do plants have free will?
My understanding is yes, but not in the way that animals and humans do. They have the will to survive and need to be respected. Not for the sake of 'respecting the rights of dandelions', but because the will that permeates the universe is ultimately singular in origin. When will is being overridden anywhere it harms all will on some levels.
It is possible to eat the food from food baring plants (controversial, I know.. lol) and not kill the plants. Tomatoes, apples and so on are all literally designed to be eaten and in doing so we create more plants, not less. The will of the plant to live includes the deliberate production of fruit to facilitate that in this dynamic environment. I am not aware of any evidence from any direction that eating fruit is against the will of the plants. I am, though, aware of some evidence of plants expressing suffering under certain other circumstances.
In terms of the micro-organisms, I don't know enough about what happens on that level when I walk in the soil, but I feel that industrialisation is a huge problem for this and many other reasons. When we respect the soil (soul) of the earth (heart), we walk lightly - not like monsters.
This is a common ground among ALL people, that the soil is the foundation of life on earth and we must seeks better alternatives.
Absolutely.
Vitamin K has been dubbed the X-factor to vigorous human health
It was specifically K2 that Weston Price's research pointed to.
You can read here about vegan sources of vitamin K and how they are converted to K2. There are various vegan supplements if people are still concerned and some mushrooms have high levels as I recall.
The following page explains about the issues of DHA, Omega 3 and other essential fats - I have never heard that ground chia and flax have any issues with absorption and nutritionfacts.org regularly recommends that for vegans.