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Bruce Friedrich, co-founder & executive director of The Good Food Institute

By | March 27, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Bruce Friedrich—the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), which promotes plant-based dairy, eggs, and so-called clean meat, as alternatives to those items as produced by animal agriculture (factory farming)—outlines how, starting at age 12, he toiled on behalf of the homeless, inspired by an influential pastor and his faith. Read more…

Matt & Phil Letten, The Vegan Bros, co-authors of “VODKA IS VEGAN: A Manifesto for Better Living and Not Being An A**hole”

By | July 11, 2018 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Matt & Phil Letten—siblings known as The Vegan Bros, and co-authors of “VODKA IS VEGAN: A Manifesto for Better Living and Not Being An Ahole”—recall their formative years, growing up “on the wrong side of the tracks” in Michigan, noting their family was far from vegan. Read more…

Arin Greenwood, journalist and author of “Your Robot Dog Will Die”

By | April 18, 2018 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Arin Greenwood—a journalist who specializes in writing about animal welfare, and whose sterling new novel, “Your Robot Dog Will Die,” was published Tuesday (April 17)—offers her synopsis of the book, and recalls key elements of the setting, story, and fundamental themes that she arrived at while in the formative stages of writing “Your Robot Dog Will Die.” Read more…

Erika Abrams, co-founder & president of Animal Aid Unlimited

By | April 4, 2018 | Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Erika Abrams—co-founder and president of Animal Aid Unlimited, a rescue operation, hospital, and sanctuary in Udaipur, India—recalls the circumstances under which she, her husband, Jim, and daughter, Claire, began traveling to India in the late 1980s. While noting she wasn’t (and still isn’t) well-traveled, and that her initial interest in the country was rooted in superficial facets, she fell instantly, and hard, for India. Read more…

Rachel McCrystal, executive director of Woodstock Farm Santuary

By | March 28, 2018 | Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Rachel McCrystal—executive director of Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, which rescues farmed animals and provides refuge for them, now housing around 400 animals—recalls a childhood marked by a houseful of animals, featuring a preponderance of rattlesnakes and other reptiles (her biologist dad was a herpetologist). Read more…

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