by Mark Doskow
Back in June 2012, I thought, “Hey, what the Hell, let’s start a Facebook page about veganism.” So I did.
4.5 years later, after spending minimal time posting to the page, and due mostly to a smart name choice, the page now has over 71,000 likes. That page is Vegan Food.
Recently due to changes of circumstances in my life, I’ve had a bit more time to devote to the page and now I’m seeing it grow even faster and that’s exciting. Seeing the positive responses from people, seeing the shift in national and local news attention that the plant-based food movement is getting, and seeing more and more of the mainstream twig to the positive effects of a vegan diet has, for me, become all consuming.
Now, I just want to see the page and the movement grow more and and more, which is why I’m starting this blog and extending the public forum that is our Facebook page to this new blog site.
But why? For the addiction to “likes?” No. To the gratification of finding validation in its growth? Maybe a bit … but at the core, it’s because I want to see what I see as the most powerful force toward monumental change for both the individual and the planet, the adoption of a plant-based (vegan) diet, have the impact I know it can have.
No one choice can be made on an individual level that can have such a profound impact on so many different areas of life. Eating a plant-based diet creates benefits for individual health (weight loss, the reduction of heard disease and cancer and more) environmental health (reduction of CO2 emissions, water use, deforestation, and more,) animal welfare, hunger and poverty and to our socio-economic and production systems (healthcare, agriculture, food supply, food safety and others.)
It’s with the intention of making veganism the norm and not the exception and more accessible for all, that I continue forward and launch this new site. I would greatly appreciate any ideas or comments you wish to share with me as I create a new branch with which to reach out into the world.
Vegan Food Group 