Podcasts about Vegan Outreach

The Peoria Vegan Chef Challenge is coming to the area in April! Local organizer of the challenge, Amy Ashley-Raher joins The Greg and Dan Show to discuss the efforts of raising awareness for a plant-based diet.  The Peoria Vegan Chef Challenge is in collaboration with the national non-profit Vegan Outreach. Starting April 1st and throughout the month, 18 restaurants around the Peoria area will serve new plant-based menu options. Diners will have the opportunity to vote for their favorites. Visit veganchefchallenge.org/peoria for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We often refer to them as 'legends', otherwise known as folks who have been vegan for more than twenty years. Case in point: Jack Norris. Jack, who's been vegan since 1988, is the executive director of Vegan Outreach, an animal protection nonprofit promoting vegan eating through their 10 Weeks to Vegan program in over 50 countries.  Jack has been a registered dietitian since 2001 and maintains the website VeganHealth.org. In 2005, Jack was elected to the Animal Rights Hall of Fame. Jack co-authored the book Vegan For Life with Ginny Messina; the 2nd edition was published in 2020. Jack was a Division 3 All-American pole-vaulter in college, was on a national champion great grandmaster ultimate frisbee team, and is now an avid pickleball player.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comJohn is an animal advocate and social media professional (@JohnOberg). He has served as the director of new media for The Humane League and the director of communications for Vegan Outreach, but now he's an independent advocate funded by individual donations. He's also a powerlifter — not something you usually associate with vegans. In this episode he tries to convince me to give up meat.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above (or on the right side of the player, click “Listen On” to add the Dishcast feed to your favorite podcast app — though Spotify sadly doesn't accept the paid feed). For two clips of our convo — on whether humans are evolving into vegans, and dispelling the notion that all vegans are scrawny — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: the profound influence that John's mother had on his advocacy from a very young age; their lonely protest against deer culling; vegan stereotypes and gay stereotypes; the cruelty of animals to other animals in nature; the greater sentience of some creatures over others; the horrific conditions of factory farming; Ag-Gag laws; how to provide protein to people without killing animals; “the protein myth”; the Impossible Burger and other food recs from John; the proliferating types of non-dairy milk; incentivizing corporations to make vegan options; and meeting people halfway with veganism rather than demonizing them. Browse the Dishcast archive for another discussion you might enjoy (the first 102 episodes are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Sam Ramani on Ukraine, Ben Smith on going viral, Tabia Lee on her firing as a DEI director, and Patrick Deneen on a post-liberal future. Send your guest recs and pod dissent to dish@andrewsullivan.com.A quick bit of fan mail for Chris Stirewalt:Just wanted to say your conversation with Stirewalt was f****n' great!  Entertaining, funny, and really educational. Loved it.Another fan focuses on this segment:Listening to Chris talk about goat porn and golden showers on Ted Cruz almost made me pee my pants! Absolutely hilarious.A listener dissents:I had to stop listening once it became clear that you and Chris seem to be of the opinion that the legacy media share equally with the 30-year-old disinformation industry in cleaving the American voters into hateful camps. While you did recognize that Rush was a pioneer in taking advantage of the abrogation of the Fairness Doctrine to voice his BS, you also blithely acknowledged that he was “talented entertainer.” Let's face facts: Adolph was full of hateful bile that led to the eventual destruction of Germany along with millions of innocents but the guy was really entertaining. The legacy media, for all of its faults and biases, is not equivalent to the collective disinformation industry. Wokeness does not equal lies, character assassination, conspiracy mongering, calls for the overthrow of the “deep state,” civil war, summary execution of suspected drug dealers, ad nauseam. Criticize the legacy media all you want, but don't equate them with Fox and its many copycats as part of the critique. Whataboutism is tiresome and lazy.If you want my view of the different kinds of media bias at play — and why the right is worse — this piece is a good overview. I make many distinctions. From a baseball fan:Are my ears playing tricks on me or did I just hear Chris Stirewalt attribute “Hit ‘em where they ain't” to Pee Wee Reese? If I did hear this, it's the worst piece of fake news this 72-year-old guy has heard on the Dishcast. Apparently that quote by Willie Keeler is commonly misattributed to Reese. Here's one more clip from the Stirewalt pod — on why the cult of Trump is so strong:Staying on the topic of Trump, a reader dissents:I was not planning to send you a second scathing email in two weeks, but here we are. Your latest column on Trump was surreal. “Guys, a wildfire is about to burn down all these houses. This is bad! But you must admit, the fire is beautiful! Look at the gracefully leaping orange-golden flames. Such flair and energy! It speaks to something deep inside me, I remember sitting by a campfire as a kid …“But yes, the fire is bad, so we must fight it using this beat-up old fire truck. God, I hate the truck! It's ugly and rusty, the paint is peeling, the engine makes a weird grinding noise, there's a coffee stain on the driver's seat. The truck is boring, just sitting there like a lump. No entertainment value at all! In a direct contrast between the fire and the truck, there will surely be some people who simply favor the shiny and pretty over the dull and old!“Anyway, uh, we ought to stop the fire before it burns down all these houses, so let's get inside this crappy truck, which I hate, and go fight the fire… even though the fire is lovely and exciting and fun to look at…” (you gaze into the flames, their reflection dancing in your eyes)I wan to insert that gif of Cher slapping Nick Cage's face in Moonstruck and yelling, “Snap out of it!” Yes, the fire truck certainly is beat-up and rusty, and I too wish for a newer and better model. But if you value the houses, and you recognize that they will burn unless enough people act, the right thing to say is, “Guys, let's get in the truck and go put out the f**king fire!”My core political objective right now is avoiding a second Trump term. How much clearer can I get? My concern with the loony left is both substantive on the issues, but also rooted in my view that they are empowering Trump, not weakening him. Another reader quotes me:“Trump is more likely than not returning to the White House as of now.” No offense, but have you not been paying attention for the last two years?

