Over the years, I’ve received messages from people all over the world who’ve gone vegan because of Bite Size Vegan content and speeches. I’ve heard from everyone from 5-year-olds to 75-year-olds, entire families, and even the most hard-core militant meat-eaters (in at least one case, an adamant hunter!) I will never cease to be amazed by these stories of change.
While my primary intention with Bite Size Vegan was to reach non-vegans, I’ve heard from existing vegans who have—through the content and resources—found the confidence to speak up and take action for the animals. This has increased the impact of my own efforts exponentially, and I’m so grateful to each and every person who has raised their voice.
Below are some of the stories of Bite Size Vegan's impact. You can filter the testimonials by clicking the category links. If Bite Size Vegan has made a difference in your life and you'd like to contribute your own testimonial, please do so via the contact form.
Over the years, I’ve received messages from people all over the world who’ve gone vegan because of Bite Size Vegan content and speeches. I’ve heard from everyone from 5-year-olds to 75-year-olds, entire families, and even the most hard-core militant meat-eaters (in at least one case, an adamant hunter!) I will never cease to be amazed by these stories of change.
While my primary intention with Bite Size Vegan was to reach non-vegans, I’ve heard from existing vegans who have—through the content and resources—found the confidence to speak up and take action for the animals. This has increased the impact of my own efforts exponentially, and I’m so grateful to each and every person who has raised their voice.
Below are some of the stories of Bite Size Vegan's impact. You can filter the testimonials by clicking the category links. If Bite Size Vegan has made a difference in your life and you'd like to contribute your own testimonial, please do so via the contact form.
I just want to say thank you from a UK Momma. After some of my own research I became vegan 18 months ago. I have two children aged 6 and 5, who transitioned not long after me. For the most part they are proud little Vegans; but of course sometimes things crop up, at school or in other environments and it can be difficult explaining things sometimes when I don’t want to expose them to the graphic reality at this age.
I’ve just found your ‘vegan nuggets‘ and we’ve had a really positive reaction from them. They much prefer YouTube over listening to mom anyway. Your videos have just the right amount of info to get them thinking, and asking their own questions without upsetting them so much.
Well done and thank you so much for what you are doing for animals and animal lovers across the world.
Since discovering you some years back, I have been absolutely in awe of your passion and commitment to our precious fellow animal family.
I have found the information you impart through both video and written word to be consistently extremely intelligent, insightful and articulate.
Know that you are held in such high respect by so many who appreciate your hard work and you are teaching every single person who encounters you. Thank you <3
— Laurie Richardson , via YouTube
I didn’t think [my daughter] would go vegan…there wasn’t a grand plan – it just happened. However, she had questions and wanted answers. I needed to find someone else to explain it so that if she didn’t connect she would not feel like she was rejecting me and my choices – or feel pressured into joining me.
I sat her down to watch a nine-minute clip about milk . Her response was one of profound sadness for the Mum cows and babies being separated, and her own journey to veganism began. She too made the connection between the animal and the product. As I realised we were going to do this together, I cannot describe the pride I felt at the natural compassion she showed.
Hi Emily, I just wanted to share with you how much you changed my life. About 7 months ago, I came across your Extremism of Veganism speech, which taught me so much.
I had been a vegetarian for 8 years before for ethical reasons, but no one had ever shared the information you did with me and I simply didn’t know any better. Being vegan has been the best thing I have ever done by far—but it has also been the hardest thing to endure. Not because I had to give up pizza or anything. That was super easy. The hard part is living in a world of non-vegans and being surrounded by cruelty constantly.
I still struggle a lot with dealing with this sort of thing. Your other videos about being vegan around non-vegans have been very helpful with that. Anyways, I just needed to thank you for opening my eyes. You have truly changed me for the better.
After school today, Mack watched Bite Size Vegan’s videos for kids. We started with the milk one, which led to the meat one, which led to all of them. I don’t know the exact moment that she decided she wants to try being vegan, but it was somewhere between baby cows being taken away from their mamas and ending world hunger with plants.
Hi there! I’m a vegan Muslim. I appreciate the objectivity maintained throughout your video without jumping to attack religion. (referencing Humane Halal & Kosher Kind | Mercy In Slaughter). I often wondered to myself why veganism wasn’t simply the default law in Islam, seeing how abhorrently animals for slaughter and dairy are treated.
Anyway, I love all your videos and really respect the amount of research you dedicate to producing this highly important topic. I have hope for veganism to enter into the mainstream. Thanks for everything you do!
