Kufunsana ndi vegan yemwe ali ndi zaka 27

Hope Bohanek wakhala womenyera ufulu wa zinyama kwa zaka zoposa 20 ndipo posachedwapa adasindikiza Kusakhulupirika Komaliza: Kodi Mudzakhala Osangalala Kudya Nyama? Chiyembekezo chatulutsa luso lake labungwe monga mtsogoleri wa Campaign for Animals ndikuwongolera msonkhano wapachaka wa Berkeley Conscious Food ndi Vegfest. Panopa akugwira ntchito pa buku lake lachiwiri, Deceptions of Humanism.

1. Munayamba liti ndipo liti ntchito yanu yolimbikitsa nyama? Ndani anauzira inu?

Kuyambira ndili mwana, ndinkakonda komanso kuchitira chifundo nyama. Muchipinda changa munali zithunzi za nyama, ndipo ndinkalakalaka nditakula. Sindimadziwa kuti ntchito yanga ikhala yotani - mwina mu kafukufuku wa sayansi, koma kupanduka kwanga kwaunyamata kunandikopa ku utsogoleri.

Kudzoza kwanga koyamba kudabwera koyambirira kwa 90s ndi gulu la Greenpeace. Ndinachita chidwi ndi misonkhano yawo yolimba mtima yomwe ndinaiona pa TV, ndipo ndinadzipereka ku East Coast Unit. Podziwa vuto la kudula mitengo ya redwood ku Northern California, ndinangonyamula ndikupita kumeneko. Posakhalitsa ndinali nditakhala kale m'njanji, ndikuletsa mayendedwe amatabwa. Kenako tinamanga matabwa ang’onoang’ono oti tizikhala m’mwamba mamita 100 m’mitengo yomwe inali pangozi yodulidwa. Ndinakhalako miyezi itatu m’chisanja choyalidwa pakati pa mitengo inayi. Zinali zoopsa kwambiri, mnzanga wina anagwa n’kufa, n’kugwa pansi…

Panthaŵi imene ndinali ku Earth First, ndinaŵerenga ndi kuphunzira za kuvutika kwa nyama m’mafamu. Panthawiyo ndinali kale wosadya nyama, koma ng'ombe, nkhuku, nkhumba, turkeys ... adandiyitana. Zinawoneka kwa ine ngati zolengedwa zosalakwa ndi zopanda chitetezo, zozunzika ndi kuzunzika kuposa nyama zina padziko lapansi. Ndinasamukira kumwera ku Sonoma (ola limodzi lokha kumpoto kwa San Francisco) ndikuyamba kuletsa njira zomwe ndinaphunzira ku Earth First. Kusonkhanitsa kagulu kakang'ono ka zigawenga zopanda mantha, tinatseka nyumba yophera, kusokoneza ntchito yake kwa tsiku lonse. Panali kumangidwa ndi bili ya ndalama zambiri, koma zinakhala zothandiza kwambiri kuposa zofalitsa zina, zopanda chiopsezo. Choncho ndinazindikira kuti moyo wanga ndi wosadya nyama komanso kumenyera ufulu wa zinyama.

2. Tiuzeni za ntchito zanu zamakono ndi zamtsogolo - zowonetsera, mabuku, makampeni ndi zina.

Tsopano ndimagwira ntchito ku Poultry Concern (KDP) monga woyang'anira polojekiti. Ndine wolemekezeka kukhala ndi bwana ngati Karen Davis, woyambitsa ndi pulezidenti wa KDP, komanso ngwazi yeniyeni ya gulu lathu. Ndinaphunzira zambiri kwa iye. Ntchito zathu zimachitika chaka chonse, Tsiku la Padziko Lonse Loteteza Nkhuku, komanso mawonetsero ndi misonkhano yapadziko lonse lapansi, idakhala chochitika chofunikira kwambiri.

Ndinenso mkulu wa bungwe lopanda phindu la Compassionate Living. Timathandizira Sonoma VegFest ndikuwonetsa makanema ndi makanema ena pamasukulu. Chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu za bungwe ndikuwonetsa zomwe zimatchedwa "kulemba anthu". Anthu ambiri amagula nyama zolembedwa kuti "free range", " humane ", "organic". Ichi ndi gawo laling'ono la msika wazinthuzi, koma ukukula mofulumira, ndipo cholinga chathu ndikuwonetsa anthu kuti ichi ndi chinyengo. M’buku langa, ndinapereka umboni wakuti kaya famuyo ndi yotani, nyama zimene zili pamenepo zimavutika. Nkhanza zoweta ziweto sizingachotsedwe!

