Introduce Yourself - 2019!

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Hello All!

Time for a new introductions thread. Whether you are brand new to HappyCow or are a long time member, please say hello and share something about yourself. To get things started: My name is Travis. I'm one of the Portland, Oregon ambassadors for HappyCow. I'm passionate about Veganism and Travel, among many things. Please ask me anything! 

Your turn. :-)

ParisNoun · Answer

I am a spiritual person who tries to help humanity ecolve.
Thats my video about animals

https://youtu.be/EomAPBDSNzE

Nadezhda_UA · Answer

My name is Nadezhda. I live in the Dnipro city, Ukraina. It is hard to be a vegetarian in the city of meat eaters. Many products need to be ordered online from other cities, because there are no vegetarian departments in stores. We have only 2 vegetarian cafes in the city. But I think the situation will improve soon.
About myself. I am a vegetarian for 2 years so as my husband, my brother and mother. I am glad that we have complete mutual understanding in the family, at least with regard to food. 
I also dream of traveling, but so far I have not been outside the country (except for Google Panoramas :)))).
I hope you can understand me because I speak English badly.

marlicious · Answer

Hola, I'm Mara. This year I FINALLY want to reduce my consumption of animal products (especially dairy, because I eat almost no meat). I also plan to try to eat less and only when I'm hungry, and buy only the things I need. I want to do all that especially for the environment, which is very important to me.

AmberHawkins · Answer

Hey everyone, my name is Amber I am 28 from the Midlands in the UK! Anyone else from here? 
I have been a meat eater all my life and as of January, I have become vegan! Loving it so far! I have always loved my veggies so it's not that hard for me!
Would love to talk to other people to share recipes and support and make friends :-)
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Newbie04 · Answer

Hi, 
My name is Cassandra from Gatineau Quebec. 
I am on day 4 of a vegetarian diet, hoping to transition to vegan one day. I love doing yoga, meditations and felt gravitated to changing my diet, to eat more high vibrating, life force energy foods on my spiritual path. Hoping to find a supportive community as i have  all meat eaters in my and my fiances family. Lord give me strength lol
Glad to be here😄
Namaste 🙏💜

Vegan_Elf · Answer

Merry Meet! I'm Luna, I'm 32, live in the UK. I've been vegan for 3 years, I'm a vegan activist with Northern Animal Welfare Cooperation. I was vegetarian for 2 years before going vegan. I love to read and watch films. X x

Vegan_Belle · Answer

Hi everyone!  I'm Belle and I live in Norfolk, England.  I've been vegan for 8 years and was vegetarian for a long time before that (since childhood).  I love observing wildlife, photography, making things for animal charities, reading, music and watching films.

Nena80s · Answer

Hi guys, new here. I've just been a vegan for a year. Looking forward to meet new friends here, also learn some recipes :-)

kthomas · Answer

Hi everyone!  My name is Kennedy and I've been vegan for about a year and a half now.  I've recently become more involved in the Happy Cow community and I'm looking forward to making new vegan friends!

Mukul · Answer

I am vegetarian for compassionate reasons. My spirituality is very close to my heart and I am from the Jain tradition which advocates Ahimsa and absolute compassion to all life as absolutely core. My profession I am a medical doctor working in Emergency medicine and General Practise and am currently studying Ayurvedic medicine and complementary care as a bridge between my spirituality and profession. I have the deepest respect for fellow vegetarians and vegans. In particular, those that were not born into this lifestyle and to actively give it up means they must be very passionate about it. I am glad to connect with such a community of people with like minded thoughts and actions.

laurennaitchison · Answer

Hi! I am a vegan from Australia but I lived in the UK for most of my life. I became a vegan in January 2018 and I was vegetarian for a year or so before. I've recently made a blog about veganism and zero waste, and would love it for some of you guys to check it out. 

https://laurenjai00.wixsite.com/mysite/socials

aslietman · Answer

Hi, I'm Amanda. Vegan for almost 2 years after being pescatarian for over 30. I've found the food change to be fairly easy - it's the social changes that are challenging. I constantly think about the violence against animals and find it difficult to see meat-eating everywhere. I struggle with speaking up versus being tactful and not the really annoying vegan in the room. But I feel very strongly and it's hard to stay quiet, also hard to feel so different from everyone I'm with now. I'd love a vegan group but hard to find where I live.

veggienator_coaching · Answer

Hi. My name is Catalin "Cat" Manea, or " The Veggienator", from Lower Mainland, BC, Canada. I have been a vegan for 4 years and I went vegan basically overnight. I am a bodybuilder and I have a Bachelor's Degree in Phys Ed and also a Holistic Nutrition Coaching Diploma. I am here to bring my contribution and help as much as I can and also to build my coaching business.  But money comes second for me and the main goal is to help veganise the world for the sake of animals!