My journey began nearly three years ago with one of Bite Size Vegan’s Youtube videos. I loved her approach to educating her audience and this long-awaited video provides an understanding of Effective Vegan Activism. (Referencing The Speech How To Speak Non-Vegan | Effective Activism) I, myself, struggled with speaking up for animals without being militant, argumentative, or ineffective at helping others understand my POV.
Emily Moran Barwick has reassured me that the best approach will always be to educate based on facts, as any human will have their guards up in defense, verses their minds open to insight. This speech is a must-watch if you feel you’re not getting through to others.
My eyes have been wider than wide from your activism work and others of like minds. This video (referencing the speech How To Speak Non-Vegan | Effective Activism), gives an excellent frame work on key approaches to getting the point across to those who are sitting on the fence or are just not clear on what it really means to go or be vegan. Thanks for your dedication and being a voice for such a great and important cause. The animals, if they could communicate to us where we would truly understand, would embrace you and express their gratitude.
Thank you again, Emily, for your wonderful work. This video and the title led to me watching your speech, and our little family becoming vegans immediately. (referencing The Extremism Of Veganism | Exposing The Greatest Lie)
Since then, we have continued to spread the word. I’m so very grateful for your dedication and professionalism, and the passion with which you use LOGIC to dismantle the ridiculous conditioning of our minds to accept using animal products. You are my hero.
I know you must get a lot of messages saying that you have helped turn people vegan, but you have done something for me that I couldn’t do for myself. Your videos got through to my husband.
With me, you are (to quote you!) a vegan talking to a vegan about veganism. My better half has always supported my choices but remained resolutely carnist. No matter how many times I showed him what was happening in the meat and dairy industry, he shut his eyes. He buried his head in the sand over the egg industry and refused to even entertain conversation about honey.
But, you got through to him… I asked him to watch your “Open Your Eyes” video. He was shell shocked when it was finished. I then put on “My Final Breakdown and he was more than visibly moved. After that we watched “Europe’s Dark Secret.” Then he had the temerity to shout at me for not telling him about what was going on!!
I am 100% sure that the shouting was at himself for ignoring it for so long. He has accepted my veganism and all that comes with it for a very long time, but I think he had become complacent… When that was finished, he just left the room. I heard a LOT of banging going on in the kitchen and then he darted out of the house. He had, as we all like to say, “made the connection” finally. The animal products were gone. He put them in the bin as he didn’t want anyone else to be consuming the violence and death either.
I am 51 years old and by watching your YouTube videos I became vegan on June 11th 2015. I thank you. I cry a lot because I wish I had the knowledge of this when I was much younger.
I have many health issues, diabetes and obesity are the major ones but even though my health has improved dramatically.
I tell people I became vegan for the sake of the animals. My partner of 15 years is supportive of my transition to becoming a vegan, but she has no intention on becoming a vegan at this point. So including my partner, I live with 5 other meat eaters in our household. :( . It gets lonely at times but I’m never going back.
Once again, thank you and keep sending out the knowledge that you do. You changed my life for the best.
– Thelcia McDonald , via YouTube
Your work has had such a profound impact on so many human and nonhuman beings around the world. I mean, simply getting the opportunity to express our gratitude was sort of a huge moment for us! We’ll cherish it everyday as we work toward our mutual goal to spread compassion to a world blinded by the blood in it’s eyes.
While there were many great minds and compassionate hearts that were instrumental in our awakening, both from omnivore to vegans and from vegans to activists, your work in particular was among the most powerful, for us.
As we laughed and cried with you from week to week while we’d watch your videos, it became clear to us that we couldn’t just stand by anymore, we had to act. Once we had the truth we knew we began trying to figure out how to make the animals and activism the focus of our lives. I don’t think either of us though[t] we’d grow up to be full time activists, but here we are, happily rearranging our lives to make that happen! All because we woke up… and that’s greatly thanks to your dedication to using your awesome human voice to create change.
Emily, thank you for helping us find truth and the inspiration to really live it. Thank you for helping so many people find their compassion every single day. And thank you for being such a rad, down to earth human being! Never doubt the impact or importance of your work… Du bist ein Held!
My 5 year-old and I just enjoyed watching this. You have a great ability to speak on a child’s level w/o being condescending. :)
You have helped me sooo much along my journey. I am an adult with autism(aspergers) and people thought I was just being my normal sensitive self. but with your videos I was able to show them facts.
I also showed people that it wasn’t that hard for me to go vegan even with my routines and sensory issues with food.
