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lauren Ornelas on chocolate, slavery, food deserts, state of the movement
lauren Ornelas is F.E.P.’s founder and serves as the group’s executive director. She is also the former executive director of Viva!USA, a national nonprofit vegan advocacy organization. lauren has been...
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Vegan Olympian Seba Johnson Speaks Out Against Sochi
We’re grateful to former Olympian Seba Johnson for her recent essay for Vine Sanctuary’s blog, “Dangerous Intersections at Sochi – an Olympian Speaks Out,” so we’ll pause to let everyone read that...
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Vegan athlete Rob Bigwood: ‘Uneducated, arrogant, selfish people hide behind...
I heard rumbles back in February that a vegan athlete was going to featured on a new reality TV series called Game of Arms on AMC. I thought I’d watch an episode or two to see how AMC would portray...
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YOUR EARTH DAY BUZZKILL
I appreciate Earth Day just as much as the next person, but the commercialism and the lack of discussion and awareness around the biggest culprit in both global climate change and the destruction of...
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Will Tuttle on Circles of Compassion: Connecting Issues of Justice
Few living vegans are as influential and as compelling as Dr. Will Tuttle. His book The World Peace Diet has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century, and many vegans and...
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Stop Blaming Veganism for You Not Being Vegan
Lately (again) some ex-“vegans” are in the media proclaiming their love of eating animals. The usual reason for them going back to exploiting animals, though they still maintain their love for them,...
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Colombian Activist Juliana Castañeda Fights and Wins for Animals
When it comes to animal rights and the vegan ethic, Colombia is a country of conflict. In 2013, it became one of the first worldwide to ban circuses with wild/exotic or native animals, yet does...
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Undercover Investigator TJ Tumasse: “It is the responsibility of the consumer...
TJ Tumasse spent more than six years working as an undercover investigator inside many of the nation’s largest factory farms, local shelters, and roadside zoos for Mercy For Animals and other...
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Leilani Munter: race car driver, vegan, environmental activist
Leilani Munter is a race car driver, environmental activist, vegan and animal rights activist. Leilani uses her sport and platform to advocate for both animals and the environment. At the ARCA Racing...
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Direct Action for Joy: Sharon Gannon, Ahimsa, Animals, and Caesar Salad
Full disclosure: I became a fan of Sharon Gannon’s some years ago through her writings on animal rights, and then renewed my interest when she appeared in the documentary Yogawoman, about the impact...
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Street Smarts: Vegan Street’s Marla Rose and John Beske
Over yonder on our resource page, we said, “If you lived on Vegan Street, you’d want to live next door to Marla and John.” Marla Rose and John Beske are a powerhouse couple in animal rights. Marla is...
View ArticleBeware of Vegan Cannibals
To be vegan is to challenge the status quo. We have stepped outside the matrix of our upbringing and culture that has indoctrinated us into accepting the brutalization and slaughter of animals. To be...
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Vegamusicomic Jamie Kilstein: “If we weren’t changing minds I would be pretty...
Comedian and animal activist Jamie Kilstein, who recently killed at the closing night of FARM’s Animal Rights National Conference, is the co-host of Citizen Radio, a political podcast spiked with...
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Meet Mr. Universe, Vegan Barny du Plessis
Barny Du Plessis, reigning Mr. Universe, calls himself “a vegan warrior fighting for the animals and our planet.” He’s been a competitive bodybuilder since 1998, and holds a number of other...
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“In the pit of my stomach, I’ve come to realize, the moment of betrayal is...
Six-time Emmy winner Allison Argo has made animal- and nature-themed films (including Parrot Confidential) for more than 20 years, for PBS, National Geographic, and other broadcast outlets. Her work...
View ArticleVegans are Feeling the Bern. And the Clint. And the Trump??
Recently an animal activist – a Facebook connection I respect – realized she had vegan friends in the U.S. who plan to vote for Donald Trump. You may also know some. Do you quietly unfriend those...
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Jasmin Singer: Always Too Much and Often the Exact Right Amount
Photo by Derek Goodwin Our Hen House is one of our favorite resources for activists and vegans. Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan are multimedia queens, with a weekly podcast (more than 320 weeks...
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Even Thinking Vegans Die
Ginny Messina, MPH, RD has written ten books for vegans including Vegan for Life, Vegan for Her, and most recently Even Vegans Die. She writes and speaks about vegan nutrition, preventing ex-vegans,...
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A Mark Hawthorne Ethic
Photo by Tara Baxter Mark Hawthorne, author of Striking at the Roots and Bleating Hearts, is one of the movement’s best and most prolific writers. We last talked to Mark on the occasion of Bleating...
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It seems Impossible, but I guess I’m a vegan purist
I never really thought of myself as a vegan purist. Being an ethical vegan for the last 11 years, I always considered myself just a vegan, doing the bare minimum of trying to do the least harm...
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