Upvoted! I haven't read the article you are talking about but I am fully with you in what you said about veganism. My way to where I am now was kind of similar. Growing up in a family with "normal" eating habits, grandparents with a farm with animals, started yoga in my early 20ies and got in touch with the meaning of 'ahimsa' and was a vegetarian first and then - inavitable vegan.
Great article, good work!