Your words and your videos have helped me find my own voice when people question or tease me about being vegan.
you are truly a wonderful person and I thank you so much :) you make me happy dance :)
– Lillian Bonnar , via YouTube
I wanted to reach out to thank you so, so much for the work you do. It can seem like you’re on an island by yourself in locations that aren’t vegan savvy and most lead lives based on animal consumption, especially family and friends. Having your videos to live through meant so much to me in my own transition to vegan. You are a fabulous educator with a giant heart and moving words of wisdom. Your approach to bridging the gap between those who haven’t gone vegan and those who have is amazing and SO helpful. Thank you so much for the massive amount of content you produce, it is an oasis of wisdom.
– Alan Cicco , via BiteSizeVegan.org
Your videos have helped me transition tremendously. My husband is newly vegan, and my kids have been watching your special kids series. I was confusing them too much!
Emily, I wanted you to know that I went vegan for life (after a flaky, poorly informed, on-and-off past with it) because of the information in your videos. Thank you so much for giving me the information I needed to live my values.
– Lindsay Kinsella , via YouTube
Thank you for leading me to veganism, Emily—2.5 years strong now and never going back. My sister, girlfriend, and father have since become vegan too, so you’re making a huge difference out here.
– Theo Ren , via YouTube
I’ll let you know you were a great help for my family. My daughter, age 5, watched the dairy video and now she is firm in her decision to be dairy-free.
Emily, you are an inspiration to so many people of all ages, all around the world. Your body of work is incredible. But I think your greatest contribution so far is your perfectly crafted series of kid’s videos. Your reach is vast and ever-expanding. Thank you for all you’ve done for kids. 💙
Thank you so much for your work, Emily. Your kid videos were instrumental in explaining to my kids why we were going to be vegan over two years ago now. You were a big part of our journey and we will always be greatful to you for your dedication and commitment to this great human awakening.✌💚
I started watching your videos at 1pm today, and haven’t stopped yet, though it’s just past 11… Thank you for all you do, and the way in which you educate with stunning compassion, intelligence, quirkiness, and heart. Also, when I watched your speech on the greatest lie, I was so moved.
My son asked in front of a doctor at the emergency room one night where his nuggets came from, because of learning about nutrition in 1st grade. I kept it real 100% & we watched Bite Size Vegan for kid appropriate videos—she laid it out basically for anyone to understand. Because of him asking, and Emily and her knowledge, I went vegan :)
I just wanna say you do SUCH a good job at speaking to non-vegans in a way that, like you say in this speech, (referencing the speech How To Speak Non-Vegan | Effective Activism) allows them to not feel threatened and not feel you’re attacking them, but also doesn’t absolve them of guilt.
When I first started watching your channel a few years back I was vegetarian, thought vegans were ridiculous, and now, I’m a few months into college and trying my best to eat vegan/buy vegan products and honestly I have you and your videos to thank.
You introduced me to veganism and now I’m quite a passionate vegan. Thank you😀 for saving my life (I have severe mental illnesses and didn’t feel I had a purpose.)
– Sazzle craft , via YouTube
I started binge watching your videos yesterday and you’ve really inspired me to go completely vegan :D I’ve even watched some of Gary Yourofsky’s interviews and talks and you both just make me really want to buckle down and get rid of milk and eggs my diet. Keep on keeping on! ;)
– Awkward Empress , via YouTube
I have been on the damn fence himming and hawing about becoming a VEGAN. I have seen the horrific videos before……but this Beautiful but absolutely Heart Breaking, Gut Wrenching video touched my Soul like no other. (referencing Kidnapped At Birth | Draw My Life)
I have been Vegetarian for almost two months and couldn’t figure out what was going to make me Really Want to give up being a part of ALL the animal suffering.😢
Thank you for giving the animals a voice to speak to me and tell me and show me the TRUTH again and again and again! I HEAR THEM and I will no longer participate in their torture.
My sister told me she showed one of your videos for kids to my little nephew (3 years old) and it worked! His dad was telling him to eat meat and he was shouting “NO!” his grandma was trying to force him to eat meat and he was saying “I don’t want to eat animals!” Your influence on the world is bigger than you will ever know Emily, you’re amazing. <3
Hi Emiliy, I have been watching your videos for three years now and I just wanted to tell you my appreciation for your work. When I decided to research veganism in order to educate myself and make an informed decision about whether or not to go vegan, I found your videos and they played an important role in my decision to become vegan.
