For example, we recognize the right of a person to consume animal products, be it meat, eggs, or milk. A vegan or vegetarian or an animal rights activist may never see eye to eye with a dairy farmer. Nevertheless, I believe we can learn a lot from each other. I am a graduate of the College of ACES at the University of Illinois and I had the opportunity to be friends with several vegans (fellow ACES alums) and I often visited their vegan house in Urbana. If anyone knows how to make vegetables tasty \u2013 it\u2019s the vegans. This dairy farmer\u2019s son left every time with my belly full of amazing food and wine. I realized that we might not agree on everything \u2013<\/p>\n

but that does not mean we should not learn something in the process.<\/h4>\n

~David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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