The affects of a meat-based diet on health and the environment has always concerned me since reading John Robbins' Diet for a new America, over ten years ago. I went vegan for two years after reading the book. However, I went back to a meat-based diet after that and never felt good doing so. Knowing what I knew after reading the book, my conscience always bothered me. I decided to take the Veggie Challenge after reading May All Be Fed. I didn't know there was so much support out there for people who wanted to live a healthy and humane way of life. I'm on my tenth day being vegan and I have to say, I feel amazing. When I ate meat, I always had heartburn and stomach pains after I ate. Now, my stomach and bowels are thanking me because everything I eat is easily digested and I have no more discomfort. Family and friends have been somewhat supportive but somewhat ignorant. I think we have been so brainwashed as a society to think that we have to have meat on our plates to have a complete meal. Thank you TVA and your Veggie Challenge! I hope I can continue to do my little part for the animals and the environment.

I am a mother of two, and work as a Montessori Teacher.
– Linda, age 25-44, Richmond Hill, Ontario