I particularly appreciate the fact that you always use peer reviewed research and cite all of your sources, and I particularly like your Everything Wrong About Environmentalism video.
Three years after I first became vegan, I’m now studying to become an animal behaviour/cognition researcher in order to use science to bring attention to animal sentience, and this decision has also been influenced by your education and science-based approach. Thank you for everything.
WOW! That took some thinking out and a lot of research. Well done. The world needs you so badly.
So every time someone takes a bite of meat, a drink of milk or an egg, they are condoning all this horror of bestiality. How could I have lived so large a section of my life so blind to all of this?
Wow. I have spent the past 13 years researching, writing, and teaching medical, veterinary, mental health, law enforcement, legislative, and social services professionals on issues related to zoophilia and bestiality, and I am completely impressed by this video (referring to Sex With Animals The Blurred Lines Of Bestiality).
It is not only factual and complete, it is fair and just, thoughtful and thought-provoking, and presents complex topics in a way that are understandable regardless of the audience.
Dear Emily,
i wanted to show my appreciation because your youtube channel has helped me realize the true extent of my blindness as an animal lover but (former) non-vegan…sometime a month ago, while i was struggling with serious depression i had a very difficult time eating, which rarely ever happens to me as i have a very big appetite. we were sitting at dinner when i was visiting my family, and mom had made a filet (of viel [sic], of all things), as i bit into the meat i suddenly felt revolted by it, something about the texture and bloodyness [sic] of it spoke to me…somehow the idea that i was truly biting into another being’s flesh had not sunk in so dramatically before…since then i have stopped eating meat altogether, i cannot stand it anymore, even the sight of it…i recently stumbled upon your videos! as i watched i got to the video of toronto pig rescue giving water to the pigs going to slaughter…and i absolutely lost it. i broke down crying and i thought i would never stop. at that point i decided to go vegan, it was the only thing that made sense. thanks to you and your calmness in explaining the topic and the way you don�t talk down to anyone… i am absolutely determined to stay on this path, or i wont be able to look at our cat and dog in the eyes again!
Over the past week I’ve been watching your videos on YouTube, approximately five a day. I want to say that you are doing a fantastic job and because of you I officially became vegan today!
I have watched all the documentaries before and even though I was outraged I still felt somewhat disconnected, however watching your videos made it more real and more like a close friend guiding me towards the right path.
Thank you for everything you do.
– Victoria Chappell , via Email
Hello Emily! I am 12 years old and in the process of becoming vegan. You along with many others have inspired me to make the change. I’ve always loved animals and I’ve been vegetarian in the past but now I understand the cows on your milk cartons aren’t as happy as they seem and the chickens on the egg cartons have the same reality. Thank you so much for making your videos and inspiring others!
– Taylor Mann. , via YouTube
Love your sense of humor. Just found your channel recently and I’ve watched quite a few videos. I especially loved the one where you stalk and kill the orange! :) As a recent convert to veganism I am enjoying learning as much as I can, but sometimes the delivery of the content is sooooo boring. Thanks for adding some interest and humor to the learning process.
I love your videos! I’m thirteen and I am currently a vegetarian but I am switching to a fully vegan diet! I love how awesome and helpful your videos are! Thank you for inspiring me to go vegan! I have felt much better since eating vegetarian and I think I will feel even better when I am a proud vegan. I love animals, but I think being a vegan is the best thing ever! I can feel no guilt :)
– naturallykeeli , via YouTube
You’re a lifesaver…not only for humans, but for most importantly, the animals. I have never tried the vegan lifestyle…but after seeing some horrific, evil slaughterhouse and dairy industry videos on the web recently…I can now say I no longer have any interest in supporting them by eating meat of any sort. Being an intense animal lover, the videos you create touch me beyond words. I pray daily that the world will wake up and we humans will pull our heads out of our arses to realize that Vegan is the ONLY way to be. I just wanted to say thank you for working so hard to get this immensely positive and lifesaving message out there! Keep it up, you’re such an inspiration to me and I know so many other awakened people. Here’s to saving the animals and ourselves! Cheers :)
Up until about 8 months ago or so, it was my belief that I could not give up cheese. I hadn’t consumed dairy milk, butter, ice cream, etc., for a long time, but giving up cheese…WOW, that was the biggie. As it turns out, I simply needed to accept and face the fact that the cruelty of the dairy industry was real, and unconscionable. I could not truly love animals and continue to eat cheese; the two concepts could not coexist for me. (and it was BSV that pushed me over the edge, and for that, I am grateful!)
