Are there many vegans here?
Few months ago after reading some books about animal farming I've decided on becoming a vegan. The moment has been postponed, because of many other things I'm currently busy with, but now I've decided it's already been too long and finally make it into action.
Can you give me some recommendations (web pages, articles, books) on how to start? I don't want to stop eating animals products without any knowledge of how to do so. I've been raised in Poland, where we eat meat a lot. I know how to cook, but don't know many dishes that would be vegan. I also don't know too much about nutrition in general. I've already ordered a book "Becoming Vegan (Comprehensive edition)" by Vesanto Melina & Brenda Davis, which seems to be rich in information about nutrition.
Also, do you think that our eating habits really do make a change on the animal welfare and the environment? What are the other ways we could work on improving that?