Today, I am joined by Sam Tucker, Co-Founder & CEO of VegCatalyst, a social enterprise dedicated to helping accelerate the spread of veganism through digital marketing. VegCatalyst is the parent company to Vegan Creative Compass (a vegan digital marketing agency), Vegan Media Market (a vegan freelancer marketplace), VEG3 (a vegan artificial intelligence marketing tool) and Vegcademy (an online learning platform for vegan businesses and animal charities). Sam has been vegan and heavily involved in animal rights activism for more than 14 years, spending 5 of those working full-time for the nonprofit group Vegan Outreach. Sam really knows his stuff and his commitment to the vegan movement shines in all of his projects. If you're a vegan who needs marketing help or any of the other services Sam offers, he not only knows what you need, he understands your motivation behind your business. Is there anything more valuable than that when looking to hire someone to help you with your business? I don't think so. Get in touch with Sam: Website: https://vegcatalyst.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samtuckervegan/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-tucker-vegan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samtuckervegan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErOi4A92awIWnixjMhUQMw Mentioned in this episode: Vegan Outreach - https://veganoutreach.org SkyNet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator) Since this episode was recorded, AI art has been everywhere and many people are claiming that AI is stealing from artists. Check out Sam's take here: https://www.facebook.com/VEG3ai Please forgive my terrible pronunciation of kumara (insert facepalm emoji here) ©2023 Did You Bring the Hummus LLC Theme Song ©2020 JP Winters @musicbyjpw Join my Free Facebook group for fans of Did You Bring the Hummus - https://www.facebook.com/groups/didyoubringthehummus/

Today on KIOS at the Movies, Joshua LaBure, is joined by Taylor Radig from Vegan Outreach to discuss the new documentary Cow from filmmaker, Andrea Arnold.

John Oberg is a social media influencer and animal advocate dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. In 2018, he launched his own independent, patron-funded program for animals through Patreon to maximize his impact, redefining animal advocacy in the social networking space. Previously, he served as Director of New Media for The Humane League and as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. Since launching his project, he has accumulated hundreds of millions of views of his content across social media reaching tens of thousands every single day. He recently launched online courses focused on social media advocacy through the online educational platform, Advocacy Collaborative. Advocacy Collab Twitter Course: https://advocacycollab.com/mastering-twitter/ Advocacy Collab Instagram Course: https://advocacycollab.com/mastering-instagram/ Official website: JohnOberg.org Patreon Page: Patreon.com/JohnOberg Donate: Donorbox.org/JohnOberg Twitter: Twitter.com/JohnOberg Instagram: Instagram.com/JohnOberg Facebook: Facebook.com/JohnObergOfficial YouTube: YouTube.com/user/JohnOberg

Vegan Outreach India's Richa Mehta joins us this week to talk about the spread of veganism in India.  As Director of Programs, Richa tells us how Vegan Outreach is focusing on college students and explains in detail what they are doing to educate those students about the atrocities of the dairy and meat industries while advocating for veganism, as not only… The post Is India Going Vegan? w/ Richa Mehta appeared first on Our Hen House.

Twitter is one of the most powerful resources around. Yet, most people have no idea how to use it. Enter Twitter inflluencer, John Oberg. An ethical vegan who has had hundreds of millions of views on his tweets, John is the go-to person in the vegan space for understanding and amplifying your Twitter (and other social media) efforts. John Oberg is a social media influencer and animal advocate dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. In late 2018, he launched his own independent, patron-funded program for animals through Patreon to maximize his impact, redefining animal advocacy in the social networking space. Previously, he served as Director of New Media for The Humane League and as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. Since launching his project, he has accumulated hundreds of millions of impressions of his content across social media. He recently launched an online course called Mastering Twitter to Change the World. http://www.veganvisibility.com/summit

Tyra June (also known as, @TyraTheTaurus on Instagram and Twitter). She is the owner of Vegan Girl Gang, which is a vegan merch shop, her food blog account & pop-up shop is called @AnotherJunkFoodVegan on IG, and she also has her own podcast called Kombucha Hour: which dissects veganism, womanism, racism, astrology, history and lots more. Tyra is also currently working with Vegan Outreach to bring vegan groceries to food deserts and low-income communities.Connect with her on Instagram: @tyrathetaurus@anotherjunkfoodveganShow Notes: Kombucha Hour PodcastVegan Girl GangVegan OutreachSome Instagram account's that Tyra recommends:@iyeloveslife@foodempowermentproject@soul_eubanksIf you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_bossTo apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.comEpisode Sponsor:This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.To get 10% off products & services just enter coupon code 'veganboss' at check-out.Website: www.plantlifenutrition.caInstagram: @plantlifenutritionVegan Boss Hosts:Shawna Barker, Synergy NutritionIG: @synergy_nutritionMegan Barker, Megan Media DesignIG: @meganmediadesign

Gwenna Hunter is a Los Angeles based Vegan activist. She coordinates events for Vegan Outreach, and is the founder of Vegans of L.A. and the Vegans for Black Lives Matter Facebook Group. Gwenna is also a public speaker and writer, her essay titled "Copy and Paste Activism Does Not Work: Perspectives from a Person Of Colour” is published in the newly released "Voices for Animal Liberation" anthology. Vegans of LA Vegans for Black Lives Matter Voices for Animal Liberation

