Why Become

Health

Some people make this decision for health reasons. The following websites offer graphs, videos, recipes, and more:

NutritionFacts.org

DrFuhrman.com

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine at PCRM.org and see Good Nutrition.
MayoClinic.org provides information on supplements in the Vegetarian diet: How to get the best nutrition article.

Animals

There are many resources illustrating what animals face in food producing facilities. It’s an important factor in making this decision. However, our focus will be on animal behavior, emotions, and cognition. Because understanding other species, helps us make an educated decision on what we eat to what we wear. For more information, please see the Wag’hen for Ewe section below.

Environment

In making your decision, please consider the amount of food, water, fuel, and land it takes to produce animal products, and its impacts.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. Here is their Sixth Assessment Report.

The Rearing Cattle Produces More Greenhouse Gases than Driving Cars, UN Report Warns article

by the United Nations News in 2006 provides a good foundation. With a more recent article in 2013 by the Humane Society International on Animal Agriculture One of the Largest Contributors to Global Warming, UN Body Reaffirms