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So There’s That…TWD: Dead City (S2E4) "Feisty Friendly"Stream "The Walking Dead: Dead City" Sundays 3am EST on AMC+ or watch Sundays 9/8c on AMC!_____Logline: Maggie and Negan find themselves on opposite sides of a war for control of Manhattan. Their paths intertwined in a struggle that reveals the complicated and harrowing reality of their fractured alliance.Genre: Horror/SupernaturalDirector: Edward OrnelasWriter: Keith StaskiewiczCinematographer: Corrin HodgsonComposer: Ian HultquistProduction Designer: Bernardo TrujilloCast: Lauren Cohen (Maggie) Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan) Logan Kim (Hershel) Gaius Charles (Perlie) Dascha Polanco (Narvaez) Jasmin Walker (Charlie Bird/Governor) Zeljko Ivanek (The Croat) Lisa Emery (The Dama)2025-05-2637 min
Broken Office Chairlauren OrnelasBroken Office Chair host, Bessie Alcantara is joined by lauren Ornelas as they talk about environmental/climate/food justice, animal rights, community organizing, and more. lauren Ornelas (she, her, hers) is Food Empowerment Project's founder and general programs team member. lauren has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 37 years. She is the former executive director of Viva!USA, a national nonprofit vegan advocacy organization that Viva!UK asked her to start in 1999. While lauren was the director of Viva!USA, she investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns. In cooperation with activists across...2025-04-1434 min
Hope for the AnimalsREPLAY: Oppression As a Singular Thread with lauren OrnelasToday’s show is a replay of an earlier episode with the amazing lauren Ornelas, founder of Food Empowerment Project. Food Empowerment Project is a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, works to bring attention to the rights of farm workers, highlights the lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities, and raise awareness about the worst forms of slavery, including child labor, in the chocolate industry. Lauren has been deeply involved in animal rights activism since 1987 and was the director of VivaUSA before founding Food Empowerment Project.Lauren and Hope talk about th...2025-03-2033 min
Misfits Makin' It: Oddballs Doing Cool Stuff on Radio MisfitsMisfits Makin’ It – In Praise of Mediocrity w/ Michael Ornelas (“Fine” Dining)Misfits Makin’ It is the podcast component of the misfit comedy shows produced by Lauren LoGiudice. Show dates and info at www.laurenlogiudice.com
In this Misfit Melodrama mini-episode of Misfits Makin’ It Lauren riffs with comedian and mediocre dining expert, host of Fine Dining: The Search for the Most Mediocre Restaurant in America, on audience-submitted stories. They go into skydiving mishaps, marathon running, and the cultural significance of fast food.
To submit your story leave a voicemail at 646-WANG-0-X-1 or go to www.laurenlogiudice.com/podcast.
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Freedom of SpeciesFood Empowerment ProjectFood Empowerment Project (F.E.P) is a volunteer-based non-profit organization focused on veganism and food justice. F.E.P's mission to to create a more just and sustainable world by recognising the power of one's food choices. They encourage healthy good choices that reflect a more compassionate sociert by spotlightin the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the lack of availability of healthy foods in low-income areas. Please see the links below for further details on their work and impact for food justice. We also spoke about Plant the...2024-11-0300 min
Consciously CluelessHow To Build a Just and Sustainable Food System with Lauren OrnelasDiscover the transformative journey of our inspiring guest, Lauren Ornelas, who has been an unwavering advocate for veganism and social justice since childhood. Growing up in Texas, their initial empathy for cows sparked a lifelong commitment to vegetarianism, eventually evolving into full veganism after a life-changing speech by an ex-vivisector. Lauren's deep-rooted involvement in social justice movements, such as the anti-apartheid initiative, set the stage for the creation of the Food Empowerment Project, an organization dedicated to tackling the interlinked issues of human rights, animal rights, and environmental sustainability.
Throughout this episode, we unpack the founding and mission of the...2024-07-1746 min
Food Dignity PodcastUncovering Food Injustice: A Conversation on Ethics, Privilege, and Dignity We invite you to a thought-provoking conversation delving into the intricate layers of food justice, privilege, and dignity with Lauren Ornelas who is a long time animal rights activist since 1987 and is the founder and Senior Programs Director of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.).2024-05-2134 min
New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)Spike in Migrant Deaths on the Southern BorderLou DiVizio kicks off the show with some state headlines, including news the Governor's appointee for Secretary of the state Indian Affairs Department is stepping down.