Happy Friday! Texas Veggie Fair has come to an end, but boy did we have fun! Even Junior learned a lot about veganism and vegan food, literature, legislation, and film! We have a great show in store for you today with Spiral Diner owner Amy McNutt at the half! First up, we have Victor Flores from Vegan Outreach, so let's get started! Victor Flores Victor is the online and community outreach specialist for Vegan Outreach, a global non-profit organization working to end violence against animals. As the community outreach specialist, he has hosted many vegan themed events in New Mexico, has helped launch 10 Weeks to Vegan en Español and manages the Vegan Food Aid Program in Albuquerque, helping undocumented families and the Navajo Nation. Victor, his partner Karla and their children are a vegan family of six. They love working together promoting vegan events and most recently opened Root 66, a vegan food truck based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Victor also co-founded CampV, an all vegan summer camp for kids; La Raza Vegana, a Facebook page dedicated to vegan topics in Spanish and the Plant Powered Pop-up Market. Vegan Outreach Vegan Outreach's main goal is to end violence to animals and to stop using animals for our advancement. Reaching out to people, exposing animal cruelty, and educating people is the big thing that Vegan Outreach does! Because of his partner, Karla, Victor went vegan! Karla began volunteering with Vegan Outreach, and that led to a beautiful relationship between Victor and Karla, as well as new people and veganism. Victor said if he would have been exposed to vegan education sooner, that he would have become vegan a lot sooner. Finding foods that he already ate made it east for Victor. Food is an activism tool, so take your friends and family members to vegan restaurants! Show them how great everything tastes. Want to try vegan? Don't know where to start? 10 weeks to vegan is a program provided by Vegan Outreach that aids vegan-curious people through a program that educates others as to how easy and delicious it is to become vegan! Sign up for the program here! Amy McNutt Amy McNutt is the founder of Spiral Diner and Bakery, opened in 2002 out of her love for animals and the environment. As one of the most unusual success stories in the restaurant world, Spiral Diner continues to thrive today with three locations and a production kitchen. Her goal is to show how we can enjoy the great flavors of comfort food without using animals. Married to James Johnston since 2003, they happily live in Fort Worth with their three rescue bunnies and two cats. Spiral Diner and Bakery Amy says that her extreme optimism was part of the reason she decided to open up an all Vegan diner! To her luck, there were people who craved homestyle food but made vegan. At a young age, Amy decided she really loved animals and didn't want to do anything to hurt them. At age 12-13, she became vegetarian with her family's support. Amy said she thought she needed to eat a lot of milk and eggs to maintain enough protein in her vegetarian diet. Walking down Venice beach, she was handed a PETA flyer about dairy production, and then and there her mind was made up. She went on to research on her own and made the decision to go 100% vegan that ultimately changed her life! Check out any of the three Spiral Diner locations in the Dallas Ft Worth area to grab a meal that you won't regret! Our personal favorite is the Patty Melt that rivals the Texas chain's meat filled one... Thank You! A big thank you to our guests, Victor Flores and Amy McNutt! Read more about Vegan Outreach and Victor Flores, here! Check out the menu and plan your visit to Spiral Diner in Dallas, here! Thank you to all of our One Life Radio listeners. We truly appreciate each and every one of you, so If you’d like to hear more from One Life Radio, please subscribe to our podcast.

Happy Friday! Texas Veggie Fair has come to an end, but boy did we have fun! Even Junior learned a lot about veganism and vegan food, literature, legislation, and film! We have a great show in store for you today with Spiral Diner owner Amy McNutt at the half! First up, we have Victor Flores from Vegan Outreach, so let's get started! Victor Flores Victor is the online and community outreach specialist for Vegan Outreach, a global non-profit organization working to end violence against animals. As the community outreach specialist, he has hosted many vegan themed events in New Mexico, has helped launch 10 Weeks to Vegan en Español and manages the Vegan Food Aid Program in Albuquerque, helping undocumented families and the Navajo Nation. Victor, his partner Karla and their children are a vegan family of six. They love working together promoting vegan events and most recently opened Root 66, a vegan food truck based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Victor also co-founded CampV, an all vegan summer camp for kids; La Raza Vegana, a Facebook page dedicated to vegan topics in Spanish and the Plant Powered Pop-up Market. Vegan Outreach Vegan Outreach's main goal is to end violence to animals and to stop using animals for our advancement. Reaching out to people, exposing animal cruelty, and educating people is the big thing that Vegan Outreach does! Because of his partner, Karla, Victor went vegan! Karla began volunteering with Vegan Outreach, and that led to a beautiful relationship between Victor and Karla, as well as new people and veganism. Victor said if he would have been exposed to vegan education sooner, that he would have become vegan a lot sooner. Finding foods that he already ate made it east for Victor. Food is an activism tool, so take your friends and family members to vegan restaurants! Show them how great everything tastes. Want to try vegan? Don't know where to start? 10 weeks to vegan is a program provided by Vegan Outreach that aids vegan-curious people through a program that educates others as to how easy and delicious it is to become vegan! Sign up for the program here! Amy McNutt Amy McNutt is the founder of Spiral Diner and Bakery, opened in 2002 out of her love for animals and the environment. As one of the most unusual success stories in the restaurant world, Spiral Diner continues to thrive today with three locations and a production kitchen. Her goal is to show how we can enjoy the great flavors of comfort food without using animals. Married to James Johnston since 2003, they happily live in Fort Worth with their three rescue bunnies and two cats. Spiral Diner and Bakery Amy says that her extreme optimism was part of the reason she decided to open up an all Vegan diner! To her luck, there were people who craved homestyle food but made vegan. At a young age, Amy decided she really loved animals and didn't want to do anything to hurt them. At age 12-13, she became vegetarian with her family's support. Amy said she thought she needed to eat a lot of milk and eggs to maintain enough protein in her vegetarian diet. Walking down Venice beach, she was handed a PETA flyer about dairy production, and then and there her mind was made up. She went on to research on her own and made the decision to go 100% vegan that ultimately changed her life! Check out any of the three Spiral Diner locations in the Dallas Ft Worth area to grab a meal that you won't regret! Our personal favorite is the Patty Melt that rivals the Texas chain's meat filled one... Thank You! A big thank you to our guests, Victor Flores and Amy McNutt! Read more about Vegan Outreach and Victor Flores, here! Check out the menu and plan your visit to Spiral Diner in Dallas, here! Thank you to all of our One Life Radio listeners. We truly appreciate each and every one of you, so If you’d like to hear more from One Life Radio, please subscribe to our podcast.

