It depends on your definition of veganism. There is no animal product in it, but to use it in the quantities we do requires the destruction of a lot of habitat that certain animals require to survive.
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ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 15 hours agoIsn’t palm oil vegan?
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 8 hours ago
Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Yeah, people constantly confuse veganism for a diet.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Since veganism is mainly about ethicality, i’d guess not.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
ethicality
Only when it comes to animals. You can be an almond milk drinking vegan despite the amount of water necessary to make an almond.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Only when it comes to animals.
Like, killing them / driving them away, for a cocoa plantage?
starlinguk@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I had an argument about palm oil with a vegan who said that I was against it because I supported Big Dairy…
Mwa@thelemmy.club 12 hours ago
i think so since it comes from a tree
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Nope, it contains bits and pieces of orangutans.
Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
That doesn’t sound right. But I don’t know enough about orangutans to dispute it.
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
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