Eating heirloom raw organic vegan is the ultimate FUCK YOU to corporate America.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. The "raw" part is what I don't get.

There are a lot of ways of preparing vegetables for an excellent meal, but they mostly involve actually cooking them. While I understand the rationale for not eating meat, I don't get the notion that all vegetables have to be eaten raw. Tomatoes, fine (though technically tomatoes are fruit). But squash? Lima beans? (not that I would even eat those cooked) And please don't tell me to eat algae, not gonna happen. And tofu tastes like your own tongue. There is a raw vegan restaurant in my city, and eating there did nothing but cause a desperate craving for a big hunk of prime rib. Seems to me the vegan movement would get more converts by persuading people that vegan food can actually taste good (creative cooking can help). The OP's sales pitch has some good points, but it will take more than a rant about the evils of factory farming to persuade a lot of people to eat uncooked algae.