Actress Alicia Silverstone, best known for her role as Cher in Clueless, has written a book about being vegan. The Kind Diet, which was released on October 12th, gives Silverstone an opportunity to share the reasons why she decided to go vegan 11 years ago — before it became a Hollywood fad.
In the book, Silverstone details the benefits of swearing off all meat, eggs and dairy products, and like other authors (Micheal Pollan and Mark Bittman) examines the role our food decisions have on the planet. The book also includes personal vegan and macrobiotic recipes by the actress.
Although, I appreciate Silverstone’s attempt on shedding light on the impact our food choices have on the environment, the diet she describes is not practical for everyone. As a college student, it is already difficult to find healthy inexpensive food on campus. I can only imagine how much harder it would be to become vegan in a campus that has limited food options.
I applaud her animal rights work and desire to make a difference but her book and diet are not for everyone. The book can be found at all major bookstores if you would like to check it out. But as for me, I’m sticking with trying to eat local organic produce on a student budget — for now.
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Check out this uplifting and inspiring video on why people choose vegan: http://veganvideo.org/
Here is a great article on the fallacy of Locavores: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/opinions-energy-locavores-on-my-mind.html
Although I really appreciate you covering a book such as this, I disagree with your statements about veganism being expensive and inconvenient. I was a vegan on a college capmus far before it was trendy to do so, and I SAVED money by not buying overprocesses/convenient/meat foods. Now there are lots of options available out there…you don’t need expensive meat substitutes to be vegan. I never eat them, unless an omnivore is cooking for me.
Also- It seems to me that trying to buy all local organic produce would alone put a bigger dent in your wallet then switching to a vegan diet. Im still a vegan, and not all of the foods I eat are organic, or local. Its just not possible. What is possible though, is to look outside conveniences and do something good for your own body and the planet. Burgers from McDonald’s are extremely convenient- but so is a fresco bean burrito from Taco bell. Neither are great food choices. I think many college students as well as others like to make excuses for there huge meat consumption- look into where that stuff is coming from and see how convenient it may be for you in say.. 20 years.