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  • Veganism 101: An Introduction

    This briefing provides an overview of veganism, the history of vegan thinking, and reasons to consider veganism.

  • Getting Started with Going Vegan

    This briefing provides a few practical suggestions for getting started with going vegan, as well as links to resources that can help.

  • The Environmental Impact of Animal Agriculture

    An overview of the devastating impacts of animal agriculture on the environment.

  • Vegan Diets Can Be Healthy and Protective Against Chronic Diseases

    There is agreement among the credentialed dietetic and medical communities that we do not need animal products to be healthy, and that vegan diets are health-promoting and protective against chronic diseases.

  • “Plants Are Sentient and Have Feelings Too”

    This briefing provides several reasons why objections to veganism based on plant sentience or plant pain are unfounded.

  • Animal Agriculture: Cruel and Unjust

    This briefing highlights the widespread injustices and severe suffering caused by using animals for food.

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  • The Rights-Based Approach to Animal Ethics

    This briefing summarizes the key concepts of animal rights philosophy as espoused by philosopher Tom Regan.

  • “It’s My Personal Choice” 

    In answering this objection to veganism, we show how personal choice cannot be used to justify actions that are unethical.

  • Building Rapport in Advocacy and Outreach

    This briefing shows how rapport building is especially important for animal rights and vegan advocacy and why it helps. It provides specific techniques to build rapport and discusses how it applies in various settings.

  • Plant Protein: Abundant, Complete, and Healthier

    This briefing shows that plant protein is sufficient, complete, and avoids the risks associated with animal protein.

  • Can Veganism Mitigate World Hunger and Starvation?

    A plant-based food economy will promote a more efficient food production system better capable of feeding the world.

  • “Eating Vegan Is Too Expensive”

    We examine the claim that eating vegan is too expensive and a luxury.

  • Naturalistic Objections to Veganism

    We examine several naturalistic objections to veganism, including “circle of life,” “apex predation,” “animals eat animals,” etc.

  • “God Condones Eating Animals”

    We address the objection to veganism that the Christian God condones the harmful exploitation of animals and even put them here for our use.

  • Using Almonds’ Environmental Impact as a Detraction from Veganism

    This briefing examines why using almond production’s environmental impact to distract from veganism is both logically flawed and environmentally unsound.

  • “Humans Are Omnivores with Canine Teeth and Front-Facing Eyes”

    This briefing shows why veganism’s validity isn’t tied to humans being omnivorous, having canine teeth, or front-facing eyes.

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  • “Humans Have Souls; Animals Don’t”

    Several points to consider when evaluating the objection to veganism and animal rights based on the presence or absence of a soul.

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  • “A Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone; It Made Me Sick”

    We provide possible reasons for why you may not be feeling well on your vegan diet.

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  • “It’s Our Tradition, Culture, and Way of Living”

    Several points to consider regarding the “tradition and culture” objection to veganism and animal rights.

  • Vitamin B12 Information for Vegans

    We address several aspects of Vitamin B12 for those on a vegan diet, including cost, supplementation, and the claim that B12 proves a vegan diet is not natural.

  • “One Person is Powerless to Make a Difference”

    This briefing explains, with six key points, why one person can make a difference.

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  • “We Give Animals Life, Meaning, and Protection; They Should Be Grateful”

    This briefing addresses common rationalizations for exploiting animals involving life, meaning, protection, and gratitude.

  • Chicken Injustices and Suffering

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices chickens are forced to endure at the hands of humans and also include slaughter counts and ages at slaughter.

  • Chicken Sentience and Cognition

    Chickens are sentient, are capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

  • Cow Injustices and Suffering

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices farmed cows are forced to endure at the hands of humans and provide slaughter counts and slaughter age information.

  • Cow Sentience and Cognition

    Cows are sentient, capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

  • Diabetes and the Vegan Diet

    For some individuals, a vegan diet can mitigate and possibly eliminate diabetes.

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  • Fish Injustices and Suffering

    This briefing catalogs the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices fish undergo at the hands of humans and also provide slaughter counts.

  • Fish Sentience and Cognition

    This briefing provides scientific evidence that fish feel pain, are sentient, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives. It also includes slaughter counts.

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  • Pig Injustices and Suffering

    We address the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices pigs are forced to endure at the hands of humans and also include slaughter counts and slaughter age.

  • Pig Sentience and Cognition

    Pigs are sentient, capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.