Herd Around the Barn

In this episode, Kathy Stevens and Linda Soper-Kolton discuss:

* How Linda developed her love of cooking and her connection to food.

* The origins of Catskill Animal Sanctuary’s Compassionate Cuisine program.

* Some of the most common questions asked about the vegan lifestyle.

Key Takeaways:

* Vegan cooking works for all types of eaters with all types of lifestyles.

* Making the animal connection can be more difficult if you aren’t able to see, touch, and feel the animals. Compassionate Cuisine strives to deliver that animal connection.

* We are doing damage to ourselves by eating far more protein than we need.

* If you have enough time to eat animals, you have enough time to eat vegan.

“I really don’t ever consciously say ‘where am I going to get my protein tonight?’ I just know that if I eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds and these are ingredients that create other foods, if I eat that way, I’m good." – Linda Soper-Kolton

Connect with Linda Soper-Kolton:Book: Compassionate Cuisine: 125 Plant-Based Recipes From Our Vegan Kitchen (https://casanctuary.org/compassionate-cuisine/)Blog: Compassionate Cuisine Blog (https://casanctuary.org/compassionatecuisineblog/) Connect with Kathy Stevens: Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS (https://www.facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS), facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary (https://www.facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary)Twitter:   twitter.com/CASanctuary/ (https://www.twitter.com/CASanctuary/)Books:  https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings (https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings)Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary (https://casanctuary.org/)Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ (https://instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/)YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary (https://www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary)

In this episode, Kathy Stevens and Anita Krajnc discuss:

* The catalyst for why she changed from vegetarianism to veganism and decided to establish Toronto Pig Save.

* How Anita built a worldwide movement in part by studying the strategies of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King.

* What Kathy learned from her participation in pig and cow vigils.

* Why vegans must begin to talk about climate chaos.

* The Greta Effect and how vegans can make a direct change.

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* Key Takeaways:

* If you stage frequent, direct actions, you can build a movement that way.

* We need to be eco-vegans, not just vegans.

* Going vegan is an essential part of the climate control solution.

We are all in this together: there is no enemy. “As animal lovers, we need to sacrifice to help them." – Anita Krajnc Connect with Anita Krajnc: Twitter: @thesavemovement Facebook: The Save Movement Website: TheSaveMovement.org YouTube: The Save Movement Instagram: @thesavemovement Connect with Kathy Stevens: Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS,facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary Twitter: twitter.com/CASanctuary/ Books: https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary

In this episode, Kathy Stevens and Camille Licate discuss:

* Gaining Bree as her companion rooster and all she has learned from him.

* The power of the individual to open the hearts and minds of others.

* How Kids for Positive Change got started and continues to make a difference.

* Living a Bree-Kind Lifestyle.

Key Takeaways:

* If children were grown like food animals they would be 500 pounds at 10 years old.

* Chickens are remarkable animals with a deep capacity for love and affection.

* The world needs the very best from each of us: right now.

* Check out Kids for Positive Change (http://www.camillelicate.com/kidsforpositivechange/kidsforpositivechange-episodes/) to spark ideas for your own creative solutions.

“Roosters aren’t mean at all, they're just protective, and there’s a big difference between those two words." – Camille Licate

Connect with Camille Licate:

Website http://www.camillelicate.com/ Kids Taking Positive Action episodes- http://www.camillelicate.com/kidsforpositivechange/kidsforpositivechange-episodes/ (http://www.camillelicate.com/kidsforpositivechange/kidsforpositivechange-episodes/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yeicamille (https://www.facebook.com/yeicamille) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWvLKV4nSHlac8ahigSk6Sw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWvLKV4nSHlac8ahigSk6Sw) Twitter: https://twitter.com/CamilleLicate (https://twitter.com/CamilleLicate) Bree's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breeandmerooster/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/breeandmerooster/?hl=en) Bree's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breeandmerooster/ (https://www.facebook.com/breeandmerooster/) Email: [email protected]

Connect with Kathy Stevens:

Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary Twitter:   twitter.com/CASanctuary/ (https://www.twitter.com/CASanctuary/) Books:  https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings (https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings) Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary (https://casanctuary.org/) Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ (https://instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/) YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary (https://www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary)

In this episode, Kathy Stevens and Will Tuttle discuss:

* Will’s journey to writing The World Peace Diet.

* How what was first “merely a book” spawned a global movement.

* How veganism is the answer to the core truths of all world religions.

* The critical time we are living in and the changes that we need to make immediately.

Key Takeaways:

* Veganism isn’t just an option; it’s essential to our true nature.

