vegan columbus: vegan living in central ohio

RSVP to the Wellness Forum to attend the Meat-out. Located at the Wellness Forum at 510 E. Wilson Bridge Rd. Worthington.

See attached flyer for details.

Current area: Downtown Columbus
Hometown: Gahanna
Occupation: Bike Messenger
Other interests: Bicycle touring and racing, hiking and backpacking, cooking/ baking, reading.

How long have you been vegan?
I've been vegan for 9 years. I had been vegetarian for five years before that. I went vegan for the same reasons I originally became a vegetarian: ethical concerns regarding cruelty and the killing of animals, as well as environmental/ ecological considerations. A vegan diet is more sustainable than a vegetarian diet, which in turn is more sustainable than an omnivorous diet.

Just a moment of pause in our interviews with vegan humans to bring you an interview with a pair of vegan cats, who live with two humans named Beth and Steve:

(Yes, Sam Adams Octoberfest is vegan)

See that new graphic in the right-hand column over there?

This one?

Yep, Vegan Columbus just started a Facebook group. Feel free to join and post what's on your mind pertaining to veganness in Central Ohio.

Dear Wonderful Vegans,

If you've ever tried to leave a comment, you may have waited a long-ass time to see it appear. Like months. The site didn't alert moderators of new comments by e-mail, and comments didn't show up until they were moderated.

This will never happen again. Comments are now automatically published after a captcha is solved, and moderation is post-facto. Mods also receive emails upon new comment creation so we can remove ads for Viagra or whatever.

Current area: Northwest Columbus
Hometown: Upper Arlington, Ohio
Occupation: Magician
Other interests: Martial arts, reading, good television shows.

How long have you been vegan? I have been vegan 5 or 6 years. I can't keep track any more.

Current area: Old Town East
Hometown: Northside Columbus/Westerville
Occupation: Promoter, Instigator, Problem Manchild, Sweatin' presents
Other interests: hardcore/punk/DIY shows, design, cooking, bike rides, djing, screen printing

How long have you been vegan? I went vegan at 18. I'm 36. I had a couple meat and vegetarian lapses (minus a year or two) so....we'll say about 15 years.

This Valentine's Day, I'm lucky enough to be able to give personal reviews of each variety Vosges vegan chocolate! Where to begin?

Current Area: German Village, Columbus, Ohio. It's a nice area, aside from being within rock-throwing distance from that mecca of vegan-ness, Schmidt's.

Hometown: Marysville. That's Ohio, too. Grew up and grew out just before the Honda dynasty moved in and tripled the population.

(Eating dairy-free ice cream at Lulu's Sweet Apothecary in NYC)

Current Area: Columbus, Northwest? I don't think where I live has a cool name.
Hometown: I come from divorced parents, sooo it's Santa Barbara, CA AND Elk Grove, CA. But I mostly identify with Berkeley, CA, where I went to college.
Occupation: As of now, a receptionist at a Grandview-based accounting firm and author of www.columbusvegan.com. Also, aspiring vegan chef, artist, etc. I'm not really sure what I will be doing next.
Other interests: Practicing kung fu and yoga, cooking vegan food, throwing pottery, photography, planning crazy stunts for my magician husband, etc. I do many things.