Help keep Salon independent

Joshua T. Beck

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Why people become vegans: The history, sex and science of a meatless existence

Joshua T. Beck
Angelique Hakuzimana, displaced by war in her native Rwanda in 2009, talks with farm manager Zach Couture, right, in her garden at the Global Greens Farm, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in West Des Moines, Iowa. A growing interest from consumers to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables has provided a robust new market for refugees who have fled violence in their home countries and have found peace in farming small plots of land in cities across the United States. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (AP)

Meet the foodies who are changing the way Americans eat

Joshua T. Beck, Brandon Reich