5/13/2012: Happy Mother’s Day. We are all mothers, in a way, creating all the time, especially the cells within our bodies. Let’s celebrate! I continued to talk about the subjects from the two panels I participated in yesterday: Corporate Power, Diet and Animal Agriculture, and Women, Feminism, and the Use of Animals for Food at…
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Interviews with Ani Phyo and Richard Schwartz
5/9/2012: Ani Phyo 15-Day Fat Blast
Walking the Walk, Farm Life in Costa Rica
May 6, 2012: I spoke with my friend Beth Corwin who moved to Costa Rica with her family nine years ago from the U. S. She shares her reasons for leaving the U.S. and choosing Costa Rica, her joys and challenges with living in Central America. For more on Beth Corwin and her family visit…
Broadcast from Costa Rica
4/29/2012: I recorded this show while visiting a farm in very rural area of Costa Rica. Enjoy the background music by the birds and bugs!
Interviews with Amber Shea Crawley and Ryan Andrews
4/25/2012: Part I: Amber Shea Crawley Practically Raw: Flexible Raw Recipes Anyone Can Make Amber Shea Crawley is a linguist, chef, and author specializing in healthful vegan and raw food. Known for her flexible recipes and friendly voice, she was classically trained in the art of gourmet living cuisine at the world-renowned Matthew Kenney Academy,…
Going Vegan, Is It Really That Big A Deal?
I reviewed the recent New York Times blog post, The Challenge of Going Vegan, especially the over 1000 responses (and counting) to it. I debunked popular myths and covered the most popular topics including vegans being “preachy”, the connection behind rainforest destruction and soy beans, needing a chef, requiring scientific knowledge to eat vegan and,…
Interview with Peter Seidel 4/18/2012
4/18/2012: Peter Seidel Invisible Walls: Why We Ignore the Damage We Inflict on the Planet and Ourselves Before obtaining a MS in Architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology as a student of architect Mies van der Rohe and planner Ludwig Hilberseimer, Seidel worked as a farmhand, factory worker, Alaska salmon fisherman, and carpenter. In 1957,…
Interviews with Jennifer Cockrall-King, Erica Meier and Alejandro Junger, MD
4/11/2012: Part I: Jennifer Cockrall-King Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution. Jennifer Cockrall-King (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a freelance journalist and food writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, National Post, Canadian Geographic, Maclean’s, and other major publications. She blogs about food and her research trips at foodgirl.ca.…
Reflections on Passover and Easter, Earth Day, Starbucks, VegWeek, and Slavery
I shared my thoughts on the meaning of the current holidays, Passover and Easter, and of course, the food involved in the celebrations. I always connect the story of slavery and redemption in the Passover story to the unfortunate exploitation of people and animals today. I shared the recipe for my first vegan, gluten-free matzah…