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Well. I think the trick is, if you are cultivating figs specifically for sale, and wasp corpses are a necessary component of the trade then part of your food pr

Well. I think the trick is, if you are cultivating figs specifically for sale, and wasp corpses are a necessary component of the trade then part of your food preparation process specifically relies on the death of wasps. With out the fig farmer there would fewer insects captured in the fruits. So, if one thinks insects aren't vegan I think you can make a logical basis for not wanting to include figs in your diet. For hyperbole, if the only way for mango trees to grow was by soaking up the nutrients of dead sheep, and so every mango farm would chop up a ewe for fertilizer once a week to maintain their orchards, than would mangoes still be considered vegan?

gambiting 8y ago
As someone else pointed out - those wasps dying in the figs is part of their life cycle. It's not us exploiting animals to produce something for consumption - if anything, by cultivating more fig trees we allow more wasps to breed. As for your example - if the sheep's natural life cycle included being consumed by a mango tree in order to breed then sure, I'd consider those mangoes vegan. If we have to kill the sheep in order to grow mangoes ourselves(but the sheep gets nothing out of it) then I would not consider them vegan.