colonization normalized the standard american diet in bipoc communities.

colonizers deemed our native foods of beans, corn and fresh produce “low quality” and forced meat and dairy into our standard diets.

returning to a plant-based lifestyle is an act of resistance🧵: in 1492, Colonizer Columbus sought to the americas.

once he got here, he immediately was disgusted by our native foods, even claiming that consuming basic produce would further him from his european ancestry.

putting some respect on tofu’s name that has been used by different cultures for centuries and clearing up the rumors that soy and tofu is unhealthy, a thread: what is tofu?

tofu is a soybean that is sometimes referred to as bean curd. it’s mainly soybean and water. the firmness of tofu depends on how much water is added. ex: silken tofu is softer than firm tofu.

since we’re discussing record-breaking temperatures and climate change, here are some environmental facts about animal agriculture that you may not have known about: 1. animal agriculture creates more GHG emissions than all of transportation combined. that includes cars, trains, airplanes, etc.