They don't eat fertilizer? Last time I checked vegetables are created using fertilizer, not to mention all the other items on the list that are consumed by vegans/vegetarians. I don't have a problem with people who choose that lifestyle for health reasons (even though I disagree that it is healthier) my main issue is with people that do it because it is "cruel to animals" It is kind of like people that say "let's use electric cars so that none of our money goes to petroleum producing countries" Little do they know that fuel for machines is but a sliver of the total consumption for petroleum.