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16 (plus) years a vegan.

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16 (plus) years a vegan.

Hi There-     Being vegan may be a slightly newer concept for many folks- maybe someone saw a documentary about the environmental impacts of animal agriculture, or their favourite celebrity went on a vegan kick themselves. It isn't a new concept for me, as my first official intentional participation was in the year of our lord, 2006.  This was before most documentaries or celebrities dawned the vegan word.  But, I think what sparked my officially swearing off contributing to animal suffering as much as possible started long before then. I think it started at around age 5 or 6....

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Can vegans eat peanuts?

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Can vegans eat peanuts?

  Thanks for sticking about to celebrate the opening of our retail location- has been a long 9 years, but, it just keeps going. I wanted to take this opportunity of your undivided attention, to provide a bit of insight as to our adjusted approach at Zimt. Some things are not going to change- vegan everything (always), organic always, compostable packaging (even-when-it-is-difficult/expensive) and trying to produce as little waste as possible in our day-to-day activities.  These things will always stay, because they have profound ethical implications. Lives, quite literally, depend upon them. No matter what. Some things that are out. ...

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