Power lifter, animal advocate, social media strategist, 100% vegan only begins to describe John Oberg. Known in many circles as an outspoken, yet rational, animal advocate, John is on a mission to raise awareness about compassion to animals. As an animal activist and social media influencer and professional, John has dedicated his life to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. Vegan for over 11 years, John has no intention of letting up on his activism. In 2019, he launched his own independent, patron-funded project for animals through Patreon to maximize his impact for animals. Previously, he served as Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League and as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. In 2019, he had tens of millions of views of his content on social media. http://www.patreon.com/johnoberg http://www.johnoberg.org http://www.twitter.com/johnoberg http://www.Instagram.com/johnoberg http://www.Facebook.com/Johnobergofficial http://www.YouTube.com/user/johnoberg FREE Beginner's Guide to Plant Based Eating from Kathleen Gage http://www.plantbasedeatingforhealth.com/guide

Toni Okamoto & Michelle Cehn are the co-authors of the forthcoming The Friendly Vegan CookBook Toni Okamoto is the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, the popular website and meal plan that shows you how to save dough by eating veggies. She is also the author of the Plant-Based on a Budget cookbook, The Super Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook, and the co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast. Okamoto’s work has been profiled by NBC News, Parade Magazine, and she’s a regular presence on local and national morning shows across the country, where she teaches viewers how to break their meat habit without breaking their budget. She was also featured in the popular documentary What the Health. When she’s not cooking up a plant-based storm, she’s spending time with her husband in Sacramento, CA.You can find Toni on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Michelle Cehn is on a mission to empower her fellow earthlings to make kind choices and enjoy the many benefits of a plant-powered life. Michelle is the founder of the popular vegan lifestyle website World of Vegan, co-author of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook, and co-creator of The Dairy Detox.An avid photographer and filmmaker, Michelle has produced hundreds of videos for her own YouTube channel as well as for leading organizations including Mercy for Animals, Farm Sanctuary, and Vegan Outreach. Michelle has dedicated her life to helping people align their actions with their values, and provides inspiration and support to help make lifestyle changes easy and fun. 

The Black Lives Matter movement has exploded across American. Largely, it's a movement about power and who has it. Protests are powerful. But, in today's society, money is the real power. Today, we talk to two members of Vegan Outreach about the intersection between Black Lives Matter and other social justice movements and veganism.

The Black Lives Matter movement has exploded across American. Largely, it's a movement about power and who has it. Protests are powerful. But, in today's society, money is the real power. Today, we talk to two members of Vegan Outreach about the intersection between Black Lives Matter and other social justice movements and veganism.

In this episode of Teach Me How To Vegan, we share more about our journey to veganism, and how we gradually cut meat out of our diets. We also discuss how to set SMART goals (goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely), how to determine what is the last animal-based food to remove from your diet, looking at your barriers and assets, resources that are available for free, and a brief review of our recommendations from the previous episode. Products Mentioned: Soyrizo (available in NM at Albertsons, Smiths, Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Whole Foods): https://www.friedas.com/products/soyrizo/ Resources Mentioned: APNM Plant-Based Eating Monthly E-Mails: https://apnm.salsalabs.org/plantbasedeating/index.html Vegan Outreach’s 10 Weeks to Vegan: http://Veganoutreach.org/10w-vf PCRM 21 Day Kickstart: https://kickstart.pcrm.org/en Roadrunner Foodbank Healthy Foods Center: https://www.rrfb.org/about-us/our-programs/health-wellness-initiative/healthy-foods-center/ Food Not Bombs: http://foodnotbombs.net/new_site/ Food Not Bombs in Albuquerque: https://www.facebook.com/fnbABQ/ Nutritionfacts.org Daily Dozen: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-gregers-daily-dozen-checklist/ Further reading and resources: Setting SMART Goals: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm Stages of Change: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gttc/presentations/8eStagesofChange.pdf Plant-Based Milks Guide: https://worldwideveghead.org/2019/02/07/the-complete-guide-to-plant-based-milk/ Vegan Meats Guide: https://www.peta.org/living/food/meat-replacements/ Plant-Based Butters Guide: https://www.bharmless.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-vegan-butter/  

Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 7 of the Plantarion Podcast!  Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with John Oberg.  We have a fun chat about how he became vegan and is now using social media to help influence others to make more informed choices when it comes to living a vegan lifestyle.Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis.  Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION PODCAST ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER!Interview with John ObergJohn Oberg is an animal advocate, influencer, and social media professional, dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. He has launched his own independent project for animals through Patreon. Prior to that, he served as Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League. And prior to that, John served as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. In both of these roles, John oversaw social media for the organizations which led to a tenfold increase in following in both, as well as over 1 billion views of content posted to these pages. John is an Advisory Board Member at Plant Dining Partnerships.(0:00) Intro(0:31) Danni & Thomas chat about being vegan for everything(4:24) Introducing John Oberg(5:06) Welcome John!(5:38) John's vegan story(12:58) John's animal activism work(17:42) John steps into social media advocacy(19:31) John's on Patreon(20:38) The power of social media(24:00) The urgency of becoming an animal activist(27:28) John's social media tips to advocate for the animals(29:45) Support John via Patreon(31:17) Follow John Oberg on social media Follow John ObergTwitterFacebookInstagramYoutubeLinkedIn Follow Plantarion on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & Youtube!SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS EPISODE ON OUR LATEST INSTAGRAM POST!CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION ON YOUTUBE

In this episode, Macken sits down for a livestream with social media expert John Oberg. John gives us a tutorial on activism in the era of social distancing, before discussing a wide variety of topics relating animals and COVID-19. John and Macken discuss the humanist reasons to go vegan, wet markets, factory farms, and the ban on eating dogs in China. John Oberg is one of the most prominent characters in the modern animal rights movement. He is an animal advocate hoping to make the world a kinder place by utilizing the power of social media. He recently launched his own independent project for animals through Patreon. Prior to that, he served as Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League. And prior to that, John served as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. In both of these roles, John oversaw social media for the organizations which led to a tenfold increase in following for both, as well as over 1 billion views of content posted to these pages. You can find John on his website, Patreon, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.  