Plus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two journalists, Lauren Villagran of USA Today and Omar Ornelas of the El Paso Times, about their yearlong investigation into a spike in migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Spike in Migrant Deaths on the Southern Border Correspondent: Jeff Proctor Guests:
Lauren Villagran, border reporter, USA Today Network
Omar Ornelas, photo...2023-12-1823 min
Chicas Politicas PodcastFood as a tool for social and political changeChicas Politicas welcome their first guest! lauren Ornelas (she, her, hers). lauren is Food Empowerment Project founder and president. lauren has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 30 years. She is the former executive director of Viva! USA, a national nonprofit vegan advocacy organization.For more info, check out: foodispower.org2023-11-0751 min
Million Vegan GrandmothersFood Empowerment Project: A Path Towards Food justiceThe power of our food choices, Ethical veganism, Injustices in our food system....Want to know more facts on these, then this is a must watch episode for you. We were honored to have Lauren Ornelas on our show. Lauren Ornelas is a long time animal rights activist since 1987 and is the founder and Senior Programs Director of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, champions for the rights of farm workers, highlights the lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities, and raise awareness about the worst forms...2023-06-2024 min
Hope for the AnimalsCelebrating Rabbits with Mark HawthorneHappy Easter! In honor of spring, today we are featuring rabbits and welcome Mark Hawthorne to the podcast. Mark is the author of numerous books on animal rights and social justice, including: A Vegan Ethic: Embracing A Life Of Compassion Toward All and the bestselling Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism. His most recent book is called The Way of the Rabbit which is a joyful celebration of rabbits, both wild and domestic. Mark is a longtime rabbit lover who has fostered and rescued many bunnies over the years, eight of whom he adopted. He...2023-04-0242 min
Freedom of SpeciesInternational Women's Day shout out and other newsInternational Women's Day is recognised each year on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women. 3CR Radical Radio has a long history of supporting IWD by hosting 24 hour broadcasting by women and non-binary people. On this show we discuss some inspirational women who are animal rights advocates and strive for collective liberation. We also discuss some other animal-related news. We acknowledge the work of Brenda Sanders who founded the Afro-Vegan Society and works tirelessly in food justice and sharing knowledge about healthy vegan li...2023-03-1200 min
CrucesSunNewsThe Reporter's Notebook, Ep. 45: The Perez Family Travels to New YorkThis week, we’re talking to El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran, who covers immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border for the Times and the USA Today network of newspapers.
The journey of Kristian González Pérez and his family of four is not particularly unique — insomuch as his was one of thousands of families bussed to other parts of the country, sometimes for practical reasons, sometimes for political reasons.
They were four of 10,713 asylum seekers who took the same route to New York on city-chartered buses. The family captured the journey on cameras provided by the El Paso T...2022-12-0637 min
The Reporter's Notebook from The Las Cruces Sun-NewsThe Reporter's Notebook, Ep. 45: The Perez Family Travels to New YorkThis week, we’re talking to El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran, who covers immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border for the Times and the USA Today network of newspapers.The journey of Kristian González Pérez and his family of four is not particularly unique — insomuch as his was one of thousands of families bussed to other parts of the country, sometime for practical reasons, sometimes for political reasons.They were four of 10,713 asylum...2022-12-0137 min
The Purpose Over Profit Podcast53 - Holding Power through Food ChoicesIn this episode, Chris and Darren are chatting with Lauren Ornelas via Zoom!Lauren Ornelas speaks about how to "Eat Your Ethics" and the mission of the Food Empowerment Project.The episode will look into the power of our food choices to create a domino effect in the whole food production stages and how we can contribute in creating equitable access to healthy, sustaining food for all communitiesWe have the opportunity and privilege to make food choices that will have an effect on various problems that surround food (unfair working c...2022-10-141h 01
The Checkoutlauren Ornelas on Why Amy's Kitchen Worker Are Organizing2022-07-2154 min
Vegan Boss Radio#35 lauren Ornelas - Founder of the Food Empowerment ProjectIn this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, Shawna interviews lauren Ornelas about how she started the Food Empowerment Project; how she got into veganism, animal rights, environmental rights, and social justice issues 30 years ago; and some of the main areas that the Food Empowerment Project works within.
