2019s creatures. Animals like cows, pigs, and chickens are ignored in conversations about biodiversity, but my vision of connecting with life on Earth puts them at the center.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan7_2edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Text reads: \u201cMy husband and I volunteer at a Wisconsin farm sanctuary about an hour from our home. There, animals rescued from the region\u2019s factory farms are given a space to live out their lives.\u201d Followed by an illustration of farm animals next to the author. Next, the text reads: \u201cOne of them, an enormous pig named Wemberly, had been found as a piglet. At 21 days old, she had spent the first few weeks of her life in a tiny cage before being shipped off for fattening and slaughter.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan8_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Illustration of a small pig in a cage, and then being held. Text reads: \u201cTo the factory farm industry, Wemberly was a margin of error. To the farm worker who took mercy on her and called the sanctuary for help, she contained a universe of experience \u2014 a life worth living. I often think about an idea I learned growing up in an Orthodox Jewish school, where I first had the idea to become vegetarian. In Judaism, we sometimes say that saving a life is equivalent to saving the entire world.\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan8_2_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of friends at a picnic, and then two people sharing a plate of food between each other. Text reads: \u201cEven after so many years, being vegan in a non-vegan world is not always easy \u2014 logistically, socially, and emotionally. Human connection makes it easier. We share vegan foods and an unspoken understanding of how hard it is to go through life carrying such a heavy burden. What else can we do in this unjust world if not help each other live according to our values?\u201d\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/codez.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vegan9_edited.jpg\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<div id=\"uwFztF\">\n<div data-anthem-component=\"aside:12238296\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"Po1HRp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/authors\/marina-bolotnikova\"><em>Marina Bolotnikova<\/em><\/a><em> is a deputy editor for Vox\u2019s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\" data-source=\"encore\"><em>Future Perfect<\/em><\/a><em> section. Before joining Vox, she reported on factory farming for national outlets including the Guardian, the Intercept, and elsewhere.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"icb90W\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christinemi.com\"><em>Christine Mi<\/em><\/a><em> is a cartoonist, writer, and game designer focused on telling stories in and around nature. Some examples of topics she\u2019s explored in her work have been <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/9\/30\/20885718\/eel-spawn-birth\"><em>eels<\/em><\/a><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><em>(where do they come from?), <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-highlight\/2019\/10\/29\/20932379\/ginkgo-tree-atomic-bomb-hiroshima-bombing\"><em>gingko trees<\/em><\/a><em>, and finding ways to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-highlight\/21356239\/coronavirus-covid-19-summer-animal-crossing-houseplants-comic-joy\"><em>experience small joys<\/em><\/a><em> during the pandemic. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Rumpus, and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"SkMwCd\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"Xnt1kl\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2024\/3\/20\/24105735\/peak-meat-livestock-emissions-plant-based-climate-deadline\">The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy<\/a>,\u201d Vox, May 2024<\/li>\n<li id=\"0iGEif\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/petedavis.org\/dedicated\/\"><em>Dedicated<\/em><\/a>, Pete Davis, 2021 <\/li>\n<li id=\"aADd3u\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6ac009d5-dbfd-4a86-839e-28bb44b2b64c\">Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about Italian food is wrong<\/a>,\u201d Financial Times, March 2023 <\/li>\n<li id=\"crH9gG\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/wild-mammals-birds-biomass\">Wild mammals make up only a few percent of the world\u2019s mammals<\/a>,\u201d Our World in Data, December 2022<\/li>\n<li id=\"jLZfWB\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/direct-action-everywhere-virtual-reality-exposing-factory-farms\/\">Meet the activists risking prison to film VR in factory farms<\/a>,\u201d Wired, December 2019<\/li>\n<li id=\"5fhxkp\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mosaicmagazine.com\/observation\/history-ideas\/2016\/10\/the-origins-of-the-precept-whoever-saves-a-life-saves-the-world\/\">The origins of the precept \u2018Whoever saves a life saves the world<\/a>,\u2019\u201d Mosaic Magazine, October 2016   <\/li>\n<li id=\"EUFX48\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/646686\/the-vegan-chinese-kitchen-by-hannah-che\/\"><em>The Vegan Chinese Kitchen<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Hannah Che, 2022<\/li>\n<li id=\"5OSktw\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theppk.com\/books\/vegan-cupcakes-take-over-the-world\/\"><em>Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"MGGaw1\"><strong>Tips and resources for going plant-based<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"WYT9rj\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/22842911\/how-to-eat-less-meat-newsletter-course\">Meat\/Less<\/a>, Vox\u2019s free newsletter guide to eating less meat<\/li>\n<li id=\"jXg7Kb\">Why you likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/24049505\/protein-intake-fiber-plant-based-vegetarian-vegan-meat\">don\u2019t need to worry about your protein intake<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"wdTq0f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2023\/5\/12\/23717519\/beans-protein-nutrition-sustainability-climate-food-security-solution-vegan-alternative-meat\">Eat more beans. Please.<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"yR0JK1\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/24034578\/vegan-twin-study-stanford-you-are-what-you-eat-netflix\">When one twin goes vegan and the other doesn\u2019t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li id=\"GltDYg\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/first-person\/22352426\/meat-vegan-marriage-vegetarian-plant-based-diet\">My husband, the carnivore<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"5GtdAb\"><strong>Further reading on factory farming, our food system, and the climate <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"o1hfhO\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/24079424\/factory-farming-facts-meat-usda-agriculture-census\">9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize<\/a> <\/li>\n<li id=\"1loVY8\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/22838160\/animal-welfare-labels-meat-dairy-eggs-humane-humanewashing\">The \u201chumanewashing\u201d of America\u2019s meat and dairy, explained<\/a> <\/li>\n<li id=\"iITNEe\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2023\/8\/31\/23852325\/farming-myths-agricultural-exceptionalism-pollution-labor-animal-welfare-laws\">The myths we tell ourselves about American farming<\/a> <\/li>\n<li id=\"xDnO2q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/23738600\/un-fao-meat-dairy-livestock-emissions-methane-climate-change\">UN numbers say meat is bad for the climate. The reality is worse.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"BIlObB\">\n<div id=\"coral_thread\"><\/div>\n<p>  (function() {<br \/>\n      var d = document, s = d.createElement(&#8216;script&#8217;);<br \/>\n      s.src = &#8216;https:\/\/vox.coral.coralproject.net\/assets\/js\/embed.js&#8217;;<br \/>\n      s.async = false;<br \/>\n      s.defer = true;<br \/>\n      s.onload = function() {<br \/>\n          Coral.createStreamEmbed({<br \/>\n              id: &#8220;coral_thread&#8221;,<br \/>\n              autoRender: true,<br \/>\n              rootURL: &#8216;https:\/\/vox.coral.coralproject.net&#8217;,<br \/>\n              \/\/ Uncomment these lines and replace with the ID of the<br \/>\n              \/\/ story&#8217;s ID and URL from your CMS to provide the<br \/>\n              \/\/ tightest integration. 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