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Book Review

How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach Written by Tobias Leenaert Summary & Review by Beth Quick I recently finished Tobias Leenaert’s provocative, challenging, and inspiring book How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach. (Lantern Books, 2017)....

VEGAN CNY YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023

With all that’s been going on in the world—violent conflict, political unrest, environmental turmoil—it’s hard to sit down and write an upbeat “year in review,” to sit with a straight face and write a piece that says “wasn’t 2023 just terrific?” 2023 was rough. For a...

Briarwood Farm Sanctuary

From the first time I stepped onto a Sanctuary, I was in love. I can’t remember when that was exactly. Long before my son was born, and he just turned 16 this past Spring, so it had to be 18 years ago. 20? It was Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen. A gorgeous day. I...

I’ve Got 99 Problems and Protein Ain’t One

I’ve Got 99 Problems and Protein Ain’t One

Protein is one of the largest dietary concerns which arise for people considering going vegan. Concerns and fears are typically rooted in common misguided beliefs: social conditioning which is based  on falsehoods and health and nutrition stemming from at least a...

Book Review

anism in an Oppressive World: A Vegans of Color Community Project, edited by Julia Feliz Brueck, is an eclectic work that includes essays, poetry, reflections, and interviews from vegans of color.

Book Review

Walking With Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life by Eric O’Grey (with Mark Dagostino),  2017, Grand Central Publishing Reviewed by Linda DeStefanoReview translated by Rob English I love this book!  It’s a true account by the author, who was morbidly overweight,...

Book Review – en español

CAMINANDO CON PEETY: el perro que me salvó la vida por Eric O'Grey (con Mark Dagostino), 2017, Grand Central Publishing Opinión de Linda DeStefanoTraducida al español por Rob English. ¡Yo amo este libro! Es un relato verdadero del autor, uno que tenía un sobrepeso...