7/15/2012 Episode #99: A listener who recently went vegan wants her child to eat vegan too. I give some helpful tips on how to feed kids vegan. I also recommend a couple of books by Ruby Roth for children to learn about why some people don’t eat animals. I gave some thoughts on people keeping…
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Interviews with Jim VanDerPol and Jason Das
5/30/2012: Part I: Jim VanDerPol Conversations with the Land Jim VanDerPol farms and writes in a western Minnesota world very different from the one in which he was raised in the 1950s and 1960s. The small, diversified farms and tight-knit communities of his youth have been replaced by town jobs and gigantic equipment operating on…
Gary De Mattei Interviews ASK A VEGAN host, Caryn Hartglass
5/20/2012: Responsible Eating And Living Creative Director interviews the host of the Ask A Vegan show, Caryn Hartglass. Caryn talks about her journey from vegetarian to vegan. They discuss transition foods, farmers markets, CSA’s, locally grown food, grilling and vegan cheese.
Remembering Marti Kheel, Illness as a Vegan, Food and Culture, Organic Farming, Sunflowers
Caryn discusses her brief meeting and conversations with vegan, ecofeminist, activist, scholar and founder of Feminists for Animal Rights, Marti Kheel before she passed in November 2011. Caryn talks about the health expectations involved in eating a healthy vegan diet and, why and what to do when those expectations aren’t achieved, i.e. we are diagnosed…
Interviews with Priscilla Feral and Nick Brannigan
2/8/2012: Part I: Priscilla Feral Friends Of Animals Priscilla Feral is the Friends of Animal President, who works out of FoA’s International Headquarters in Darien, Connecticut. 2/8/2012: Part II: Nick Branningan Genetically Modified Food Nick Brannigan is the author of I’m Eating WHAT?!?: The Health Risks of Genetically Modified Food and 10 Real World Solutions…
Natural? Processed? What does it all mean? In Search of the Ideal Human Diet.

I am a believer in eating whole, fresh, organically grown plant-foods. But in this world where food can come from any part of the globe and labels on food can suggest all kinds of characteristics (organic, low fat, no fat, low sodium, low carb, natural, etc.) knowing what’s healthy can be really confusing. Add on…