I just want you to know that before I came across your channel I was totally convinced all vegan activism channels were using their influence to spread hate. Your positivity is refreshing, and has introduced me to a way of life. I am making steps everyday because of you, Thank you.
– brockway babe , via YouTube
I can’t say how much I love your channel!!! But this has touched my heart so much. You have been one of my biggest inspirations in becoming vegan and staying vegan. The minute I want to give up u come up with another video to keep me going! keep being an inspiration!
– Naturally Dae , via YouTube
Thank you so much for making these videos for kids. It is really helping my 5 year old daughter to understand as a family why we are going vegan. This makes it easier for her to make the connection. You are doing such a great thing!!
Thank you very very very much for the (referencing Videos For Kids) series! As the child of 2 vegetarians, I wish this would have been available 22 years ago!
I’m vegan now and have been a vegetarian for the past 10 years but my mother believed what the doctors said and raised me on meat. I myself didn’t want to eat animals.
So thank you very much to you Emily for this series and all these parents for being such a great example!
Emily, I just feel you are amazing. Your channel isn’t about your personal life, we just get snippets here and there so we can get to know you and its not about making money for yourself, just enough so you can continue with this work and to survive. You stay out of all the vegan drama and continue to reach people in your own powerful way. Your videos are so intense even when they are non graphic, your drawings and narrations are some of the most touching autobiographies of animals.
– Paula Berga , via YouTube
Emily, I want to say thank you for EVERYTHING you are doing as an activist for animals!! I watched your speech from Portugal… excellent. I know people left that day forever changed. Please continue to incredible work!!
I also wish to express how awesome your kid videos are. I watched all 3 tonight to check them out before my 7 year old vegetarian son watches them. He is very sensitive to the pain and suffering of animals, so more candid videos can be pretty painful for him. I am so eager to have him watch yours! You brought the perfect balance of fact and age-appropriateness for a child.
I am all about loving how you use humor! :D I am subscribed, following, liking, you name it, Sister! Veganism is brand new to me, and it is with joy that I am changing how I live! I’m working on deconditioning 38 years of thinking and eating here! Right on!! Xo
Thank you so much for addressing this issue. I am an observant Jew and have approached several rabbis to consider that kosher slaughter runs counter to kindness to animals. Emily, you have done a wonderful thing here (referring to Humane Halal & Kosher Kind | Mercy In Slaughter), exposing the truth, eloquently and most thoroughly. I have posted this on Facebook and I hope someone, anyone, will pay attention.
When I first considered transitioning to veganism, I had no idea how to do it. All I knew was that I had to cut out meat, dairy, eggs and honey, and that I had to stop wearing fur, silk, leather, wool, cashmere, angora, and suede.
Googling veganism didn’t really help, as there was so much information and I didn’t know what to focus on first.
When I youtubed veganism, Bite Size Vegan came up, and Emily was there being very kind, welcoming and charismatic.
I am very grateful it wasn’t a scary, judgmental video that came up first. She made me want to watch all of her videos, and she justified why dairy and eggs were also cruel, instead of just an arbitrary add-on rule that vegans make.
I’m trying to talk about when I first started out as vegan. All I knew was to cut stuff out, and eat what’s left. So obviously that meant eating accidentally vegan junk food like oreos and arrowroot cookies and lays original chips. I mean when you cut out milk, I guess you can buy almond/soy milk, and get used to the taste. But how do you replace meat? I don’t want to eat beans and rice everyday!!!
So I saw her video featuring the chef unhealthyvegan, and it inspired me to look up vegan recipes. Now I can make seitan from scratch, and make a savoury cruelty-free sauce of my own design, and add that to rice or potatoes. My meals have gotten so much easier to design.
It’s easy to be vegan, and that’s the vibe that Emily gives off. Because it’s true!!! And I feel like Emily is a big sister that holds me accountable to continue eating vegan and she holds me up. What I mean is, If I ever miss cheese or hot dogs, I can remember Emily’s videos of animal torture, combined with her thorough research on how humans don’t need the by products of animal torture (animal testing, animal nutrition, etc.).
I can also remember that she is so cool, and if a cool girl is doing can be vegan, then so can I.
Hi Emily…I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I already appreciated you and your videos before, but now you have this fabulous kids’ series.
