Part of my major problem when I first went vegetarian (about 7 years ago) and then vegan (about 6 months ago with a few occasional slip-ups that I am really, really working on!!!!) was the utter lack, of under-emphasis on, the ways in which food "choices" are greatly constrained not only by culture, but by material circumstances.
Many people cannot (1) afford to buy healthy food options; (2) do not have access to fresh produce, vegetables and non-GMO meat-substitutes and other veg products anywhere near their neighborhood; or, (3) do not have access to knowledge about genetic modification of food, dangers of food (particularly meat and dairy), and what to do to pressure those in power to make sure they get it. Well, I stumbled across this AMAZING website, Appetite for Justice by Food Empowerment Project. I think that every, single last damn vegan in the world should be reading about the important social justice activism this group is doing and support (however they can) the work that they do.
Here is a link to their most recent study as well.
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