{"id":756082,"date":"2019-01-31T08:56:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756082"},"modified":"2019-01-31T09:03:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:03:13","slug":"when-farmers-go-vegan-the-science-behind-changing-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756082","title":{"rendered":"When farmers go vegan: The science behind changing your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Cognitive dissonance builds until an individual can no longer sustain the resultant unease and instigates change. Then your life perspective can take a sudden leap.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PAULA COCOZZA:<\/strong><em> &#8216;A farmer was recently on the road to the abattoir when he changed direction and drove his trailer full of lambs 200 miles to an animal sanctuary instead. Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, 60, from Devon, now plans to grow vegetables. Vasanthakumar is not the only farmer to perform this kind of reversal&#8230; In the US, the Illinois-based charity Free From Harm has gathered tales of many farmers who have had epiphanies and switched to veganism.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Farmers know the job when they start it \u2013 so what brings about such a major turnaround? \u201cWhat you are looking at is basic cognitive dissonance,\u201d says Fiona Buckland, a life coach. This occurs when \u201cthe way you are living your life is no longer fully in line with the way that you feel\u201d, and personal values slip out of alignment with personal performance&#8230; Cognitive dissonance builds until an individual can no longer sustain the resultant unease and instigates change&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cYour life perspective can take a sudden leap,\u201d psychologist Mike Hughesman explains. A person who had been inured to what they do suddenly realises they don\u2019t want to do it any more. (Hughesman himself temporarily switched to vegetarianism when he couldn\u2019t face the fact that he was eating something sentient.) \u201cPeople need to think more and not get trammelled into routines. If something doesn\u2019t feel right, give it thought,\u201d he says. \u201cSometimes you have to ask those pivotal questions&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/shortcuts\/2019\/jan\/30\/farmers-vegan-science-behind-changing-your-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dltLYOahAVg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAULA COCOZZA: &#8216;A farmer was recently on the road to the abattoir when he changed direction and drove his trailer full of lambs 200 miles to an animal sanctuary instead. Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, 60, from Devon, now plans to grow vegetables. 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