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Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.

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People are just learning horrifying reason silk isn’t vegan and it’s blowing minds (www.mirror.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've been meaning to look into ahimsa silk to see if it's really all that, or just shifting the cruelty somewhere else. E.g. if they breed them and then they hatch and starve because the ecosystem can't support them that's hardly non violent/non exploitative.

Silk has some very desirable properties in clothing but as I thought everyone learned in highschool it's fucking horrific.

I remain ever hopeful someone will figure out how to make yeast whatever grow silk in a useable way.