LIVE AS YOU ARE

FARM’s Live As You Are (LAYA) program celebrates progress over perfection, giving people the freedom to explore plant-based eating and veganism at their own pace, without pressure or judgment. It’s about meeting people where they are, making compassionate choices feel accessible, and creating a welcoming space for anyone who wants to learn, try something new, or simply take one step toward a more compassionate way of living.

You don’t have to change who you are to make a difference for animals.

There is no single way to be vegan, and there is no single way to advocate for animals. LAYA gives people the tools, resources, community, and opportunities to make compassion part of their everyday lives. Whether you’re vegan, veg-curious, eating more plant-based meals, or simply looking for one thing you can do for animals today, you can start where you are.

Live your life. Bring compassion with you.

Live As You Are is about finding opportunities to advocate for animals in the life you already live. LiveVegan.org gives you the resources to do it. Whether you want to make your favorite meal vegan, find plant-based options when eating out, talk to friends and family about veganism, navigate nutrition, or take the next step in your vegan journey, LiveVegan.org is there to help. Think of LAYA as the invitation to bring compassion wherever you go—and LiveVegan.org as the toolkit that helps you make it happen. Start where you are. Find what you need. Bring veganism with you.

Being a parent means teaching by example—and some of the most important lessons happen in everyday moments. Live As You Are helps families bring compassion for animals into daily life in positive, practical ways. Make a favorite recipe vegan, let kids choose a new plant-based food, pack a vegan lunch they’re proud of, bring animal-friendly treats to parties, visit a sanctuary, or talk about where food comes from in an age-appropriate way.

Small choices add up, teaching children that kindness can extend to animals, their communities, and the world around them. Families can take that compassion beyond the home, too. Join a family-friendly CAN action, volunteer together, share vegan food at school or community events, or advocate for more plant-based options.

There’s no perfect way to raise a compassionate family. Start with your family, your routines, and the things you already do—and bring compassion along.

Raise them kind. Live compassionately. Live As You Are.

Pride is LAYA in action. Since 2022, FARM has brought veganism to some of the largest Pride celebrations in the country, reaching millions of people with a colorful, joyful, and welcoming message of compassion.

And it works because we’re not asking people to leave their community to find veganism. We’re bringing veganism to where people already are.

LAYA gives people the tools, resources, community, and opportunities to make compassion part of their everyday lives. Whether you’re vegan, veg-curious, eating more plant-based meals, or simply looking for one thing you can do for animals today, you can start where you are.
Live your life. Bring compassion with you.

March with us, volunteer at a festival, hand out materials, meet new people, and start conversations that bring veganism into spaces already filled with celebration and community. Together, we’re showing millions that compassionate living can be colorful, joyful, delicious, and entirely their own. Live as you are. Eat the rainbow. Choose compassion.