Welcome to Small Bites, Sound Bites, a midweek segment of food for thought podcast where I share short, succinct, thoughtful responses to typical questions, myths, and misconceptions related to plant-based eating, veganism, and animal protection.

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Whether you travel for work or pleasure, you know how easy it is to find meat, dairy, and eggs everywhere you look.

To find healthy plant-based food can take a little more effort, which leads many people to believe that it's difficult to travel as a vegan.

The truth is, as individuals and as a society, we haven't made eating healthfully and compassionately a priority.

Restaurants, hotels, and tourist destinations buy design cater to indulgence and convenience and instant gratification.

In other words, it's not the fault of being vegan that it can be challenging to find nutrient dense food while traveling.

The fact that we can't easily find vegetables in certain places is a larger problem that has nothing to do with being vegan.

Eating vegan is easy in most places and getting better in others.

I've been traveling as a vegan for over two decades and I host vegan trips around the world and abundance is everywhere.

It's just a matter of the lens through which you look.

It's a matter of making healthy, compassionate choices which we can and should all do.

Wherever we are and wherever we go, if we're looking through the lens of animal products, animal products is what we'll find.

If we're looking through the lens of plant-based abundance, plant-based abundance is what we'll find.

For the animals, this is Colleen Patrick Goodrow. You can find more at joyfulvegan.com.