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with John Oberg about making an impact through the vegan movement. Vegan activism is something that the plant-based community either shys away from or starts to dip their toes into after a while. We love John’s approach, that there is really something for everyone hardcore or softcore to help spread the word about the welfare of animals and our planet in making it a kinder place. Whether it be the wool industry, fishing, the use of plastic straws, you can help make a difference without overstepping your comfort zone by sending a simple Tweet, Facebook post or IG story. We know this episode will be eye-opening for you.  John Oberg is a social media pro, influencer, and animal advocate dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. He recently launched his own independent project for animals through Patreon. Previously, he served as Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League. Before that, John served as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. John oversaw social media for the organizations which led to a tenfold increase in following in both, as well as over 1 billion impressions of content posted to these pages. In 2019, he's had a reach of over 100 million impressions through his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Pages. You’ll learn how to make a bigger impact through your social media reach, so share this one with anyone on social media who wants to make a difference.  In this episode we discuss: His journey Ethics of our pets to animals  How to make those connections  Factory farming  Sheep and wool Fish The environment  Plastic straws  His activism  Not just preaching to the choir  What kind of content captures the attention  How can people listening make an impact  Are vegans weak  The way you eat can be enough

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En este episodio me senté con Emmanuel Marquez, el Gerente de Divulgación en México de vegan outreach. Emmanuel nos platico acerca de:  Vegan outreach, que hace esta organización en México, formas de apoyarlos, y sus logros a lo largo del tiempo. También nos dio tips de cómo ser un mejor activista, y como lograr encontrar el mejor activista en nosotros mismos. Y al principio de la conversación nos contó un poco sobre él y cómo llega el activismo a su vida. Ve a www.vedgetalk.com para más información.

If you struggle with communicating your vegan values and feel like it’s a source of contention among your family and peers, OR perhaps you’ve started thinking about taking your message of living compassionately to a larger audience, whether you would like to expand your outreach in your local area, or on big stages around the world...then wait till you get a load of this episode! because my guest, and friend, Carol Cox, is dishing up some amazing insights about how we can be effective communicators to a mainstream audience...whether that audience is in our homes, or everywhere else.Carol Cox is the founder of Speaking Your Brand, which helps high-performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks (such as a keynote, TEDx, or business presentation) and this is to grow their business and become recognized as influencers in their fields.Carol is the host of the Speaking Your Brand podcast and a sought-after speaker and trainer on public speaking, business storytelling, and women’s leadership. And during election seasons, she serves as a political analyst on TV news.During this fun interview, we talk about:How political debates are more productive than debating the subject of eating animals, and how to have more constructive conversations on the topic.Why stories are so important to share in our discussions about eating plant-based and how to determine if what you want to share will be well-received by your listenerHow Carol works with her clients to develop their signature talk to be given on big platforms, and she tells us about her vegan clients who have needed to navigate the challenges of talking about their vegan brand to a mainstream audience.She even has an EPIC free guide that will help you to engage your audience and move them into action while making what you have to share inspired and memorable (see link below).And, Carol also has an amazing group coaching opportunity open for enrollment if you’re already a speaker and you’re looking to position yourself as a premium speaker to go after bigger stages (see link below). Website: www.speakingyourbrand.comFREE Guide: www.speakingyourbrand.com/epicGroup Coaching for Speakers: www.speakingyourbrand.com/groupFB: www.facebook.com/speakingyourbrand/IG: www.instagram.com/carolmorgancox/Request to join our community of rebels at www.eatinglikeyougiveadamn.com/group for recipes and support.If you like what you hear, don't forget to: SUBSCRIBELeave a great REVIEWSnap a PHOTO while listening to the show and tag @eatinglikeyougiveadamn on Instagram and FacebookVeg On, Rebels.

In this episode I interview John Oberg, a vegan social media marketing expert and influencer in Washington, DC. John is dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. He's the former Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League. And prior to that, he served as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. In both these roles, John oversaw social media for the organizations which led to a tenfold increase in following for both of them, as well as over 1 billion impressions of content posted to these pages. John recently launched his own independent project for animals through Patreon and has provided social media consulting services to non-profit organizations including Veganuary and Million Dollar Vegan. And he now offers these services to vegan businesses and brands. In this episode, John discusses: • What vegan brands and businesses can do right now to organically increase followers and engagement – without spending a fortune on paid ads • Why scheduling tools are important and his recommendation for which one to use • When and how often you need to post on social media • How to use hashtags – the right way • How to work with influencers to ensure you get the best results for your vegan brand • Why you need to use ‘live' video and what types of content to share live versus pre-recorded • What type of content works best on your Instagram and Facebook feeds, and what works best for ‘stories' on these platforms • And much more Visit John Oberg's website Check out John's Patreon page Read John's blogs about social media on Plant Based News Brands mentioned in vegan business news highlights Sheeps Tennis Vegan Fine Foods RESOURCES: My Online PR Course for Vegan Business Owners & Entrepreneurs: Vegans in the Limelight My book Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business Follow Vegan Business Media on: Facebook   Twitter  Instagram  Connect with me personally at: Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn

My guest today is a social media expert in the animal rights community, first running the social media for Vegan Outreach and most recently for The Humane League. John Oberg believes we should: “Look at everything we post on social media as an opportunity to either help animals or hurt animals. It's about winning hearts and minds not arguments and debates.” ... READ MORE The post E595: John Oberg and Effectively Harnessing The Power Of Social Media To Make The World A Kinder Place For Animals. appeared first on Healthification.

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Two ethical vegans who have a health message too: We open with Amie Hamlin of New York Coalition for Healthy School Food and in our second segment, we learn about the work of Vegan Outreach and the latest in nutritional research. Show notes.

Fler och fler blir veganer och fler och fler gör som vi och åker till Vegomässan som slog besöksrekord ännu en gång. Vi smakprovade, snurrade på djurrättshjul och intervjuade Victor Sjödin från Vegan Outreach och Karin Gabrielsson Morton från Forska utan djurförsök.

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Nationally recognized journalist and New York Times best-selling author Jane Velez-Mitchell checks out the vegan scene in Southern California with Gwenna Hunter, who runs Vegans of LA! There are tons of parties and VegFests! It's a fun time. Gwenna also takes on heavy subjects, going to vigils for pigs headed to slaughter. She also works for Vegan Outreach and has traveled the country advocating for a plant-based diet: for health, for the environment and for the animals! Patrizia Barretto aka VeganLista also joins us! She's on a mission is to find every plant-based product that exists and introduce those delights to non vegans.

Nationally recognized journalist and New York Times best-selling author Jane Velez-Mitchell checks out the vegan scene in Southern California with Gwenna Hunter, who runs Vegans of LA! There are tons of parties and VegFests! It's a fun time. Gwenna also takes on heavy subjects, going to vigils for pigs headed to slaughter. She also works for Vegan Outreach and has traveled the country advocating for a plant-based diet: for health, for the environment and for the animals! Patrizia Barretto aka VeganLista also joins us! She's on a mission is to find every plant-based product that exists and introduce those delights to non vegans.

