Hello everyone, and welcome to my new blog, “College Vegan.” My goal here won’t be to lecture about why veganism is the best, what vegans “should” be doing, or endorse PeTA. At times I may discuss certain aspects of veganism and other nuts and bolts, but my main goal will be to provide an interesting look into veganism on campus.

As with many other such “liberal” pursuits, veganism is often picked up in high school or college. As such, college is often a sort of “proving grounds” for the vegan lifestyle. While I’m only in my second year I have seen friends pick up, drop, and endlessly waffle on the topic of veganism at school. Sometimes it’s too hard, too boring, or too expensive. Other times, we’re just not sure what’s right for us.

So, that considered, I’ve started this blog hoping to share my experience with veganism at college. Certainly, this is applicable to other students, but I hope that everyone will benefit from my discussion of the “vegan lifestyle.” I will be focusing on quick, cheap, and delicious foods for people who need to eat well but don’t have an unlimited supply of time or money to blow. However, I will also be detailing my ventures with social cooking and veganism, because when I have the time I often feel the best vegan food is shared vegan food.

Pfew! I hope that wasn’t too heavy. Thanks for stopping by!

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About me: My name is Benjamin Jones, and I am a member of the Dartmouth College Class of 2010. I love my school and the people I’ve met there, and am extremely happy with it. I’ve been vegan since shortly before leaving for college and vegetarian for perhaps a little over 3 years. Some day I will post on the reasons why just to get that out of the way, but for now, just know that it’s multi-faceted.

Please feel free to contact me about anything at all. You can quickly and easily reach me by email at benjamin@collegevegan.com.