Celebrity Vegans Bill Clinton, former president Ariana Grande, singer and Boca native Jay-Z, rapper and entrepreneur Morrissey, singer and prima donna Russell Simmons, hip-hop entrepreneur Natalie Portman, actor Woody Harrelson, actor Ellen DeGeneres, talk-show host Joaquin Phoenix, actor and public eccentric
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Pulled Pork
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ALLIE KIRSCHNER Artist and model Allie Kirschner, who is also the marketing director for Passport Media Group in West Palm Beach, had considered going vegan since high school and finally made the transition in August 2019. “Around that time, there were photos of the rainforest on fire going viral on Instagram and Twitter,” recalls Kirschner, 26. “I did my own research and learned they were controlled fires for the beef industry.” [Cattle ranching contributes to an estimated 70 percent of deforestation in the Amazon basin, according to one report.—Ed.] “At the time, I’d been eating steak twice a week. I enjoyed it, and I was horrified that this thing I loved was in someway destroying the environment in a way I had not conceptualized. I wanted to remove myself from that problem immediately. I went vegan cold turkey—or cold tofurkey—that day. I have not looked back.” HOW BECOMING A VEGAN HAS CHANGED HER LIFE: “In the sense of how it’s changed me physically, I have more energy; my nails are harder. I don’t feel as slowed down after I eat. Internally and emotionally, it’s made me much more compassionate. The average person doesn’t consider empathizing with an animal to the degree you do a human, but being vegan puts that into perspective, where you see all life as deserving of safety, compassion and love. As a result of expanding your passion to encompass animals, your ability to empathize with humans just explodes and becomes more massive than it already was. You grow a deeper appreciation for the more beautiful parts of humanity.” HER FAVORITE VEGAN DISH: “I can think of 11 restaurants within 15 minutes of where I’m sitting right now [in West Palm Beach]. The only thing I really missed was sushi, [but] PLANTA has a full vegan sushi menu; I love going there for my vegan sushi fill.”
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