Welcome!

[piggy]

Welcome to the Vegan Community!

What is a vegan? As mentioned at the Vegetarian Resource Guide

Vegans, in addition to being vegetarian*, do not use other animal products and by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey, leather, fur, silk, wool, cosmetics, and soaps derived from animal products.

*Vegetarian does not eat meat, which includes beef, poultry and fish. Yes, we all know that your cousin's sister's boyfriend's Aunt Betsy's friend's daughter Jane eats chicken and she's "vegetarian," but she's not. Really.

I hope that this will be a place where we can encourage and inspire each other on this lifestyle choice we have made.

(I will probably come back when I am not sleep deprived and write a final sentence that isn't so corny.)

Hello!

[purpletigron]

May I plug a good source of information about healthy diet choices for vegans and non-vegans alike: http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/

and some useful material on definitions:
http://www.vegansociety.com/business/trademark/opportunities/standards.php

and some great tips on vegan baking:
http://www.theppk.com/veganbaking.html