Michele Simon, What’s Happened to the Plant-Based Food Movement? Michele Simon is a public health attorney, food policy expert, author, and thought leader in the plant-based foods industry. In 2016, she founded the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), the nation’s only membership association promoting the interests of plant-based food companies. For five years as PBFA’s executive director,…
Dilip Barman, So Many Cooks in the Kitchen Dilip Barman has been involved with plant‐based lifestyle for decades. He is President of the Triangle Vegetarian Society in North Carolina where he hosts the country’s largest vegetarian (all vegan) Thanksgiving. He is a Food for Life instructor (and has a promotional video); Food for Life is…
Jim Mason, An Unnatural Order, The Roots of Our Destruction of Nature Jim Mason was trained as a lawyer. He was one of the founders and editor of the Animals Agenda magazine, and co-author (with Peter Singer) of Animals Factories (1090) and The Ethics of What We Eat (2006). He has written articles…
Hartglass & De Mattei, California Here We Come Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei share their food journal and observations from driving on I 80 from New York to California. Links mentioned in the program: Pinellia Vegan South Bend, IN Zest Kitchen, Salt Lake City, UT True Food Kitchen, with many locations…
Cattle Grazing on Public Lands and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Driving through Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada this week, Hartglass and De Mattei saw the endless miles of cattle grazing on public lands. It prompted their decision to air the IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD 2009 interview with Mike Hudak regarding cattle grazing…
Part I: Andrea Young, Sweet Vegan, A Chocolate Experience! Chef Andrea Young, founder of Sweet Vegan returns to It’s All About Food to share what she has been up to during the pandemic. Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei get to try Sweet Vegan’s Spring Break box of Energizing Espresso, Raspberry Royale, Strawberry Sensation, Tanjin…
David Blatte, The Vegan Imperative David is a former animal law attorney, executive director of Vegan Action, cofounder of Dharma Voices for Animals, and director of the film Animals and the Buddha. He has been advocating for veganism for over 30 years. Hartglass & De Mattei continue the conversation about The Vegan Imperative. They’ll…
Jeff Chilton, Organic Mushroom Extracts Jeff Chilton, raised in Pacific Northwest, studied ethno-mycology at the University of Washington in the late sixties and started working on a commercial mushroom farm in Olympia, Washington in 1973. During the next 10 years he became the production manager, responsible for the cultivation of over 2 million pounds of…
Skye Michael Conroy, Crafting Seitan, Creating Homemade Plant-Based Meats Skye Michael Conroy began his journey as a vegan chef as a hobby but he evolved as he studied the culinary arts in depth, and in 2014 he received the plant-based professional certificate of completion from Rouxbe Cooking School taught by chef Chad Sarno. For…
