Vegan because plants don’t have feelings? You’re going to need a new reason.

Grist
By Madeleine ThomasOct 20, 2014, 4:57 pm34 pts
We’ve all been to that dark, dreaded place deep in the corners of our minds before, a place where few care to linger. In the produce aisle, the backyard vegetable garden, reaching for seconds from the salad bowl … do plants know when we’re eating them? Researchers at the University of Missouri think…

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