Whoever said beggars can’t be choosers obviously never encountered a vegan who asked for a piece of bread with dairy-free butter.

Questlove, musician with The Roots, Tweeted about his recent experience attempting to appease a homeless man who asked for a bite to eat.

“Um Homeless w/ dietary preferences? dude outside starbucks asked for $, I got him coffee & sandwich. He says “I’m vegetarian.””

Hey, just because you’re short on change doesn’t mean you’re short on principle or taste, right? Who’s says hard times means eating food hard on your body, animals and earth?

Food pantries often stock veg-friendly shelf-stable foods like beans, legumes and pasta and sauces. Some religious groups that advocate vegetarian diets, like the Seventh Day Adventists, will often have faux meats and soy products available at food banks they run from their churches.

Tzu Chi, a food pantry located in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, only stocks vegetarian items in accordance with its earth-friendly principles of reducing planet waste and conserving the environment.

Created by a Buddhist foundation, Tzu Chi was looking for ways to alleviate the growing problem of hunger in America without adding burden to climate problems.

“The food pantry will only provide canned and dried vegetarian food to kindly remind people that we all co-exist with the Earth, and it is everyone’s job to help slow down global warming and reduce carbon emissions,” said Jackson Chen, executive vice president of Tzu Chi.

Tzu Chi uses a computer database to keep track of its members, who can easily access the pantry with their identification card.

Recently, the USDA released a report, it’s 2009 Household Food Security statistics, citing 14.7 percent of American households were considered food insecure at least some of the time in 2009 and 5.7 percent were found food insecure often, meaning these households weren’t always sure where their next meal was coming from.

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