Welcome to Fruitarians.net!

Open Letter

Hi, thank you for checking out Fruitarians.net! My name is Lena, I am also known as Fruitarian Lena. I am a long-term vegan fruitarian, the founder of the site (the former International Fruitarian Network) - my attempt to provide an independent inviting platform for all people to tell about their ethical lifestyle choices, and to participate in the civil public debate. Currently, I am considering my options in building an interesting resource on fruitarianism. 

I believe the future of humanity depends on our ability to come to certain agreements. 

If you are interested in realistic approaches to fruitarianism and veganism, in ethical and environmental changes we can make, and in attracting people to an open conversation about these topics, beyond cooking, looks and fitness, please help me to to develop Fruitarians.net with new ideas and to join the conversation in public videos.

My plans for the future of this site are summarized in this public letter to past and future participants and supporters.

Category: Lena

Last Updated: 31 October 2016

55 Questions from Fruitarian

For the Fruitarian Interviews project, I have composed 55 questions in 5 sections: Introduction (10), Ethics (30), Lifestyle (5), Diet (5), Conclusions (5). Most of them are ethical questions, not the ethical dilemmas though - I tend to find those a bit too artificial and restrictive. Some questions are hard (for me anyway), sorry for that.

My goal is to gather answers to the same questions from various interesting people, so we all could learn about different perspectives on these topics and gather ideas for our own development and an open discussion.

If you want to participate, please send me your reasons, and follow these instructions upon agreement.

Category: Interviews

Last Updated: 12 January 2017

My Fruitarian Story

Hi, my real name is Lena, I founded this site Fruitarians.net in 2010 as an international fruitarian community. 

Fruitarianism for me is a quest for optimal ethical ways to live and for all good diets based on fruits and seeds.  

I am a long term vegan-fruitarian, who radically changed her lifestyle as a teenager, at 18, and maintained and adjusted it during two following decades. I doubted fruitarianism, but my fruitarian position remains surprisingly strong. This a very short version of my fruitarian story.

Category: Lena

Last Updated: 05 December 2016

Defining Fruitarianism

I was adjusting my definition of fruitarianism for 20 years, periodically changing it after reflecting on what I learned and experienced. You can read it on the top of the page, and the current version is this: Fruitarianism - a quest for optimal ethical ways to live and diets based on fruits and seeds. 

This is the line I just attempted to add to the definition of fruitarianism on the Wikipedia page: 
"Fruitarianism can also be viewed as a set of ethical values, including respecting lives of plants, and their implementation in lifestyle." But I could not find eligible resources to cite.

Wiki is the most popular resource online, and the article dedicated to fruitarianism requires some explanation for most people who are new to the term. In this article, I will also give my personal perspective of a practicing skeptic fruitarian.

Category: Fruitarianism

Last Updated: 14 December 2016