Crito · Answer

Almost 40 and been living in LA for 9 years.  I was vegetarian from 2006 until 2018 when some of the (now blatantly obvious) nutritional and ethical flaws of dairy and eggs became apparent, and I dropped all animal products from my diet.  My wife joined me and we're raising 2 children who have never eaten meat and now a 1 year old who has never consumed animal products (which baffles our meat eating family members "but...PROTEIN!!!!!").

I'm an exec in corporate marketing/branding.  Now eagerly looking for a new career path in the Vegan/Plant-Based food world so I can make a positive difference in the world.  Any suggestions for job hunting are greatly appreciated.  veganjobs.com is pretty UK-centric and has some dated listings.

To that point, would love to see a jobs/classified type of section on Happy Cow.  :)

Love all music and the NY Giants and Islanders.
Been interested in nutrition for a long time.  Big fan of Dr Greger and Neal Barnard's podcasts and speeches.  Love Mic the Vegan on YouTube.

Jenniferklomp · Answer

I'm Jennifer, 20 and currently have been vegetarian for just over a month, but I am hoping to go vegan or almost fully vegan as soon as I am done with my holiday. I work with parrots, but have a big passions for all birds, lizards, snakes, bugs, spiders and other 'creepy crawlies' as some might name them. I have had this passion from the moment I could walk. I'm glad to have made it my job. I enjoy watching documentaries about wildlife and all things ecological too.

I went vegetarian (and eventually vegan) for environmental reasons as leading motivation, knowing how much of a difference each individual can make on reducing their carbon footprint by not consuming animal products. I have always had an issue with meat and eggs for ethical reasons and would only really eat under social pressure or if it was processed enough to have another texture, so giving this up was super easy for me. I hope to learn a lot more on my journey and meet new people, find recipes and stay motivated!

herwin · Answer

hi all,
my name is Win and vegan for a decade or three. Fro the ANIMALS of course. I still cant grasp how extreme cruel animals are treated in our society. 
I started as an activist, forking out vegan leaflets to people who come back tired from work, and are not in the mood to be "educated".
I started another aproach, instead of giving free leaflets or free vegan food to basically uninterested people, i forced myself to actually make something "vegan" that ordinary people not only like but are also willing to pay for. Its odd but freebies are generally viewed as not valuable, wrap it diferently and put a price on it, and suddenly people, your very target group, line up and gobble it up. Thats a win win situation for veganism. 
i regularly visit thie forum. but instead of cheap praise or a false pat on the back of a fellow vegan, i hammer a bit on somebodies reasoning and stuff like that, to see whats the real value of all these fancy words. some if not most people will see it as negative trolling but its not. if you say something on a forum, you must be willing to defend it or explain it, otherwise there is only a feeble and rather uninteresting conversation.
Often i feel not so at home with vegans, some vegans just dont have humor and think they hold the Truth and The Good Message, just like Jehova witnesses, irritating.  Also vegans can get completely lost, thinking that veganism is a road to Sainthood, and they start to talk about Vegan Jezus and stuff like that.
Basically, i am an environmental vegan, bicycle all my life, and earning my money selling vegan burgers to non vegan people including police and kfc staff. Now thats cool [censored]. ;-)

saurabhvyas · Answer

Hey guys,
I am Saurabh, 22 M, from. India, living in Tokyo, vegetarian, desperately trying to be vegan, I am interested in health, vegan lifestyle, yoga, helping others,kindness, I am hoping to connect with fellow vegan or vegetarian people :)

Crito · Answer

Welcome Saurabh!  If you're "desperately trying to be vegan", I'd recommend checking out James Aspey on Instagram or look up some of his videos on YouTube for his personal story in going from meat-eater to vegetarian to vegan.  The health issues are apparent, but learning more about the animal issues with dairy and eggs, and gaining the inspiration for compassion to animals could quite easily push you over from "trying" to straight vegan.

BoxCars · Answer

I’m as new as about as it gets to being a vegetarian.  My wife and I have had our meatless nights, but I’ve never just gone full meatless before.  I mainly joined for the recipe posts but I’m sure I’ll shoot the s-word off and on as well.

AdelleLouise · Answer

Hello everyone! I am Adelle, and I've just moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I am enjoying exploring the vegan + eco-friendly community here, and can't wait to visit the beautiful Camodian beaches + countryside. I love being in nature, cooking, + reading. Some sources of inspiration I'd recommend for pre-vegans are James Aspey, Carly Taylor, Earthling Ed, Melanie Joy, Challenge22, and the NutritionFacts website. Please feel free to reach out to me for questions or support of any kind!

livinghealthyonplants · Answer

Hey everyone!  My name is Nick and I have been following a whole food plant based diet for 17 years now and love it! 

I just started a blog about living long, happy, and healthy on a plant-based diet and love to help others along this amazing journey.

If anyone here lives in Northern Colorado - let's get together for some plant-based food :)

I would love to connect with anyone here so just send me a message.

