Veganism

The following is an interview with Hope Bohanec, author of The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? A vegan for 27 years, Hope shares her own insights relating to veganism READ ON

The question I have grappled with for years now is: how can this conditioning work so well on so many of us for so long? This question is central to READ ON

Lee Hall presents a poignant, yet simple, definition of what veganism means. “Veganism is a social movement. It’s based on the principle that human beings should live without exploiting animals.” READ ON

This interview with Free from Harm founder and director Robert Grillo was recently published by the Eugene Veg Education Network and conducted by Lin Silvan, Executive Director of EVEN and READ ON

Despite general acceptance of the ethos of domination within Western Christianity, the fact remains that when all scriptural passages pertaining to animal welfare are viewed within the larger context of READ ON

In a recent talk on how popular culture shapes our food choices, I introduced myself to the audience by admitting that, over the course of my 20 years working in READ ON

Farm animals were my friends. I shared secrets with them, told playful stories and felt a special bond with them. When I heard phrases like ‘spent hen’ it meant their READ ON

I find your notion of “95% vegan” to be problematic. As a practical matter, one could justifiably argue that any move away from animal products helps animals and is therefore READ ON

From our guest poet and writer, Beth Levine, another powerful piece of work that connects the human will to live with that of non human animals, challenging us to make READ ON

Beth Levine shared this wonderful poem of hers with Free from Harm about reconnecting with animals and rediscovering our empathy for others.

We create our human ecology with our behavior. This is how we establish relationships with our external environment that includes other people, individuals from other species, and the entirety of READ ON

While vegans often hear from non vegans that the vegan lifestyle is “not for them,” the new leader of a company that sells vegan products to at least a majority READ ON

Some argue that since nonhuman animals eat other nonhumans in the wild, our use of animals is “natural.” There are four responses to this position. First, although some animals eat READ ON

Today I read and commented on a post on James McWilliams’ blog about the issue of sentience in insects. James urges us to take the possibility of sentience in insects READ ON

Being dismissed as an extremist isn’t the worst thing in the world. But as a new animal activist, I used to unconsciously dread this accusation. I carefully worded my responses READ ON

I expect to garner some criticism for this post, but sometimes I think we need to face our demons and question what matters to us. To my dismay, I’m finding READ ON

The following is my response letter to horse activist, Karin Hauenstein, regarding pending horse slaughter legislation in the US. I’m sharing this because my response prompted me to raise some READ ON