FT SeriesVegan food & drinkIf everyone turned vegan, would we be happier and healthier? Could we save the planet? Or is a lifetime of inedible fake cheese just too painful?The vegan boom and my month on an animal-free dietLife without meat or dairy? Can it offer more than social isolation, endless chopping and inedible fake cheese? Henry Mance reportsPhilosopher Ray Monk: why I went vegan‘If we cut out meat and dairy, we would all live longer, healthier, happier lives’Is a vegan diet healthy? Anjana Ahuja looks at the science‘A diet of fags, booze and chips is technically vegan – but won’t help you outlive your burger-munching peers’Could we save the world if we all went vegan?The amount of farmland needed to sustain human life would shrink by 3.1bn hectares – the size of the African continentThree Chinese vegan recipes from Fuchsia DunlopChinese food is perfect for vegans since dairy products are largely absent from the traditional diet — and their vegetables are delectableThe truth about animal-free wines‘Liberty Wines reports that customers’ most frequent question is whether a particular wine is vegan’