lauren Ornelas is the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for workers, and works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities. She has been an animal activist for three decades, during which...2022-06-2953 min
Storytelling Animalslauren Ornelas on Food Justice, Farm Workers' Rights, and Veganismlauren Ornelas, founder of the Food Empowerment Project, talks about her decades in the animal rights movement, why our food choices matter, and why vegans should fight for farmworkers rights and racial justice. We discuss issues from duck farming's abuses to child labor in the chocolate industry to her organization's work increasing food access in communities of color.Learn more about the Food Empowerment ProjectThe organization's new site on the dairy industryListen to lauren's TEDx talk hereLearn more about Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice2022-03-3156 min
The Bearded VegansAre Non-Profit Chapters A Form Of Colonization? w/ lauren Ornelas – Ep 297We’ve got a jam packed episode today. First we talk to Jamila Alfred of the Afro Vegan Society to learn all about the upcoming National Afro-Vegan Conference Virtual Summit. Then […]2021-10-2745 min
The Raw Food Health Empowerment PodcastThe episode everyone who eats needs to hear...Today, I have on the show Lauren Ornelas, the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for farm workers, works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities, and encourages people not to buy chocolate sourced from the worst forms of child labor, including slavery.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to practice self care as a social justice and food justice advocate
What you need to know right now about our food system
How you can su...2021-07-1329 min
Eco Futures - Welcome to the New Generation of Planet Restoration: Join the EvolutionModern Slavery: Lauren Power from Food Empowerment; Dr. Natalia Szablewska Legal expert on Modern Slavery and Serrata Martin from the tea industry speak to Jodee Sydney about issues in the industries where modern slavery flourishes.Lauren Ornelas-is the founder and the executive director of the Food Empowerment Project, a nonprofit food justice organization that spotlights the abuse of animals on farms, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in communities of color and low-income areas.Lauren has spent her entire life on the front lines fighting for human and animal rights. She went vegan and became an activist in the 80s, later she founded and ran the animal right’s organizationDr Natalia Szablewska -is a law expert at Auckland University of...2021-03-1927 min
Eco Futures - Welcome to the New Generation of Planet Restoration: Join the EvolutionModern Slavery: Emelda Davies speaks about 'Black birding' in Australia with Jodee Sydney. Lauren Ornelas also tells Jodee about the issues in farming where slaves are used children.Ms. (Waskam) Emelda Davis is a second-generation Australian South Sea Islander who has worked for federal, state, community and grassroots organizations in Australia where she has exhibited diverse expertise in community development, education, training, media and marketing.Emelda speaks to Jodee Sydney about the history of slavery and the issue in Australia and the North Coast of NSW. Islander people who were brought to Australia to pick sugar cane and work on farms. The practice was common and many descendants live in Australia today. Some mixed with the Aboriginal communities. The contribution of these enslaved people is...2021-03-1919 min
Upstream DownstreamThe Ethics of FoodWelcome to Episode 16! Our host, David Welch, is out this week so assistant producer Bianca Ison is taking the reins. Bianca is joined by Lauren Ornelas, the founder of the Food Empowerment Project which promotes ethical veganism and discusses various issues relating to food production. The two discuss child labor is cocoa production, the stickers on food in the grocery stores, and what it means to eat ethically. We would like to thank Lauren Ornelas for joining us this week. We would also like to thank our producer, Sarah Burke, and our assistant producer and editor, Bianca Ison.2021-03-1319 min
The ChickPeeps Vegan PodcastS3, Ep19: Food Equity & Justice with lauren OrnelasThis season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at vivolife.com. Our guest this week is the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project, lauren Ornelas. An animal rights activist of over 30 years, we talk to lauren about F.E.P.'s mission to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. In addition, lauren takes us through her beginnings as an activist, why she founded F.E.P. and why her ac...2021-02-1751 min
Wannabe GreenerEat Your Ethics with lauren OrnelasThe founder of Food Empowerment Project, lauren Ornelas, talks to Harriet about the human impact of our food choices and her journey into activism.lauren believes we need to look beyond veganism, highlighting the exploitation of farm workers, including children, for products we all enjoy on a regular basis.She gives advice on how to make more empowered food choices that consider animals, the environment and humans.lauren has been an animal rights advocate for most of her life, previously launching and heading up the USA branch of the vegan campaigning charity Viva...2021-02-0449 min