I appreciate the time and effort that went into them, and for providing me with good quality videos to show my vegan 5 year old. I also have a vegan 8 month old, and when she is older, I will show her the videos too.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos, which I think is of utmost importance. While it is possible for anyone to change, I really believe that changing the minds and hearts of parents, soon-to-be-parents, or college-aged students is MOST important, as they have the opportunity to bring into this world children, which they can raise to be compassionate, educated vegans.
I hope my children will some day choose veganism for themselves (once I’m not choosing it for them anymore), and your videos will certainly help in the process. So, from my family to yours, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Sincerely,
Katie, Joel, Lane, and Clara
– The Cudnohufskys (Katie, Joel, Lane, and Clara) , via BiteSizeVegan.org
As I am typing this, I am crying. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for every thing you do.
I came across your channel on youtube by reading a random comment from a person (while browsing the comments section) telling people to watch your video on the life of a chicken. I searched for you and when I watched that video, I was literally balling in tears. I ended up binge watching all your other videos and making my husband watch them as well.
Before I found your channel, I was non-vegan turned vegetarian only two weeks prior. I immediately turned vegan. My husband turned vegan as well and now my 10 month old baby boy will be vegan. I want to thank you so much for your videos. Your content is amazing and life changing. I cannot get through a video without crying my eyes out.
I am disgusted, I feel as if I wasted 32 precious years of my life eating the way I was. Both my husband and I have been spreading your channel and veganism to anyone with an ear.
I cannot thank you enough and I appreciate everything you do. You have definitely opened my eyes. The way humans behave literally astonishes me. I hope more and more non-vegans find compassion in this world. I hope this message reaches you.
Again, thank you!, thank you!, thank you! so much for changing the lives of my family and I. I will continue to promote your channel and veganism to everyone (even if they look at me nuts; like some do lol).
A vegan for life, Nina
– Nina , via BiteSizeVegan.org
I shared this video when I seen it and I bawled my eyes out in my kitchen trying to make my coffee. I ‘was’ one of those people that said ‘but bacon, I could never give up bacon.’
It has not been on my plate for months now and this video sealed it for me. Never again will it pass my lips.
Thank you so much (or should I say muchas gracias) for the Spanish translation of your e-book!! My b/f (not vegan…yet) is from Guatemala and although he does speak some English, it’s very difficult for me to talk to him in depth about veganism and to answer his questions. You guessed it…my Spanish no es bueno :( But thanks to you, he can read the e-book and gain a better understanding of veganism…and of me!
YOU ROCK!! :))
– M.K. , via BiteSizeVegan.org
Hi, I just watched your 45 min talk on YouTube(referring to How To Be An Activist) and wanted to tell you how much I admire you and your determination in the face of total incomprehension. I saw you in a different light or more fully after I watched the branding you underwent.
Almost no one goes to the ends of their beliefs. I don’t believe what you did was extremism but the most clear sighted sanity.
I know that I wouldn’t have the courage to do such a thing not because of the pain but because of the judgement. I censor myself because I know how others will perceive me and yet even so my veganism has caused hostility in my family and an embarrassed silence among my friends. I am looking for my own way to raise awareness because at the moment I am feeling internal pressure to act, to not ‘stand by’ thanks for your hard work and humour and just being out there for all the isolated vegans in the world.
Thank you for your work! This is by far the best and most beautiful attempt at helping people make the connection between atrocities. I think this connection alone could convert millions. Thanks again.
– Oscar Pyda , via YouTube
Growing up and being involved in Indian Guides as a kid because my great grandfather was Cherokee made for some awkward horse back riding camp out experiences as a young boy. I honestly hated it every time.
I remember one unbelievable Kleidsdale named Red Dust. He was huge and so incredibly gentle and I hated riding him. I just wanted to stand by him and touch him and say hello but you know you gotta do what everyone else is doing or else you are weird.
Well I don’t care anymore about what everyone else is doing or what everyone’s else thinks. I take my son camping now and we look at the horses and we touch the horses and we talk to the horses, but we don’t ride them and he understands why, just like he understands being vegan.
I share these feelings with my son so he doesn’t feel obligated to participate in this type of cruel behavior and he is thankful that I do.
More people need to be brave like you are Emily and the people who’s stories you share with us.
Thank you for giving me the encouragement to do what I think is right and what I feel and know is right. If we continue to raise our children in this way we can change the world and the future and I am one person who is trying to do that. I hope that more people will too.
Hello!! I’m Asuka and I’m pro-wrestler from Japan!
I went vegan from last year December. I learned so much from you (vegan info and helping my English skill to brush up he he)I just wanna say thank you and soon I want to be a activist like you!
