The Vegan View

This column features a question of the month about vegan living that you, a VegFamily community member, are invited to submit your reply for us to publish in the upcoming issue.

This month's question:

Well first let me give you some background information about myself. I am 17 years of age, and currently in the process of making the switch being a vegan. During the entire process of my switch, I have been using honey, simply because I love it, and it adds a grand flavor and an extra bit of variety to my diet. It is not an industrial honey made by some farmer who does not care about the enviroment and his impact on it, but it is made by a family friend. I have personally been with him when he collects honey, and he takes special care not to hurt the bees, and I honestly believe that I hurt more insects daily than he does in a month of his beekeeping. So in saying this I wish to know if i can still consider myself a vegan if I continue to consume this honey?

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Last month's question:

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Isn't the fact that vegans must take a vitamin B12 supplement to remain healthy evidence that veganism is not a natural or totally nutritional diet?

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Previous questions:

Vegan in a village.
Keeping warm without wool.
Vegans and religion.
Animal byproducts for medical purposes
Vegan diet too restrictive for someone with allergies
A vegan diet causes brains to shrink?
Blood Type O Too Weak to be Vegan
Beeswax
Dairy and Cattle Farming
Breastfeeding
Where's the proof vegan is best?
Is being vegan possible for everyone?
Vegans and Pets
Vegan Flatulence
Past Meat-Eating Cultures
Vegans and Honey
Animal testing
Down coat and leather shoes

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