Sam Tucker is Vegan Outreach's coordinator for Australia & NZ. He's handed out something close to a quarter of a million leaflets that promote a vegan diet to end the suffering of farm animals. Consequently, he knows a thing or two about effective leafleting & gave a presentation on this very subject at Melbourne's Animal Activist Forum late last year.Whether you're seeking a non-confrontational form of activism, or you're wanting to expand your existing activism skills & methods, listen to this presentation & learn directly from the master! Vegan Outreach Australia  https://veganoutreach.org/category/australia/Vegan Outreach Victoria  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1699590446759188/about/Vegan Outreach Queensland  https://www.facebook.com/groups/486388045093588/about/Vegan Outreach Tasmania  https://www.facebook.com/groups/380408459052131/about/Vegan Outreach NSW  https://www.facebook.com/groups/318406958635497/about/Vegan Outreach South Australia  https://www.facebook.com/groups/682743665258384/about/Vegan Outreach Western Australia  https://www.facebook.com/groups/331247534029289/Vegan Outreach ACT  https://www.facebook.com/groups/495090517531176/about/

This week Moby is laying out what it was like to be a vegan 30 years ago in 1987. He's sharing some behind the scenes of Circle V, the vegan food and music festival he started with Tony Kanal of No Doubt, spreading the word of veganism is hugely important to him. You can also hear Moby's 'lifesaver' for making vegan travel easier. Plus, inspired by Moby's lifelong activism, I'm sharing how to up your activism in a way that's easiest for you. This is an episode I wish I could have heard when struggling with how to inspire change but didn't know what made sense for me. Additionally, I share my Thanksgiving plans with you guys- will any of you be there too? Want to hear yourself on the podcast? Tell me where you're listening & something about yourself over on insta & you could be on an upcoming episode: www.instagram.com/liveplanted/ Find Moby: http://moby.com/ https://twitter.com/thelittleidiot https://www.facebook.com/mobymusic http://circlev.com/ Mentioned on the Show: ➜The Gentlebarn Thanksgiving Event: http://www.gentlebarn.org/events/upcoming-events/a-gentle-thanksgiving-tennessee-2017 ➜Live Planted Thanksgiving Guide: http://liveplanted.com/vegan-thanksgiving-guide/ ➜Dana Ellyn's pod episode: https://soundcloud.com/liveplanted/022-effective-communication-skills-and-interview-with-artist-dana-ellyn ➜Vegan Outreach leaflet program: https://veganoutreach.org/category/outreach/ ➜Circle V Event: http://circlev.com/ ➜Nathan Runkle on LP: https://soundcloud.com/liveplanted/077-nathan-runkle-of-mercy-for-animals-on-how-science-class-changed-his-life-living-your-values ➜Mercy For Animals: http://www.mercyforanimals.org/ ➜HappyCow: https://www.happycow.net/ ▶️ Let's get social! Instagram: www.instagram.com/liveplanted/ Twitter: twitter.com/LivePlanted Facebook: www.facebook.com/LivePlanted/ www.LivePlanted.com ✮Support the podcast- REVIEW & subscribe in iTunes (preferably a 5✮!) The more reviews, the greater chance someone else will hear the podcast. Share the podcast on social media, send it to a friend you think would enjoy LP.

Many people really don’t understand what it means to be vegan. It’s not just a diet or a list of rules. It’s a joyous way to live and will give you a feeling of connectedness that you might otherwise never experience. I’ve been vegan for 15 years. That’s me in the picture on the left. Becoming Vegan happened naturally for me as I came to truly understand we are all connected, we are all one and our choices really do matter. This show will connect you with all the best things about being vegan. Our guest is Jon Camp. At the time of broadcast, he was the Executive Vice President of Vegan Outreach. He has since moved The HUman League. Jon travels across the US leafleting on behalf of Vegan Outreach’s Adopt a College campaign. Vegan Outreach has provided more than 14 million pamphlets that have been handed out all over the world. Jon (right) has personally handed out over one million booklets at 500 schools and has mobilized hundreds of others to join the outreach program. That’s Jon leafleting in the picture. SHOW SUMMARY The show opened with Jon sharing about VeganOutreach.org and the work they do. The organization and its volunteers have handed out over 14 million copies of VO’s powerful pamphlet that describes the realities of commercial farming and it effects on animals. Jon shared some the circumstances surrounding hens commercially raised for eggs and other animals being abused. We also discussed how many other countries don’t allow animal products from the USA to be imported for health and ethical reasons. We discussed the impact the personal choices we make whether that be to help educate the public or by showing people the benefits of cutting back or eliminating animal products from their diet. Links Mentioned on the Show VeganActvist.org' VeganOutreach.org ChrisTinney.com

Chef Cola, the founder of Dinners with Chef Cola, hosts 13 dinners a year. They’re intimate, exclusive and currently trending in Harare, Zimbabwe. They’re also vegan. As one of the first black female vegan chefs in Harare, Chef Cola, whose full name is Nicola Kagoro, says her dining concept is actually more of a movement. A movement that includes challenging the notion that veganism in Zimbabwe is an exclusively white lifestyle. “If you’re white, no one will ask you why you are vegan. They will just say, ‘Oh, she’s white,’” Chef Cola says in her interview with GPJ reporter Kudzai Mazvarirwofa. Chef Cola’s story is one that raises a lot of questions about the vegan lifestyle, in both Zimbabwe and in other countries around the world, and it’s the topic of today’s podcast, “Food for Thought”. Join podcast host Kyana Moghadam in the fourth episode of the Global Press Passport podcast with GPJ reporters Mar García in Mexico, and Kudzai Mazvarirwofa, in Zimbabwe. Along with writer, model and vegan Nzinga Young from Vegan Outreach, in the United States. Read the full story about Chef Cola in the Global Press Eats section here. And go inside the story with Kudzai Mazvarirwofa, in her blog post about what she believes to be the underlying reason the average Zimbabwean isn’t going vegan here.

