Are organic foods allowed in the vegan diet?

Organic farmers don't use chemical fertilizers. Instead they use 'natural' fertilizers. This means that they are using manure. Since manure is an animal product does this mean that organically grown fruits, beans, and vegetables are not allowed on the vegan diet? I'm pretty sure it's allowed in the vegetarian. diet.Are organic foods allowed in the vegan diet?
most veg*ns don't consider manure or fertilizer as pressing ethical issue, especially when there are more direct forms of animal cruelty which requires prevention. veg*nism is about reducing animal exploitation when ever possible, some how i seriously doubt cows are exploited for their feces.



a vegan diet is not necessarily an organic diet either. the only way to grantee veggies are grown free of animal products is to grow them yourself, which simply isn't practical these days.Are organic foods allowed in the vegan diet?
Not all organic food is grown using animal fertilizer. There are organic vegan co-ops, and there's no way to be certain that there's no animal sludge, byproducts, sewage and waste in non-organic produce either - after all, that's usually where produce contamination comes from and why we need to rinse it to make sure it doesn't have E.Coli or whatever. The only way to be sure is to support local farmers markets and organic vegan co-ops that don't use animal fertilizers. But if someone doesn't have a local co-op, organic is still the better choice in the end, organic growing practices are far less harmful for the planet and to animals in the long run.
Natural fertilizers are more than just manure. Some is made from rendered animal parts. Either way, the animal parts and the manure are sold by the meat and dairy industries which helps to defer the costs of producing meat for food. Using organic produce helps to keep the price of meat lower. A point really never discussed here by the vegers.



I always laugh when someone refers to meat as "rotting carcass" when the food they eat has been sitting in and absorbing cow dung for months....LOL



In the end, some vegans allow for organic foods in their diet mostly on the basis that the chemical fertilizers and pesticides do more harm. I would think that it shouldn't be an issue they take lightly though.Are organic foods allowed in the vegan diet?
my 186 acres are grown with low density crops where we don't use manure.



You only need manure where you over plant.



plough in of stalks and old foliage is enough to recover low density ground.



7 acres of my land is used directly for growing crops to be sold at the local health food co-op shop. They farm this land themselves.



Maybe all vegans buy from them, who knows ?



And while its true that manure does come from the meat industry its not something that contributes to the profit or encourages the farming industry to rear animals. In many ways thats different to using a by-product thats sold or forms part of the business case.



Its impossible for people to seperate themselves entirely from animal use. I think vegans do whats best within thier personal limits, I've not seen any claim to illiminate all contact with animals.



Should they refuse vegetables from any company where the truck driver eats meat ? After all, buying the carrots is giving him his wage with which to buy meat.
Unless you grow all your own food, you can't get away form the animal byproducts used in agriculture: bone meal, blood meal, animal maure, etc. Some of the chemicals used on non organic farm come from animal byproducts too.



Coal, oil and natural gas even diamonds can be traced back to animals, so you would have to try really hard to get away from animal byproducts.Are organic foods allowed in the vegan diet?
Ideally only Organic Foods allowed in the Vegan diet. The manure is organic %26amp; way healthier way to grown food than a man made chemical. That Manure is 100% veggie matter..Cow's (*unless forced otherwise) are Veggie.

*Big Farm style Cow feed is made from dead diseased animals, even other cows. This is where Mad Cow Disease come from. Very Soylent Green

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Gre鈥?/a>
VEGANS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EAT ANYTHING BECAUSE THE NONORGANIC CROPS USE MANURE TOO!
I don't think that cows eat meat therefore the manure is grasses and hay and things like that.