Sorry with my broken English.I will work hard to become as a vegan athlete ;)
Thank you!
I LOVE all these great vegan vids for kids! I will definitely be using these in my classrooms when we talk about food/nutrition and ‘where our food comes from’ ^_^ Thank you so much for making them! The animations are wonderful too – the kids will love it <3
I really needed to THANK YOU so much for your priceless video on “What Vegans See.” I was in tears and in awe of how eloquent and passionate your speech was.
With the help of your video, I now feel like I might have a way of getting through to some dear friends and family in my life. I’ve seen you mention that it took you a long time to get to the point of being comfortable enough to be a digital activist. It must be hard sometimes to put yourself out there. However, what you bring to the Vegan community is invaluable!
Your knowledge and passion is beautiful. You do make an impact and I thank you from the bottom of my Vegan heart.
I have been following you for more than a year. At first you scared the living hell out of me. I was telling everybody I was plant-based for my health. I was afraid of you crazy vegans.
I used to hunt, fishing, trapped and even butchered my own livestock. You definitely had your work cut out for you.
One of the most important things that you taught me was that animals valued their life too and I was ready to listen. I now have 18 months as a vegan.
I did not know and now I do. Thank you.
– Eric Jones , via YouTube
I just wanted to say how much I admire you. I LOVE the way you do your videos—funny, informative, to the point, not pushy and honest. You are definitely going about promoting veganism the right way.
I have only recently become vegan and I’ll tell you what…If I found your videos earlier, I would have become vegan a loooooong time ago! Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration.
– T.W. , via YouTube
I really admire you—you have inspired me to find my voice and become more active against these atrocities. I realise that the more animals are spoken up for, the more awareness it will spread. I just wanted to thank you for being so strong for us all.
– TerraRae , via YouTube
Hello Emily! I just wanted to let you know that I referred back to your videos about how to be an activist today because I am speaking in front of a group of “vegan curious” individuals at a local bookstore this weekend. This is my first time doing this in front of a group.
I have shared my “vegan journey” to people one on one when I have been asked. My assistant became vegan this past March as a result so yay me!!!! I convinced ONE!
I always tell people who are interested in becoming vegan to watch your videos. They have been a big help to me. You have done so much good for the animals. Be proud of that!
Emily, you do amazing work. I alway ask newbies and all my friends to watch your stuff because of its pure information and intellectual talk with just the right amount of entertainment.
– Jason Luhning , via Patreon
Ooby was a real eye opener for me. I was looking into getting a dog when I stumbled across your platform. I had already put in a deposit for a puppy from a breeder. Because of you and Ooby, I went vegan, backed out of the deal, went to my local shelter and adopted my best friend. Thank you. Ooby has been missed and she’s lucky to have had such a good home.
You helped me so much in my transition to becoming vegan and I haven’t looked back. Thank you, Emily—you changed my life for the better!
– birkins1 , via YouTube
My son is 7. Our family went vegan a year and a half ago (we found your channel right around the same time), and he watches your vegan kids videos over and over again. He loves them!
After…watching a few kids videos by Bite Size Vegan, our son has decided he’s no longer eating chicken. We had spicy veggie nuggets for lunch today and he said they were just as good. No more chicken nuggets!!
I will be coming up on 5 years vegan, and it is because of you that I found my way here to veganism. Much love to you and thank you, Emily.
– Eric Jones , via YouTube
Emily you were instrumental in my going vegan. Thank you for your activism. ❤️
– The Vegan Optimist , via YouTube
You’ve been a huge motivation, inspiration, and a well of knowledge for me in my journey to stop using animal products and be more mindful in other areas where they are used. I even made sure my first tattoo was done with vegan ink thanks to you haha 😊
Bless you, Emily. Bless you and everything you do for these beautiful beings. In 4 weeks I will be a vegan for one year. And it’s all because of your activism and videos. Thank you so much for your kind heart.
– RowdysMommy74 , via YouTube
I wouldn’t be vegan if it wasn’t for the fact that I came across your videos on horse riding. After watching that video, I stopped riding my horse and put her out on grazing where she now spends her days out in a large field with other horse instead of being locked up in a stable.
Can’t thank you enough for showing me the truth and changing my horse’s life.
The kids series was what impacted my kids the most in terms of quality conversation. They love it and even now sometimes ask to watch your videos.
