Given the popularity of summer favorites like hamburgers and hot dogs, many people would find the idea of a vegan diet challenging. However, one mother/daughter pair from Gloucester Point is forgoing animal products in favor of a natural, plant-based diet, all the while documenting their journey to healthy living. 

Mom Dee Dee Wike and daughter Joy Wike are practicing vegans. They have started a group called “Feeling Veggie Good” with both an online blog and Facebook page to “raise awareness of the many problems of animal abuse present in factory farming as well as the benefits of a vegan diet and lifestyle.”

The pair’s mission began following a family vacation to the family’s home state of Tennessee. 

After meals of southern-fried catfish and traditional Memphis barbecue, Joy encouraged her mother to watch a documentary called “Vegucated,” which explores both the vegan lifestyle and factory farming.

“I had begun watch...