3. Tikudziwa kuti mudatenga nawo gawo mu bungwe la VegFest ku California. Mumayang'aniranso msonkhano wapachaka wa Conscious Eating ku Berkeley. Ndi mikhalidwe yotani yomwe muyenera kukhala nayo kuti mukonzekere zochitika zazikulu ngati izi?

Chaka chamawa tidzawona msonkhano wachisanu ndi chimodzi wa Conscious Eating ndi wachitatu wapachaka wa Sonoma VegFest. Ndinathandizanso kukonza Tsiku la Zanyama Padziko Lonse ku Berkeley. Ndakulitsa luso lokonzekera zochitika zoterezi kwa zaka zambiri. Muyenera kudziwitsa anthu zambiri komanso kupereka zakudya zamasamba, zonse mu tsiku limodzi. Zili ngati mawotchi okhala ndi mawilo ambiri. Ndi wokonza mosamala yekha amene angawone chithunzi chonse, panthawi imodzimodzi, m'zinthu zing'onozing'ono. Nthawi zomalizira ndizofunikira - kaya tili ndi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, miyezi inayi kapena milungu iwiri, timakumanabe ndi nthawi yomaliza. Tsopano zikondwerero za vegan zikuchitika m'mizinda yosiyanasiyana, ndipo tidzakhala okondwa kuthandiza aliyense amene amatenga gulu lawo.

4. Kodi mukuwona bwanji zamtsogolo, zokonda zamasamba, kumenyera ufulu wa nyama ndi mbali zina za chilungamo cha anthu zidzakula?

Ndimayang’ana m’tsogolo ndi chiyembekezo. Anthu amakonda nyama, amachita chidwi ndi nkhope zawo zokongola, ndipo ambiri safuna kuzivutitsa. Kuwona nyama yovulala m'mphepete mwa msewu, ambiri amatha kuchepetsa, ngakhale pangozi, kuti athandize. Mu kuya kwa moyo wa munthu aliyense, mu kuya kwake kopambana, moyo wachifundo. M'mbiri yakale, nyama zapafamu zakhala zotsika mtengo, ndipo anthu atsimikiza kuti azidya. Koma tiyenera kudzutsa chifundo ndi chikondi chomwe chimakhala mwa aliyense, ndiye kuti anthu adzamvetsetsa kuti kuweta nyama kuti idye ndi kupha.

Zidzakhala zochepetsetsa chifukwa zikhulupiriro zozama ndi miyambo zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kutembenuza ngodya, koma kupita patsogolo kwa zaka makumi atatu zapitazi ndi kolimbikitsa. Ndizolimbikitsa kuganiza kuti tapita patsogolo kwambiri poteteza ufulu wa amayi, ana ndi anthu ochepa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti chidziwitso chapadziko lonse chakonzeka kale kuvomereza lingaliro lopanda chiwawa komanso chifundo kwa abale athu ang'onoang'ono - njira zoyamba zachitidwa kale.

5. Kodi potsiriza mungathe kupereka mau otsazikana ndi malangizo kwa omenyera ufulu wa zinyama?

Kukondana kuli ngati mkaka wa soya, osakonda mtundu wina, yesani wina, aliyense ali ndi kukoma kosiyana. Ngati simuli okhoza bwino pazochitika zina, zisintheni kukhala zina. Mungagwiritse ntchito chidziwitso chanu ndi luso lanu m'madera osiyanasiyana okhudzana ndi chitetezo cha zinyama, kuyambira polemba makalata mpaka kusunga mabuku. Ntchito yanu m'derali iyenera kukhala yokhazikika komanso yosangalatsa. Zinyama zimayembekeza kuti mubwezere m'gawo lililonse lazochita, ndipo pokumbukira izi, mudzakhala wochita bwino komanso wogwira ntchito bwino. Nyama zikudalira inu ndikudikirira ndendende momwe tingazipatse, osatinso.

Siyani Mumakonda