The PerfectorsEpisode 294: Food Empowerment with Lauren OrnelasOn Episode 294 of the Mama Bear Dares Podcast, Tesi and Leslie revisit their conversation with Lauren Ornelas, the founder of the Food Empowerment Project, an organization that seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. The women discuss farm worker rights, veganism, chocolate slavery, the lack of access to healthy foods, and how we can all make more informed choices that can ultimately prevent injustice against animals, people, and the environment. Now, more than ever, is a great time to learn about the importance of—and treatment of—farm and fa...2020-11-161h 07
AmplifyEat your ethics: Rallying for food justice in supply chainsI am in conversation with Lauren Ornelas the founder and director of Food Empowerment Project a food justice nonprofit working at the intersection of veganism, farm and produce worker rights and accessibility, nutrition and health. COVID19 has simultaneously caused disruptions to the food system and brought to fore the labour force that is truly essential to our economies in addition to medical practitioners. Farmers, producers, growers, grocery store owners and assistants, food delivery people and many more in the supply chains are working day and night for meagre returns and virtually no safety net. How do we acknowledge their...2020-10-1600 min
Hope for the AnimalsMore Glimmers of Hope and Food Empowerment Project’s lauren OrnelasOn this Hope for the Animals Podcast, we have another installment of Glimmers of Hope. In this recurring segment, Hope shares positive stories about animals from around the globe. The Glimmers of Hope segment features good news for animals that you might have missed with so many other news stories dominating 2020. We can use a little good news in these challenging times so we hope you enjoy Glimmers of Hope! Next we have an informative interview with Food Empowerment Project’s lauren Ornelas. lauren talks about her three decades of dedicated activism for animals. She founded the Foo...2020-09-2354 min
Ethical SchoolsFood injustice: The corporatization of school meals
We speak with Monica Chen, veteran teacher and executive director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition. Monica tells us how cow’s milk became a staple in school lunches even though most children of color do not have the ability to digest lactose, the main carbohydrate in dairy products. She explains how checkoff programs like Got milk? mislead the American public into thinking these are healthy foods for human children.
References
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition website: ffacoalition.org
Listen to our second episode with Monica Chen “Consumption as ethics: Talkin...2020-08-2035 min
Plant Powered Radiolauren Ornelas: Food Empowerment Project and what it means to be a Vegan for ALL specieslauren Ornelas has been active in the animal rights movement for over 30 years, creating the Food Empowerment Project in 2007. FEP’s mission is to create a more just and sustainable world for everyone, by recognizing the power of our food choices. But lauren and her colleagues also realize that it’s not so easy for everyone to simply choose healthy vegan products, depending on things like how much money we earn, and where we live. lauren talks about the ways oppression and injustice affects all beings, and why vegans must extend our circle of compassion to understand the challen...2020-08-1943 min
Plant Powered Radiolauren Ornelas: Food Empowerment Project and what it means to be a Vegan for ALL specieslauren Ornelas has been active in the animal rights movement for over 30 years, creating the Food Empowerment Project in 2007. FEP’s mission is to create a more just and sustainable world for everyone, by recognizing the power of our food choices. But lauren and her colleagues also realize that it’s not so easy for everyone to simply choose healthy vegan products, depending on things like how much money we earn, and where we live. lauren talks about the ways oppression and injustice affects all beings, and why vegans must extend our circle of compassion to understand...2020-08-1943 min
The EcoCiv Podcastlauren Ornelas: Food Empowerment ProjectEbony Bailey speaks with Lauren Ornelas. Lauren is the Founder and President of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for workers, and works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities and low-income areas. She has been an animal activist for three decades, during…2020-08-0844 min
The EcoCiv Podcastlauren Ornelas: Food Empowerment ProjectEbony Bailey speaks with Lauren Ornelas. Lauren is the Founder and President of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for workers, and works…2020-08-0844 min
Abuelas en Acción: A Multicultural Podcast for Our Common GoodLauren Ornelas, Founder of Food Empowerment ProjectLauren Ornelas Lauren is the Founder and President of Food Empowerment Project, a vegan food justice nonprofit that seeks to create a more just world by helping consumers recognize the power of their food choices. Food Empowerment Project works in solidarity with farm workers, advocates for chocolate not sourced from the worst forms of child labor, and focuses on access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities and low-income areas. Support the show2020-08-0320 min