Today's guest Sean Hennessy is the Greater Ohio Outreach Coordinator for the company Vegan Outreach. Vegan Outreach was founded to move society away from eating animals and their products. Although he's very humble, Sean has a very impressive resume. Since he's humble I'm going to lay it out for you. It includes a masters degree in agricultural and applied economics, working at the American embassy in South Africa, doing research there as an agricultural specialist, plus volunteer work for animal advocacy. Impressive! In this episode Sean shares how he found a path to a vegan career, what support program for new vegans Vegan Outreach started that others have now copied, & diversity in the plant based realm. Inspired to help? Vegan Outreach has leafleting internships available during fall and spring semesters. Listeners can apply at VeganOutreach.org/internships Find Vegan Outreach: http://veganoutreach.org/ https://twitter.com/veganoutreach Blog: http://veganoutreach.org/blog/ Mentioned on the Show: ➜Thanksgiving Menu: http://liveplanted.com/vegan-thanksgiving-menu/ ➜Vegan Outreach Mentor Program: http://veganoutreach.org/vegan-mentorship-program/ ➜Full Substitutions List: http://veganoutreach.org/subs/ ➜Team Vegan Fundraiser: http://teamvegan.org/ ▶️ Connect with Live Planted here: Website: liveplanted.com Email: LivePlanted@Gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/LivePlanted Instagram: www.instagram.com/liveplanted/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/LivePlanted/ ✮Support the podcast- Give us a review & subscribe in iTunes (preferably a 5✮!) The more reviews, the greater chance someone else will hear the podcast. Or share the podcast on social media- lets get the word out!

Episode 82 features activist Matt Ball. Matt Ball is Senior Advisor for VegFund, an organization that funds the outreach of advocates for other animals around the world. In 1993, Matt co-founded Vegan Outreach; where he served as the group’s Executive Director for more than 20 years. Matt speaks with us about his new job, his latest book, and his current thoughts about the state of the animal

Jon Camp reached a milestone this Spring.  On March 28th, 2014 on the campus of the University of Georgia, he handed out his one millionth booklet.  For the past ten years he has been seeking to end cruelty to animals one flier at at time.   He finished this Spring's tour at the ETSU campus.  I caught up  with him and we talked about the work of Vegan Outreach, factory farms, and the importance of changing attitudes and practices toward animals.

Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! explains the best ideas for vegan outreach. Join us every Friday for the latest Q&A podcasts - Audio from the YouTube videos online every Tuesday: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNsoIQ0qwh7s4qyC9ymp882uwHmOgHzMJ Intro tune by Leigh-Chantelle.

We got 99 shows and this is one. Lo Vee and Derek check out the 2012 NYC Farm Sanctuary Walk For Farm Animals. Over 700 New Yorkers showed up to show support and raised over $70,000 for Farm Sanctuary. We feature interviews with sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur & host of CNN's Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell (you guessed it...) Jane Velez-Mitchell! We also feature the talks that each of these inspiring vegan activists gave.Derek was also lucky enough to catch up with Katie Pryor - event organizer and Vegan Outreach coordinator for NYC - for a nice wrap-up interview. Derek was also event photographer and yoga teacher, while Lo Vee donned a cute fuzzy pink pig costume and worked the Blossom Du Jour table. All in all a splendid afternoon that led to a most excellent podcast, if we may say so ourselves.

Listen HEREThis week I talk about how as a vegan consumer in a capitalist society I am trying to work as best as I can in the system, as a consumer in my daily life, aside from the main focus of advocating to individuals for a paradigm shift, and opening people's minds up to a fundamentally different way of thinking about all other animals and life on the planet by promoting the abolitionist approach and veganism. I admit I am very uneducated about politics, history, agriculture, sociology, and a myriad of other extremely important subject matters related to vegan advocacy, so I will do my best to educate myself as best I can for the rest of my life, and in the meantime lean heavily on my colleagues and fellow advocates who ARE educated in these things :-)So this podcast is just some of my personal thoughts, as always, and I do appreciate any advice and constructive criticism. One of the things I touch on is how we can avoid buying from companies that are direct exploiters of animals and their products, i.e non vegan restaurants for example. The truth is, most of us can't. I mean, we can easily choose to avoid some of them (non vegan restaurants for example) but what about the supermarket? What about where we buy our clothing? What about where we buy our fruit and vegetables? My fruit and vege place sells eggs and ice cream bars. Some people are lucky enough to have access and money to buy all their products from purely vegan online suppliers, but I am not one of them.That is why I always affirm that I personally am part of the problem, which is one of the many reasons I feel such a strong urge to rectify the problem and why make it my personal responsibility to do so as best I can. Please keep in mind, this is nothing at all like some "Vegan Outreach" advocacy that says "oh don't make a fuss and try to be pure, just eat the egg product every now and then so people don't think we are too fanatical". No no no. I am an ethical vegan. I am, however, a human being, an active consumer, and I live in a speciesist society, and whether I like it or not, I am contributing to industries that exploit animals, even when I buy my fruit and veges from the fruit and vege store. BUT we must let the producers know we vegans exist—that there is a legitimate and lucritive demand for vegan products. I am not a supporter of capitalism, I would like to see a better system, but I also live in reality and face truths. Right now, today, I live in a capitalist society and am an active member and consumer in that society whether I like it or not. So in the meantime too, while we are still working for change, we must have a voice. It will grow to a thunderous roar, right now it is a whisper in the grand scheme of things. But that will change. Until it does; don't be shy! Demand vegan! Ask for vegan products. Enquire about vegan products. MENTION vegan products at the very least. Educate sellers and producers about the vegan consumer. Tell them it's a guaranteed sale. That'll prick up their greedy little ears.Note: I don't consider "prick up their ears" to be a bad animal metaphor. That is because the way I look at it; noting that some lovely animals have ears that can prick up and using it metaphorically for human animals whose ears don't prick up doesn't have anything to do with exploiting the animals whose ears do prick up, so I think this is an acceptable animal metaphor. Thoughts?There is SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT it is just an inexhaustible subject this animal exploitation, unfortunately. I wish we didn't have to talk about it, but we DO.This week I mentioned some other podcasts and blogs and I would like to provide those links here, but they are also in my blog link list too.Firstly I mentioned Gary Francione's latest episode from his Abolitionist Approach Commentary:A Discussion of Abolitionist PrincipalsRoger Yates from his On Human Nonhuman Relations podcast:Dehumanization Processes Part OneDehumanization Processes Part TwoVincent Guihan from We Other Animals and Animal Emancipation:We Other Animals RadioI must make a correction - the podcast is called We Other Animals Radio not Animal Emancipation. I am sorry!Sam Tucker from Food for Thought Radiofftradio podcast on iTunesAnd Jordan Wyatt from Jaywontdart's Podcast has a new blog and vegan podcast:Coexisting With Nonhuman AnimalsAnd this is the link to my favourite vegan restaurant in the whole world (especially since it is right here in Auckland NZ)Golden Age Vegan RestaurantThis is the video that Randy Sandberg posted:Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood. It is blood chilling, but watch it! Knowledge is power! This is all part of it too. Thanks Randy, this is a great find.Finally, I was wrong (in a good way) there ARE other actual physical vegan stores in the world. Here is one:The Pangea Store in Rockville Maryland.  I am sure there must be others.   Awesome!

