Food & Lifestyle for Cowtown Vegans

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.” — Paul McCartney

This is for every vegan living in a cowtown.

Cowtown Veganism is a way of life, dudes. It’s a more relaxed approach to thriving on a plant-based diet in the good ol’ USA. I am strict about one thing: not eating animal products. But I have leather seats in my car because it was purchased used and the cows were already dead. Leather in a landfill benefits no one. My car runs on gasoline. I will occasionally eat out and order a vegan meal, even knowing there may be cross-contact with a wok that was used to stir-fry meat. I use bug spray and citronella candles. I meditate with my boots on.

Ethical veganism is philosophically beautiful but not always practical - especially in a Cowtown where fully vegan restaurants are few and far between.

Cowtown Vegan exists to support and highlight local vegan restaurants, coffee shops, and bakeries in your Cowtown and mine. We also provide a simple, accessible database of nationally available products for cooking delicious plant-based food at home. And an ever-expanding library of resources - from cookbooks and recipes to documentaries, science, and literature on plant-based living. We keep a running list of vegan athletes, influencers, and celebrities, because representation matters.

I live at ground zero in Kansas. In my home state, we slaughter sixteen cows every minute. Every second, 330,000 gallons of fresh water are consumed to power the beef industry here in the Sunflower State.

Only one thing can save human society on this planet. Veganism.

The Earth is a forgiving mother. You don’t have to eat the bull. You don’t have to be a revolutionary. Just be a Cowtown Vegan. If I can make it in a city where people think “VEGAN” means a sour cream and cheese chimichanga?

You can make it anywhere.

I’m the grandson of a cattle rancher and a former Meataholic, now flesh sober for 7 years. It’s confusing, infuriating, and sometimes just lonesome to be a vegan in the USA. It’s not a perfect circle, but if we work together, it can be a better one.

Cowtown Vegan is and will always be a free resource, so you know you are not alone. Not in Kansas City. Not anywhere.

Keep it real, Cowtowners.

Cowtown Vegan

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