Very few people are upset over microbes and micro-organism.
Exactly, and this is what I'm struggling to get my head round on a philosophical level where I like the idea of not harming any living thing.
The thing is I don't see any difference between a cow and a worm - both are totally oriented to doing whatever it takes to survive and are capable of responding to external stimuli, unlike plants which just grow where they are and hope for the best. Both are clearly inferior to humans but it's not considered a problem to end five worm lives to grow a carrot which will feed one person, but it is a problem to end one cow life which would feed (I don't know so I'll guess) twenty people, as well as provide leather for their shoes.
If all life is equal and to be respected surely the cow is the lesser 'crime'.
afaik vegan refers to eating and diet specifically, not wanting to harm living creatures is a different ideology altogether.
there are some vegans who don't want to harm any living thing, that's part of how veganism originated
as far as i'm aware most vegans live in cities, where gardening isn't as much of a thought
You can get vegan certified cosmetics (no animal ingredients, no animal testing) and you shouldn't see a vegan wearing leather - it's more than a diet though that's where it's most likely to come up. You probably have a point that most pass the buck to the producer rather than growing their own food, that's a good way of avoiding thinking about it...
i wasnt aware there was not vegan gardening, can i grow meat? meat garden?
Um... No?
Actually you could tie chickens to poles by their feet and run conveyor belts of grain under them which wouldn't be far off a chicken tree and not much worse than keeping them inside in a tiny cag but that's definitely not vegan
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