Dennis Kucinich Celebrates Vegan Earth Day With A Special VEGGIE Message
Filed under: food & drink, green and famous, video — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 12:59 pm
June 30th 2009
I’ve interviewed many a famous face, but perhaps one of my favorite memories was chatting with Dennis Kucinich at the Farm Sanctuary Gala in 2008.
This guy is the REAL DEAL and absolutely ahead of his time.
On June 21st, the world’s first annual Vegan Earth Day Celebration was held at Pierce College in Woodland Hills California, and Mr. Kucinich delivered a special video message.
In the clip below, Dennis says:
“What does it mean to be a vegan? Well, I can share with you what it’s meant to me. When I made that decision back in 1995, I was in a different state of health. For many years I suffered from what some know as Crohn’s Disease and I was told that there was no cure for it. But by a vegan diet and by the use of Chinese medicine as an extra help, I don’t have a problem anymore.
I just want to tell you that for health reasons, for compassion for animals, there are many reasons that people can make that change. And also for helping to save the planet. There are as many reasons why a person may be a vegan as there are vegans, I suppose. But for me it’s been one of the most important decisions in my life. It’s enabled me to have increased clarity and vitality, and its given me a joy of life that I can’t say that I really had when I had another diet that was weighing me down physically and spiritually.”
See what I mean? HE’S THE MAN!!
Check out the whole video and then head on over to GoVeg.com to get your free vegetarian starter kit.
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Dennis Kucinich 2012. You are my hero.
Dennis Kucinich is so inspiring. While I support Obama now that he is president, in an election Kucinich gets my vote every time!
Oh hell yeah this man knows right from wrong regardless of whether its popular.
The health care crisis won’t be solved until Americans wake up to what they are eating and stop listening to the “medical hype” from dairy and meat industries. Thank you, Congressman, for giving people the opportunity to wake up.