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It’s a small thing to help one animal, but to that one animal it’s a big thing

It’s a small thing to help one animal, but to that one animal it’s a big thing

Gene Baur
Animal, Helping, Bigs

Be a good example and a positive ambassador for vegan living, and be patient and understanding with people who aren't vegan. Support any move non-vegans make away from animal consumption toward plant-based eating. Nurture even small positive steps, as these tend to empower people and build momentum toward bigger steps.

Gene Baur
Moving, Animal, People

The sixteen hundred dairies in California’s Central Valley alone produce more waste than a city of twenty-one million people-that’s more than the populations of London, New York, and Chicago combined.

Gene Baur
New York, Cities, California
Gene Baur (2008). “Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

This lifestyle is not about deprivation. It's about living inspired.

Gene Baur
Inspired, Lifestyle, Deprivation

I believe we can create a truly humane, sustainable, and health food production system without killing any animals. I imagine a revolution in veganic agriculture in which small farmers grow a variety of vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes, all fertilized with vegetable sources.

Gene Baur
Believe, Animal, Agriculture
Gene Baur (2008). “Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food”, p.217, Simon and Schuster

Factory farming is the attitude that commodifies sentient life.

Gene Baur
Attitude, Farming, Factories
"Dispatch: Living the Farm Sanctuary Life With Gene Baur" by Miriam Ava, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2015.

Humans and other animals experience love and fear, and form deep emotional bonds with cherished companions. We mourn when a close friend dies, and so do other animals, as Barbara King's poignant book illustrates in compelling detail. How Animals Grieve helps us to connect and to better understand the complex social lives of other animals and of ourselves.

Gene Baur
Kings, Book, Animal

Meat consumption shouldn't be normal.

Gene Baur
Meat Consumption, Meat, Normal

I think when you run by someone and there's a thumbs up or encouragement, that's something that I really love. It's a brotherhood, a support and an appreciation for the effort we're all making. I think it's also about living well, living healthy, taking care of ourselves, getting in touch with ourselves, our bodies, our minds. It's a mind-body connection that running helps enhance.

Gene Baur
Running, Encouragement, Appreciation

I dream of a vegan world - that's where I want everything to go.

Gene Baur
Dream, World, Want

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