RE: Veganism Sometimes Isn't Intersectional
As a vegan, I do agree with the overall message. The thing with global platforms like Steemit is that you really do not know much about who you are talking to and their social context. Veganism is not practical in a lot of places yet. It is up to those who can afford to do it. Furthermore, considering the positive impacts on both health and environment, the authorities can contribute to making healthier food not as inaccessible. Even when it comes to stuff like peanut butter, pasta, etc, the cheaper food has always more sugar and more processed, and the more natural is more expensive. If people are paid to live on the poor-quality foods, the responsibility is on the ones with bigger power (in my opinion).
Vegan replacements tend to be too expensive. However, locally, there has been such an increase in demand that some of the products are not as expensive (or at least, they don't import the most expensive brands only). As for farming, there should be a lot more regulations, obviously. I don't like that in many countries, there aren't strict regulations on pesticides and chemicals, which may, in turn, harm the environment directly or indirectly anyway. In itself, fresh produce is in no way bad. It's the human application of farming and abuse of people that makes it immoral.