Lovin' Spoonfuls Restaurant
[Arizona Daily Wildcat]
Peggy Raisglid walked through the doors of a
Unitarian church 20 years ago a �hardcore carnivore� and an hour later she
walked out a �committed vegan.�
She heard a lecture that day on
vivisection � the process of cutting up animals for either food or cosmetic
purposes, she said.
�It was just so compelling � that day I went out and
had my first vegan meal in an Asian restaurant and it was delicious,� said
Raisglid, the owner of Lovin� Spoonfuls, 2990 N. Campbell Ave., and UA
alumnus of 1997. Being vegan is more of a lifestyle, she added, not just a
diet.
�For most people, vegan means no animal products whatsoever,� she
said.
Raisglid opened the restaurant in 2005, despite doubtful reactions.
She remembers hearing, �People will never support a vegan restaurant in
Tucson.�
Lovin� Spoonfuls is the only exclusively vegan restaurant in
town, and Raisglid said the restaurant is doing well, with roughly 150
customers daily.
...
A large number of vegan customers still come in
inquiring about vegan products regularly, she said.
Some students on
the UA campus have strong vegan beliefs as well, as demonstrated through the
Students Organized for Animal Rights club.
Stephanie Jaffa, a Spanish and
political science junior, is the president of this animal advocacy club and
has been a vegan for seven years.
Jaffa was a vegetarian as a child,
and then started encountering information online about animal agricultural
industries. This information taught her how unhealthy animal products are,
she said.
�I felt obligated to boycott inhumane practicing after that,�
Jaffa said. �So the logical conclusion was to go vegan and stop consuming
animal products.�
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full story:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/vegan-eating-good-for-body-earth-1.934829