SqueamishThe Inequality of Food AccessWelcome to Squeamish, the podcast that awakens your social sensibilities. Each episode, I have stimulating and organic round table conversations with guests about social commentary issues. Whether it's pop culture in media or social justice, I have got you covered. Today, we will be raising awareness on an issue that affects everyone all across the world and that is hunger. We are focusing on the inequality of Food Access in America. Our guest speaker is an activist and Founder/President of the Food Empowerment Project, lauren T. Ornelas. Let's dive in!2020-07-3100 min
In Tune to Nature PodcastRacism & Injustice in Agribusiness: Interview with Food Empowerment Project Founder lauren OrnelasFood justice activist lauren Ornelas explains how to combat environmental racism and other human rights violations in factory farms, slaughterhouses, and plant-crop farm systems that often mistreat and exploit farm workers, many of them immigrants and people of color. Ornelas founded and runs the Food Empowerment Project. Their website www.foodispower.org outlines so many food injustice issues facing humans as well as farmed animals and how consumers can help agricultural workers (including advocating for a living wage and fighting slave labor conditions) and eat ethically (including vegan foods, fair trade, organic, and local). This 22 minute interview was conducted in...2020-07-1721 min
The Wellness Corner06. Give the People A Voice - Food Empowerment with Lauren OrnelasLauren Ornelas is the resident and founder of the Food Empowerment Project. Lauren is an animal and human rights activist and on this episode she discusses the different projects FEP is working on to improve the world. This episode we talk about environmental and social racism, how your food choices matter, and what you can do to make a difference. -Learn more at The Food Empowerment Project website: https://foodispower.org-Listen to Lauren's TEDtalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blfVA...2020-07-0244 min
Hippie Haven Podcast: How To Live A Harmonious LifeEthical Eating: How To Support People & Planet With Your Food Choices with Lauren OrnelasEvery Wednesday on the Hippie Haven podcast, learn how to live harmoniously with yourself, others & the planet. We talk about all things hippie, including eating vegan, reducing your trash, starting an ethical business, eco-activism, gardening, beekeeping, tiny house living, and so much more.My guest today is Lauren Ornelas. Yes, she's the founder and president of the food empowerment project, an organization working to create more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one's food choices. Lauren has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 30 years in cooperation with activists across the...2020-07-0100 min
Species UniteLauren Ornelas: Food is PowerLauren Ornelas is the founder and the executive director of the Food Empowerment Project, a nonprofit food justice organization that spotlights the abuse of animals on farms, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in communities of color and low-income areas. She and I spoke earlier in the pandemic. She had just written an article on Medium called, We Are All Connected. It was written back in April, but it could not be more relevant now, with the demonstrations in our streets calling out systemic racism. “As many of us kno...2020-06-1830 minThe PerfectorsEpisode 267: Food is Power with Laurie OrnelasOn Episode 267 of the Mama Bear Dares Podcast, Tesi and Leslie sit down with Lauren Ornelas, the founder of the Food Empowerment Project, an organization that seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. The women discuss farm worker rights, veganism, chocolate slavery, the lack of access to healthy foods, and how we can all make more informed choices that can ultimately prevent injustice against animals, people, and the environment. Now, more than ever, is a great time to learn about the importance of—and treatment of—farm and factor...2020-05-1100 min
Healing Out Lao'dE19: Sharon Daraphonhdeth on environmental justice and sustainability + creating access to vegan Lao food + grieving with communityMEET HOL GUEST: SHARON DARAPHONHDETHIn episode 19 of HOL, Sharon joins Rita for a conversation about her upbringing as a Lao kid in San Diego with a large Lao community and her dad as her best friend. Later, she dives deep into her work as an environmental justice and sustainability activist, which has landed her in current role as the Director of the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) at UC Berkeley. Sharon also explores healing from personal issues of mental health and what it means for her to grieve with community, especially when it’s wi...2019-11-301h 04
One Bite Vegan Food for Thought Summit13. Food for Thought Summit: lauren Ornelas - Justice in our food systemWe meet founder and director of the Food Empowerment Project, lauren Ornelas, who seeks to create a more just world by helping consumers recognize the power of their food choices. Being vegan is a great step towards creating a more compassionate world, but there are always ways that we can improve to do less harm to others. And that’s what we discuss in this podcast.2019-11-1317 min
