Food Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk

It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.

— Ingrid Newkirk

It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.

— Ingrid Newkirk

Real nutrition comes from soybeans, almonds, rice, and other healthy vegetable sources, not from a cow's udder.

— Ingrid Newkirk

If you like to bake with eggs, you can substitute Ener-G egg replacer, bananas, tofu, or many other ingredients. You get the…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer,…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dairy products but with none of the…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and…

— Ingrid Newkirk

We are opposed to all cruelty, so as advocates of non-violence, opponents of oppression, people who abhor the cruelty inherent in slaughtering…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens…

— Ingrid Newkirk