Nothing You Eat Is All-the-Way Vegan
I tell you this to encourage, not discourage
There is a growing movement of vegan and veganic (vegan + organic) farmers throughout the world, who are both concerned about the welfare of non-human animals, and understand that the standard practice of using animal by-products as soil amendments is actually not benefitting soil health, productivity, and their bottom-line.
Unfortunately, there are too few of us currently, which means that the fruit and veg you’re buying at the market or grocery store, especially if organic, is grown using the “wastes” from an industry that is so horrific it’s unthinkable that it still exists.
Death by fertilizer
Many animal agriculture by-products are used in farming and gardening, much more than the manure that comes to mind for most people. Fish emulsion, feather meal, and a host of other, equally horrific “amendments” are added to soil as fertilizer.
If you’ve gone to the trouble of eating organic foods, you are even more likely to have had your food grown with animal by-products. This is because things like bone meal and blood meal can be certified for organic use, but fossil fuel based fertilizers cannot.
