FAQ

Bite Size Vegan simplifies the complexities of veganism through engaging and approachable educational content—creating new vegans and equipping existing vegans with the tools they need to get active.

Believing in the power of an informed public, Bite Size Vegan provides free, open-access to right-to-know information in a digestible format. Bite Size Vegan fills a unique space in vegan activism and advocacy by bringing together the accessibility of engaging social-media content with the integrity and depth of research-backed, transparently-cited educational information.

By helping people make the connection that veganism—far from an extreme way of life—is simply aligning our actions with the values we already have, Bite Size Vegan strives to end the pervasive exploitation of non-human animals.

Delivering researched content on a schedule suited for social media demands is profoundly challenging. A single video—along with its written and cited article—can take me over 200 hours or more to research, write, film, produce, and animate. Speeches, which I tailor for each individual audience, require months of intensive research and preparation.

Aside from the actual content production demands of Bite Size Vegan exist the countless requirements of running a digital media-based nonprofit organization. This includes everything from maintaining a growing website, to managing multiple social media platforms, to fielding thousands of comments, emails, and other communications, to ensuring compliance with federal and state nonprofit standards, to volunteer sourcing and management, to donor management and communication, and much, much more! It’s quite a lot for any one person.

So, why even approach educational activism in this manner? While I could significantly cut down the depth of research, standards for sources, and countless other aspects, the world already has enough “sound bites” and transient social-media snippets. What makes Bite Size Vegan’s workflow so demanding is the very thing that makes Bite Size Vegan unique in its field—bridging the gap between rigorous research and community accessibility.

There is an ever-increasing amount of information available about veganism. However, assessing what’s misinformation, disinformation, and finding solid, primary, reliable sources in all of the “noise” is overwhelming to say the least! In addition, for many individuals, the concept of veganism often carries a “charge”, sparking defensiveness and resistance. This is perpetuated and exacerbated by a multitude of incomplete, conflicting, confusing or just plain nonfactual information. Even those interested in making a change are often left overwhelmed with where to start.

Bite Size Vegan was founded on the belief that everyone deserves access to solid, factual information on issues impacting their health, our planet, society, and the lives of other sentient beings. The website, videos, resources and speeches serve to provide this access in formats tailored to modern methods of information consumption—digestible and approachable, yet backed by rigorous research.

Bite Size Vegan aims to serve as an “entry point” for non-vegans to explore veganism in an approachable, non-threatening environment—distilling down complex concepts into accessible formats while providing cited sources for total transparency and to allow further independent research and evaluation.

Simultaneously, Bite Size Vegan aims to serve as a source of teaching tools for current vegans and activists, providing them with reliable “go to” resources to use in their own activism, allowing them to focus more time on outreach.

By taking on the ample time requirements of researching the myriad of issues inherent within and surrounding veganism, as well as sorting through the ever-growing mountains of information, Bite Size Vegan aims to increase both the accessibility of veganism for non-vegans, and the efficiency and effectiveness of current vegans’ activism.

Everything Bite Size Vegan provides is completely free. All of the videos, articles, and downloads are open to all, and speeches are delivered free of charge.

Bite Size Vegan content is purposefully tailored to modern methods of information consumption to increase access to right-to-know information that is otherwise buried under mountains of information, disinformation and misinformation, hidden behind paywalls, or requiring more time and/or research experience than many individuals have or can afford.

Founded upon the belief that everyone has a right to know the truth, Bite Size Vegan removes many of the existing barriers to reliable information, allowing the public to evaluate for themselves issues which directly impact their health, our planet, society, and the lives of all sentient beings.

Your contribution goes towards providing vegan educational content, resources, and outreach. Outside of credit card and payment processor fees, all donation funds go directly to the 501(c)(3) organization Bite Size Vegan and are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.

Your contribution helps cover the ongoing costs of a digital-media-based educational nonprofit, including ample data storage and management demands, and ongoing server, software, hardware, and website development and maintenance costs, as well as operational expenses.

While the expenses for maintaining and growing an educational website and outreach are significant, Bite Size Vegan strives to operate in a fiscally responsible manner, reducing costs wherever possible.