"personal choice"
Notice the first six letters form the word person?
Cows aren't persons. Persons are persons.
Babies are persons.
Infants who breath and have beating hearts are persons.
Sadly the same person practicing veganism would gladly argue for killing human life that has the unfortunate condition of not having vacated the womb yet.
As if the 9 months in the womb it's an amorphous blob and then as it exits the womb suddenly is arbitrarily ascribed personhood and "life"
Sure, eradicate all the GMO plants, stop the destructive monoculture farming, and stop using pesticides -- then, I'll try veganism again. I've done it before - almost a year. I'm open to it. But I'm not open to poisoning myself.
Recently while teaching about Bitcoin, I have realized that I can't make anyone understand anything. I can only make them know some information. Understanding requires active and independent though process, and whether people will decide to think by themselves or not is totally their own choice. Most of the time it's not even a question of brain capacity. This is why some people are really smart in other aspects of life but fails miserably in understanding Bitcoin.
I raise cattle. They feed me, my family, my friends and friendsβ families. I feel good about that. And if you feel good about what you eat then carry on.