LISTEN HEREThis week I revisit something that is old news but I think still very relevant for the coming year and all years of the vegan movement, which is that we have no excuse for not promoting veganism unequivocally."All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." ~ GhandiI mention a discussion where things "clicked" for me and I always recommend to all advocates to listen to this discussion between Gary Francione and Erik Marcus: listen here or access it on the Abolitionist Approach audio page (scroll down to find the interview)I mention this article by Corey Wrenn: Academic Discrimination Against VegansHere is Randy Sandberg's fantastic Quotes on Slavery website where you can find a lot of history about the history of the Abolitionist Movement against slavery in the human context which can teach us a lot about the movement today to abolish all slavery, human and nonhuman.I mention that Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary residents need hay for the winter, but anyway they always need help and also I have links to some local sanctuaries and other rescue groups in NZ - please if you are going to donate money to anyone please donate directly to helping animals such as sanctuary, adoption and rescue, rather than to welfare campaigns and organisations.Here is a message of nonviolence for 2012 from Trish Roberts of Lobsa and LiveVegan: A Message of Nonviolence for 2012Here's a great new article just released by Dan Cudahy and Angel Flinn for the New Year: Make the Vegan ResolutionHere is a great new article by Vincent Guihan: Vegan Outreach: how not to do itHappy New Year everyone! :)UPDATE: I just want to add that this particular rant of mine was not a commentary on vegans who are unequivocal vegans in their own lives, and live vegan uncompromisingly, yet don't advocate it as such as an extra activity outside of normal life as vegans, because they are just not really interested in actually being an 'activist" as it were or they are advocating other social justice issues that take up all their free time, however they live vegan; it was specifically due to experiences with vegans who are welfare advocates, with whom I was discussing activism, and their preference of promoting welfare reform, their resistance to promoting veganism at all, and their absolute refusal to do it unequivocally.I recognise that these vegans and all vegans are challenging the status quo by being vegan, and are to an extent being advocates with regard to the example they set to those around them. I am glad for all vegans for being vegan. So I want that to be really clear. This is specifically in regard to the above-described position of welfare advocates.

Vegcast 99 features an interview with Nikki Benoit of Vegan Outreach, who discusses dealings with the police over distribution of the vegan message as well as questioning Obama on veganism. There is a song debunking vegan myths by Jonathan Mann and a quick check in with Phil E of Peace Advocacy Network at the Green Carpet Gala in Philly earlier this spring. There is also a Science Fact about meat and cancer and a related note about milk andc calcium.

Vegcast 99 features an interview with Nikki Benoit of Vegan Outreach, who discusses dealings with the police over distribution of the vegan message as well as questioning Obama on veganism. There is a song debunking vegan myths by Jonathan Mann and a quick check in with Phil E of Peace Advocacy Network at the Green Carpet Gala in Philly earlier this spring. There is also a Science Fact about meat and cancer and a related note about milk andc calcium.

Manifesting your values of compassion and wellness in your everyday behavior (i.e. becoming vegan) is a profound and powerful way to live. It's quite literally life-changing, and for some people, just making this change is enough to be part of contributing to a compassionate and nonviolent world But you may want to do even more. So today, I talk about an easy and effective form of advocacy that has countless ripple effects: reaching out to restaurants to encourage them to offer more vegan options or to at least acknowledge on their menus vegan dishes they already have or non-vegan dishes that can be easily veganized.

Our 80th show features Beloved Binge on tour and in the studio with us for an interview and further shenanigans. The Binge are one of our favorite bands, and great vegan activists to boot. They created a documentary called Seeing Through the Fence that "explores the role of food in modern society and our connection, or lack of connection, with both the processes and animals from which our food originates". They also hand out Vegan Outreach literature at college campuses in the towns they play at.During the second half of our show we interview Gary Lowenthal from The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, a global fund raising event put on by local groups around the world. Gary tells us how this great idea got off the ground and now involves dozens of groups and locations around the world. Each participating group gets to choose its venue, what to sell, and how it uses the proceeds. A great show that will leave you jonesin' for vegan cupcakes.

Show 41 features the return of Northampton guitar legend Dennis Crommett to our studio. Last time Dennis was on the show he was a mere ovo-lacto vegetarian, but since then Dennis and his girlfriend have both become full-fledged vegans! We talk to Dennis about the transformation and how appearing on Vegan Radio changed his life... We also discuss traveling as a vegan, since Dennis is a touring musician with questions and your Vegan Radio co-hosts are soon to be traveling cross-country in a bio-bus to the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada! We also have a short interview with Jenna Calabrese from Vegan Outreach about her experiences with vegan travel.In the News: Chrissie Hynde Opening Vegetarian Restaurant in Ohio, Vegetarian Passenger Wins Case Against Airline, Veggie Booty Recall

Effective Advocacy for Animals – Part II – Activist Rights for Animal Rights Thea Langsam is a lawyer at Altshuler, Berzon, a small public interest law firm in San Francisco. She represents Vegan Outreach, challenging colleges that have illegally sought to bar Vegan Outreach volunteers from leafleting on campus. She also organizes the San Francisco [...]