From: ra-AT-alor.univ-montp3.fr (Ronald Creagh, Moderator, Research on Anarchism List)
Date: 22 Jan 1997 15:22:12 UTC   (11:22:12 AM in author's locale)
To: RA-L-AT-bred.univ-montp3.fr

Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:38:57 -0800
>From: che <che-AT-cruzio.com>
>>From: C.R.Gramaglia-AT-sussex.ac.uk (Christelle Gramaglia)
>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:55:28 GMT
>Subject: Re: (F) Journaux recus
>
>Hello! I am actually starting a research on diet choices and
>political consciousness. I would be really grateful if anyone was
>interested to discuss this matter with me. I would like to know
>about your own experience, either if you are a vegetarian or
>campaign in favour of organic food, sustainable development and
>animal rights. Thanks. Xtelle.
>
>
>
>
>.-I am responding to the researcher interested in food choices and
>political consciousness: I have been vegetarian for over 15 years and only
>in these last few years have I occasionally eaten meat: I can cite the
>meals and the occasions for them in order to explain why I at those times
>lapsed my strict vegetarianism, but I am more interested in sharing with
>you observations I've made during these seven years as the manager of a
>popular coffee house in a rather small coastal California city. I often
>find myself inclined to believe that food choices bear a relationship to
>one's class if one is vegan: almost all vegans I know carry a phat wallet;
>conversely, it is very difficult for the poor or homeless individuals I
>know to maintain their vegan diet because options to enter restaurants
>obviously are not available to those with low incomes. Moreover, most all
>of the poor and the homeless I know crave to eat expensive meats.
>Alongside veganism is "organic:" a loaded term where I work: we serve
>virtually only "organic" coffee (certified, of course) and we are both
>praised and reviled for making this choice. Most importantly, however,
>most of our customers have not deigned to enter this controversy and
>appear to be complacent.
If you believe my experience would be useful to your research I would be
glad to help. In any case, though, I wish you good fortune in your
significant endeavor.

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