* Our emotions and sensitivity are deeply wounded as we continue creating a world of domination and exploitation, not only of animals, but also of each other.

* The herding society is what lead to war, human slavery, the domination of women, and the creation of the patriarchal society.

* We will not have a future for our children if we continue eating and living the way we are eating and living.

“These…so-called foods are extremely toxic--they are devastating on every level. The wonderful, positive message is that we have the possibility to change. We don’t need to eat animal foods to be healthy." – Dr. Will Tuttle Connect with Dr. Will Tuttle: Book Website:  http://www.worldpeacediet.com/ Will’s Website: http://willtuttle.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldPeaceDiet/ & https://www.facebook.com/will.tuttle1 Connect with Kathy Stevens: Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary Twitter:   twitter.com/CASanctuary/ Books:  https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary

In this episode, Kathy Stevens discusses:

* Over fifty reasons for living a vegan lifestyle.

* How farmed animal sanctuaries help us make emotional connections with animals that most of us only know as “food.”

* The lessons she learned from a rooster named Paulie

* How the farming of animals for human consumption negatively impacts the environment and how a vegan lifestyle will mitigate its effects.

Key Takeaways:

* We all want our lives, and just like humans, animals feel pain, fear, and love and nurture their children.

* Vital resources we get from our land, the sea and rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, but a vegan lifestyle would mitigate these impacts.

* Living a vegan lifestyle can help address many of the chronic health challenges created, in part, by a meat and dairy-centric diet.

"When we eat animals, when we buy products tested on animals or clothing made from animals; we’re saying In effect to animals and to the planet, ‘I matter. You don’t.’" – Kathy Stevens

Connect with Kathy Stevens:

Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary

Twitter: twitter.com/CASanctuary/

Books: https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings

Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary

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In this episode, Kathy, Patrick & Nicole discuss:

* The staggering number of horses killed racing or training annually

* Racing as it's portrayed by the media vs. the realities of horseracing

* The fate of "spent" racehorses

* How to end horseracing in the U.S.

Key Takeaways:

* Roughly 15,000 thoroughbreds are sent to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada annually from the US.

* Horses are kept in unrelenting confinement and isolation for up to 23 hours a day.

* Horses are not fully mature until around age six; racehorses typically start an intense training regimen around 18 months old.

* The industry's dirty little secret: approximately 2,000 racehorses die annually during training or racing.

"Instead of paying $200-$300 to euthanize the horse, they profit one last time on that horse by sending him to an auction, where he is usually snatched up by a kill buyer." – Patrick Battuello

 

Connect with Patrick and Nicole:

Twitter: twitter.com/racingwrongs

Facebook: facebook.com/HorseracingWrongs

Website: www.horseracingwrongs.com

Connect with Kathy Stevens:

Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary

Twitter: twitter.com/CASanctuary/

Books: https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings

Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary

 

 

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In this episode, Kathy Stevens discusses:

* How an animal who had never known love, kindness, or safety changed her life, and how his lessons inform much of what Catskill Animal Sanctuary is today.

* The choice to believe in humanity’s goodness, people’s capacity, and their willingness to change.

Key Takeaways:

* All animals want their lives as much as we want ours.

* Animals have infinitely more capacity than most people understand.

* Choosing to recognize the disastrous path we are on is the first step to help animals, improve your health dramatically, and reduce your environmental footprint.

"Rambo taught me that there were many more far-reaching lessons to be learned from animals than all the ones I learned when I was a kid." – Kathy Stevens

Connect with Kathy Stevens:

Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary

Twitter: twitter.com/CASanctuary/

Books: https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings

Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary

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Your host for All Beings Considered is Kathy Stevens, founder of upstate New York's beloved Catskill Animal Sanctuary, one of the nation's leading sanctuaries for farmed animals and an innovator in vegan programming.  Kathy is the author of Where the Blind Horse Sings and Animal Camp, and a frequent contributor to books, podcasts, and articles on animal sentience, animal rights, and veganism. Join her in this welcome episode, and feel the wholeheartedness with which she urges each of us to be our best selves in service to the animals, each other, and the planet we share.

"The animals, humanity and the planet need the very best version of you right now." – Kathy Stevens

Connect with Kathy Stevens:

Facebook: facebook.com/kathy.stevens.CAS, facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary Twitter:   twitter.com/CASanctuary/ (https://www.twitter.com/CASanctuary/) Books:  https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings (https://store.casanctuary.org/collections/books/products/where-the-blind-horse-sings) Website: Catskill Animal Sanctuary (https://casanctuary.org/) Instagram: instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ (https://instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/) YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary (https://www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary)

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