KennyStringer · Answer

Hi I am Kenny and I am going Raw Vegan for three months starting August 1. I have spent the month of July transitioning I’ve been vegan for the last couple weeks all I’ve had since July 1 has been a little bit of chicken and fish.  I’m here to get some advice on things like nuts legumes and rice —  should I start my own thread or something?

KatieThomass · Answer

Hiya, I’m Katie, 15 from New Zealand 🇳🇿 I’ve been vegan for 3 months now I switched straight from Omni to herbivore after watching some documentaries on Netflix. Keen to make some friends and chat with like minded people.

BernardFournier · Answer

Hi! My name his Bernard Fournier. I'm from Edmundston in New-Brunswick (Canada). I'm a fairly new vegetarian (but I'm like 95% vegan). It's been 9 months since I started my journey. I just started to use Happy Cow and I really like the concept. I can't stop using it! 

I went vegetarian after I saw the documentary Cowspiracy on Netflix. I recommend it to anyone that has at least a little bit of concern about the future of our planet.
I'm working hard to try to convert everyone I know to a plant-based diet because it's what would be best for our planet.

Jonneketh · Answer

Hi everyone I am Jonneke, vegan for 2 years now. Before I went fully vegan I ate mostly vegetarian due too the fact that I am allergic too animal products. 

I love eating vegan 🌱 also trying to maintain low waste as possible. After all we only have one planet 🌎.  

It would be great to meet other people here that are also vegan and or vegetarian 💪🏻.

happy_people · Answer

Hi, I'm Nick. New vegan here. Will share many more things and will learn lot from you guys... :-)

VeggieGeezer · Answer

Hi everyone. My name is Ralph , all my friends call me Geezer lol. For the past nearly 30 years now , I’ve been living in the county of Devon in the UK. Originally from London , where the nickname Geezer came from lol. I have have joined HappyCow hoping to make new friends . Who share my interest in vegetarian. Hope to speak with you all soon . Come over and say hi.

MaryLennox · Answer

Hello. I just joined the group. I live in Canada. I have been vegetarian just since May of this year. Transition has been going well, since didn't eat much meat before. Would like to eventually go vegan, or at least mostly vegan. :)

laskin · Answer

Hey everyone! 
My name is Elizabeth, I'm based in Moscow, Russia, used to live in Norway and Israel. 

I enjoy meeting new people, visiting new places and, of course, trying out new food! 

I became pescatarian in 2014, went vegetarian in 2015, and then vegan in late 2016. 

I've always been passionate about reviewing restaurants and cafés to both help owners and visitors on Foursquare, Google and other platforms, so when I've  discovered Happy Cow it seemed like a perfect place — a community-driven worldwide veggie guide! Hoping to see Happy Cow and global veg thrive 💚💜

Feel free to contact me about veg places in Moscow, Tel Aviv and Stockholm, or if you're up for a chat. 🤗

athzirinicole · Answer

Hello! Just joined and I wanted to share my vegan blog I made for a class I need to reach 1,000 views by the end of the semester if you can please just check it out, it would be greatly appreciate it!
https://veghotspots.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/3-reasons-to-eat-vegan/

charlesf7 · Answer

Hello my name is Charles. I've been plant based for one year now after many 
years of being an omnivore.

I have had fun and a fine time with it as my taste buds have dramatically changed to enjoying fruits, grains and vegetables much more than I ever could have imagined. Previously this stuff just rounded out my plate and I had been mainly focused on my meat portion.

I recently tested a plant based tuna product on the market now and was very displeased with it and that brought back my fishy craving (but I'm alright with it!)
Used to be a big tuna fish guy, that & peanut butter.

I do know how to process the garbanzo bean/ mock tuna alternative but that's not always easy for the ever working fellow. I thought that being able to just purchase a can would be much easier.

Happy to be here!

mariovilche · Answer

My name is Mario David. My little sister is a Vegan and thanks to her I stopped eating meat. I have been a vegetarian less than a year and one day I hope to be vegan.

In my spare time I enjoy reading and writing. I'm also a food rescue hero for "Food Rescue US".

greensheen · Answer

Hi! New to the Cleveland, OH area. Originally from PA. Any vegans or vegetarians in my area here?

RichardFerguson · Answer

Hello im Richie from Newcastle UK and I'm new to vegan, been 48 days now and i didn't transition over. Kinda feel great at the moment.

Few months back i started doing some fitness training and stil going, Vegan diet really helping me along and for a skinny guy not being able to put weight on all my life.. I've actually gained weight since starting the diet😄

Done lots of research as well. Loving life x

Pm me if anyone in area.

Ant1Plant1 · Answer

Hi all I have started a new thread titled Introduce Yourself- 2020 for new and existing members to reintroduce themselves. Check it out and find out a little bit about myself and say hi.

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