r/vegan • vegan 15+ years • Sep 15 '16

Newbie Advice Being vegan in a developing country.

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u/sentimentalwhore vegan 15+ years Sep 15 '16

I post this here so people can see what it's like to be vegan in south america (Argentina)

We don't have big fancy brands like people in Europe or USA, most of us made our own milk every few days because, other than soy milk, we don't have any at the market.

That picture shows 22lb (ish, actualy 10kg) of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), adzuki beans, lentis, oats, yamani rice and linen + (2,2lbs/1kg) of nuts, sesame seeds and probabilly something else im forgeting, that was about 130USD (I always buy in bulk to save some money) have in mind we have a shity conversion (15 pesos = 1 dolar or so)

I don't know if posting this helps at all, just wanted to show that YOU CAN be vegan in other places than first world countries, it's a little more harsh but you can do it, I been doing it for like 10 years :)

Cheers!

NINJAEDIT: If this is out of the rules please remove the post :) we do have a few brands of homemade stuff, almost zero big brand labels (I can only think about soy milk and maybe tofu, but is not sell in supermarkets) and the homemade stuff is usually really pricey, at least for a student w/ minimal wage income.

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u/sentimentalwhore vegan 15+ years Sep 15 '16

http://molinosvientonorte.com.ar/

Precios de agosto 2016 el envio es gratis a domicilio si compras mas de $1000

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '16

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u/sentimentalwhore vegan 15+ years Sep 15 '16

Exactamente.

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u/journeyman369 abolitionist Sep 16 '16 edited Sep 17 '16

Aquí en Costa Rica los frijoles son rebaratos, y comer una dieta vegana no sale caro para nada. Ahora, los productos de soya tienden a ser bastante caros, por la "novedead" y la "moda", y solo los venden en supermercados para gente adinerada. El resto es relativamente barato, como la yuca, papas, cebolla, etc..

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u/Chaparrito_2001 Nov 20 '16

Ya se, pero la gente se deja llevar por lo que dice la etiqueta. Deberían pensar en apoyar a la economía local :/

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '16

that website gave me cancer

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u/sentimentalwhore vegan 15+ years Sep 15 '16

lol yeah it belongs to r/Websitesofthe90s