The Veganza Animal Heroes encourage everyone to go vegan in a fun, engaging way, using the stories from the Veganza Book Series

“You can be an animal hero every day, every time you shop, and every time you eat, by choosing scrumptious, vegan fare,” says Veganza.

“So many beings are helped when you consume food without a history of suffering,” says Courage, the Mer maid.

Freedom – the vegan superhero who flies with all the birds to liberate captive wildlife – knows he needs to remain strong to fly swiftly to rescue. “ I am a strong, plant-powered hero, you can be one, too,” he tells all the children the Veganza heroes visit in schools.

It’s so easy to go vegan today, I went vegan almost four decades ago, after investigating how animals on factory farms, transport trucks, stockyards and slaughterhouses are really treated.

1.- Replace Animal Products with Plant-Based Products

“Anything you can do, I can do vegan.” say many of the Animal Hero Crew.

This is a simple statement of fact. Good news, you don’t have to live without scrumptious tastes, and those comfort foods you are accustomed to – simply replace them.

Replace milk made by cow mums for their calves with Almond, Soy, Rice, Oat, Coconut, Cashew Milk.

Did you know baby cows are taken away from their mothers so that humans can sell and buy the milk the cow mum has made for her baby? Humans are mammals, and so are cows and raccoons.

2.- Adopt the Four Food Groups

Would you believe that two-thirds of American adults and one-third of American children are overweight or obese?

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is an independent group of over 16,000 doctors. Their messages are independent and free from any financial support by the pharmaceutical industry, or other industries that may have a vested interest in your consumer dollar. PCRM doctors recommend the nutrient-rich four main daily food groups: fruit, vegetables, grain, and legumes. Legumes is a fancy word for beans, peas, lentils. These food groups are dense in fiber, calcium, nutrients and minerals. Check out PCRM.org for more free nutrition resources.

3.- Educate Yourself

Research why consuming animal-based products is cruel, environmentally destructive and unhealthy. Vegancalculator.com tabulates how many animals, trees, and how much fresh water and oxygen you save by going vegan.

In 1980, I read an article about an undercover investigation at a slaughterhouse in the Toronto Sun newspaper. I saw the photos in the news article – they changed my life. Today, many people are educated by documentaries like “Earthlings,” “What the Health,” “The Heart Whisperer,” “Cowspiracy” and “The Game Changers,” or news reports about undercover cruelty investigations, or even by an Animal Hero Kids or Be an Animal Hero video.

If your school would like a customized education program like “Eating as if Animals and the Earth Matter,” please click on the education tab at AnimalHeroKids.org.