They were not too keen when I told them we were moving forward with changing our lifestyle to align with our values but once I explained to them what happened they already knew the values deep in their heart and even my 4 year old wouldn’t be tempted by the biggest most fancy cake or treat. He always asks “is it vegan?”
You are my hero!!! And inspiration to be education on my own journey! I LOVE that you gear videos to kids, that’s where it aaaallll starts! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
(referring to Videos For Kids)
Both of my kiddos are vegan and we watched all of Emily’s kids videos together. They were (still are) eager to learn all they can so that they can feel confident when discussing veganism with their teachers/classmates/friends & family. They’re only 11 and they’re already pretty well-versed.
No I do not know you personally but you were one of the first accounts, actually I’m pretty sure the first, that I watched and used to educate myself and my children about veganism.
You’re YouTube series for children helped my son understand the importance of recognising animals for their inherent value as sentient beings rather than as commodities.
I just watched this (referencing the speech How To Speak Non-Vegan | Effective Activism) having got your recent e-newsletter. You are so brilliant. You are incredibly articulate, intelligent and enlightened – way ahead of this unconscious, insane time we live in.
Thank you for the work you do. You are truly awesome and a unique light in this world of darkness. Please stay strong and continue your amazing mission. The world needs you so much.
Sending you strength and wishing you the very best.
I had no idea that this was happening—I’m throwing all of my wool clothing away (thank god I don’t have many). Thanks for the video, it was really informative… (referencing Is Wool Vegan)
I’ve been binge watching all of your videos and they are incredible—you really are an amazing person, I wish everyone was like you! Never stop doing this. I gotta go back to watching more vids now! :)
I’d known of the need for the dichotomy to be pointed out between the inhumane treatment of animals for industry and the supposed “for the animal!” moral outcry for more bestiality laws, but your in-depth writing on the industrial sexual mistreatment of animals was eye-opening, even for me.
I have been vegan for about a month now and I’m loving it. After watching pretty much every one of your videos (and a few documentaries) I made the decision to cut out all animal products from my diet. I doubt I will ever go back to my old diet , what is there to go back to? Eating dead animal flesh and puss? No thanks! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these life changing videos :)
– Amanda Dolby , via YouTube
I really enjoy all your videos. I am new to being Vegan. I knew some things about what animals go through. However your videos have really helped me learn some things that I am ashamed to say I did not know about. Please keep up the AMAZING work. I am proud to be a subscriber to your informative and hilarious channel!! Thank you.
– Violette Neal , via YouTube
I just found your channel the other day, and I love your videos. I can tell you do an abundance of research, and you make it easy to understand. I just became vegan about a month and a half ago, and there are many things, like this, that I have questioned and was not very educated about. Thank you for making awesome videos and educating people (like me)!
– Sierra M , via YouTube
Thank you Emily for helping me over the line on this. I’ve always wanted to be vegan, but butter put a damper in my motivation. Your videos have changed that. I’ve even watched the graphic ones… well, as much as I could stand. I am salivating over the (referencing Pecan Pie Bites) – I am definitely into simple – so these are perfect!!! Thank you again, I love your no compromise attitude. Mine is a work in progress – but at least I’m on the right side of the argument!!!
You are by far my favorite subscription. Not sure how I found you but I am so lucky I did. Your approach is so unique. All of your video’s are awesome. The vastness of the topics and teaching all aspects vegan to the comedic bloopers and drum role please, in the what I eat in a day video!!!! Also love your website and so glad your now on Instagram. Thank you for everything and for answering people in the comments. I learn so much from the questions and your answers.
Hi,
As someone who spent their childhood riding and has recently become vegan this video is so interesting for me.
Seriously thank you for this, it really summed up everything. When someone first asked me about it, I realized I had never really thought about the effect it was having on the horses I was riding and also whether they really enjoyed it.
Obviously I always made sure they were as happy as possible but I now realize they would have been much happier with me at the side of them rather than on top. I’ve always wanted to adopt a horse anyway and now i know that if i do it will be defiantly as a companion not as a ridden horse.
Anyway thank you for this video it was really informative and to the point–keep making great vids! Xox
[In reference to my first wool video] I had no idea that this was happening, oh my god! I’m throwing all of my wool clothing away (thank god I don’t have many). Thanks for the video, it was really informative… I’ve been binge-watching all of your videos and they are incredible, you really are an amazing person, I wish everyone was like you! Never stop doing this, the channel is growing and is gonna become way more popular than it right now is. I wish you all the luck! I gotta go back to watching more vids now! :)
– Frederico Santiago , via YouTube
