Vegan diet

Nearly never won the race.

He's a farmer, they hate anything to do with veganism as they're worried about losing money, simple as that - it's all money money money with that lot. Also people in rural areas like farmers are more likely to be narrow minded due to the lack of exposure to different kinds of people, and would be weary of anything different.

So vegans eat stuff that isn't produced by farmers?

Full disclosure - I was eating a packet of crisps when I posted this

That's dumb, we all depend on farmers... otherwise we'd all die. Of course they're interested in money, they don't grow crops and rear animals out of the goodness of their hearts. Farming is a tight margin business, they need every advantage they can get.

I'd say the type of vegan diet you could live on eating purely home grown foods would be fairly miserable and repetitive and would like need additional supplements to meet all your nutritional needs. Countries that culturally have low meat diets tend to be in areas that have great growing conditions and as such they can eat a varied and healthy diet of different nuts, beans, fruits, leafy greens etc.

You can of course be healthy and strong and also be vegan in much the same way you can be an unhealthy slob on a 'traditional' diet, there are countless examples of both. Anyone who thinks you cant be healthy as a vegan is deluded in my opinion, just like anyone who thinks eating any kind of animal by-product regardless of the method by which it is obtained is somehow bad for you is also deluded.

To be fair the science is still out on veganism for something like bodybuilding (Although there are plenty of examples of such) as these people typically have to supplement their diet with vitamin and mineral supplements in order to maintain their health, the origins of which are not always the most transparent.

But it’s not just meat. Can attention seekers, sorry vegans eat eggs or honey?

Well, any diet requires a bit of research in order to be heathy and environmentally friednly.

Could be argued that in those cases you are effectively the farmer yourself, but yeah - depends on the definition.