Guillaume is a farmer in the Toulouse region. For our video section “The day where”, this son of breeders tells about his delicate transition to veganism in the early 90s.
“It’s easier today for new vegans than at the start of the 90s”, Guillaume believes. This forties is a farmer in the Toulouse region. At a time when veganism is fashionable, and animal abuse at the heart of debates in the National Assembly, it can boast of being a pioneer in the art and the way of no longer consuming animal products, in his food, his clothes but also his profession, and this since 1992.
Son of stockbreeders, he grew up among farmyard animals: ducks, geese, chickens, rabbits. “When you live among animals, you see them being born, you see them grow up. They trust you, they come to see you, you feed them every day. He creates a bond. It got into a problem quickly for me. , he remembers. My parents raised them, and then afterwards I saw them being killed. Slaughtered, raw … “With a pout of disgust, he remembers very well how he made the decision not to no longer eat meat. It is through the medium of punk, which he frequents from adolescence, that he learns that it is not essential to live.
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A first Christmas without chocolates
“I became a vegetarian in 1988, it happened gradually. My parents had no choice, it was like that and then that’s it, he continues. The goal was to become vegan. “Directly, I didn’t know anyone who was. It was through reading and listening that I got the info. I went cautiously, while reducing my consumption of animal products. Until then.” become vegan in 1992. “
Guillaume even remembers his Christmas 1992, spent with his family, the first when he did not eat chocolates. “It was a liberation! I was no longer participating in something that I didn’t like.” When his father disappears, he takes over the family farm, and transforms it: “I am not a farmer, I am a farmer. I grow plants. It was not possible either that I raise animals and that I kills them. I did not want to endorse this system, “he explains.
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Today, vegans are legion. The animal defense movement, initiated in the 2000s, and the advent of the Internet, have enabled associations, such as L214, to raise public awareness about animal abuse and the abuses of intensive farming in particular. “When you go against the tide, you need motivation. But the easier it becomes, the more people make this choice, concludes Guillaume. The current lifestyle, particularly in relation to the consumption of meat, is is not sustainable. It even depends on our survival. “
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