The Wealthy Show15: Social, animal, and environmental justice through food choices with lauren Ornelas of Food Empowerment Projectlauren Ornelas is founder and executive director of Food Empowerment Project, an organization that aims to create a more just and sustainable world by questioning our food choices. lauren has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 30 years and shares her knowledge about how to start educating yourself about the impact of your food choices as well as how to face the overwhelming truth of how our food affects humans and animals alike. She also shares about the issues: environmental racism, child labor, slavery, and poor conditions for produce and factory farm workers. Check out all...2019-04-1543 min
Dead Pilots SocietyEpisode 31 - Mr. Joyce's Opus written by Brian Gallivan (The McCarthy’s, Happy Endings)Our dead pilot this month was written by Brian Gallivan (The McCarthy’s, Happy Endings). It’s called Mr. Joyce’s Opus and it centers around Chuck Joyce, a catholic school teacher, who decides to throw out his curriculum to connect with his students despite the fact that his students are horrible little monsters. Andrew interviews Brian regarding his dead pilot and you’ll also listen to a live table read of Mr. Joyce’s Opus, performed by some of today's funniest comedic actors. We had a great cast for this one including Mike Kosinski as Chuck Joyce, Kirb...2018-10-251h 21The Bearded VegansShould Vegans Support Corporate Campaigns? Live from Atlantic City with lauren Ornelas.This week, The Bearded Vegans are so excited to bring you their latest live episode, recorded by A Shared Universe at the Atlantic City Vegan Food Festival. They are joined […]2018-08-0155 min
Self Care SundaysEp. 207: lauren Ornelas of the Food Empowerment ProjectCan veganism be a form of self care? Is a cruelty-free lifestyle a right or a privilege? On this episode, we’ll unpack these issues with lauren Ornelas, Founder and Executive Director of “Food Empowerment Project,” an organization on a mission to make vegan food more accessible in low-income areas and communities of color. But cruelty-free eating doesn’t stop with animals. The organization also has a focus on fair conditions for produce workers both here and abroad. In this way, lauren posits, respecting the planet and the workers that produce our food is a form a s...2018-06-0333 min
ARZone (Animal Rights Zone) PodcastsARZone Intersectionality Interview 4 - lauren OrnelasEpisode 4 features Lauren Ornelas, who has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 20 years. She is the founder and director of Food Empowerment Project, a vegan food justice nonprofit which seeks to create a more just world by helping consumers recognize the power of their food choices. Food Empowerment Project works in solidarity with farm workers, advocates for chocolate not
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Freedom of SpeciesFood Empowerment ProjectLauren Ornelas is the founder/director ofFood Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit seeking to create a more just world by helping consumers recognize the power of their food choices. F.E.P. works in solidarity with farm workers, advocates for chocolate not sourced from the worst forms of child labor, and focuses on access to healthy foods in communities of color and low-income communities. While lauren was the director of Viva!USA, she investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns. In cooperation with activists across the country, she persuaded Trader Joe’s to stop selling al...2016-05-0100 min
Teagan Goes Vegan#2 - Vegan Food Isn't Always Cruelty-Free with lauren Ornelaslauren Ornelas (yes, the first L is lower case on purpose!) is the founder of the Food Empowerment Project, an organization that works to help all of us understand that our food choices have power -- and can influence the lives of non-human and human animals alike. lauren and I talk about farm workers' rights, child slavery in the cocoa industry, and how to not become paralyzed by all the horrible things that happen in this world.
I was very moved by our conversation. In particular, I felt a real shift in my outlook when lauren...2015-11-0937 min
All Things Vegan ~ RadioAll Things Vegan ~ Show Notes ~ Aug 13, 2013 ~ Jake Conroy of the SHAC 7 reflects on prison and activism, plus we talk with lauren Ornelas about the Food Empowerment ProjectListen to the August 13, 2013 show (or download the archive): Jake Conroy of the SHAC 7 reflects on prison and activism, plus we talk with lauren Ornelas about the Food Empowerment Project Have you ever thought about what it would be like to spend time in prison when you felt completely innocent of any crime? […]2013-08-1300 minAll Things Vegan ~ RadioJake Conroy of the SHAC 7 reflects on prison and activism, plus we talk with lauren Ornelas about the Food Empowerment ProjectJake Conroy of the SHAC 7 reflects on prison and activism, plus we talk with lauren Ornelas about the Food Empowerment Project Have you ever thought about what it would be like to spend time in prison when you felt completely innocent of any crime? Our guest in this episode, Jake Conroy, found himself in exactly […]2013-08-1300 min
Main Street VeganBrian Leaf, Yogi and Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Lauren Ornelas of the Food Empowerment ProjectAyurvedic expert Brian Leaf, author of Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi; and Lauren Ornelas, founder and director of the vegan food justice organization, the Food Empowerment Project.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2012-11-2959 min