It’s All About Food

Hartglass & De Mattei, REAL Seal of Approval

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#ECOHIPHOP #VEGAN. New BIOMIMICZ EP available in seed packs @ chefietef.com

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. She has been featured on the Today show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Fox & Friends, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, the CBC and BBC, and other news outlets. Frances is the cofounder of three organizations including the Oakland-based think tank Food First and the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappé. The pair also cofounded the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide.

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Part I: Vanita Rahman, MD, Simply Plant-Based

Prior to joining the Barnard Medical Center, Dr. Rahman spent more than 15 years practicing internal medicine with Kaiser Permanente, where she launched a very popular and successful plant-based weight loss program. At the Barnard Medical Center Dr. Rahman conducts programs on diabetes management and weight loss emphasizing a plant-based diet.

While medications and surgical procedures can be necessary and lifesaving, Dr. Rahman firmly believes that nutrition and lifestyle play a crucial role in the prevention and management of most common diseases. She maintains that it is important to address all aspects of a patient’s health, including diet, exercise, sleep habits, and stress management.

Simply Plant Based: Fabulous Food for a Healthy Life (2021) is her third book. She also wrote Vegan Style (2017) and Stronger with Plants (2016). She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, exercising, and experimenting with plant-based recipes.

Part II: Hartglass & De Mattei, Feeding Companion Animals

LINKS mentioned in the program:

The Baked Bagel

Pesto Recipes

Emotional support animal (ESA)

A cross-sectional study of owner-reported health in Canadian and American cats fed meat- and plant-based diets

Assessment of protein and amino acid concentrations and labeling adequacy of commercial vegetarian diets formulated for dogs and cats

The Welsh Collie Bramble lived to 25 years old and at the time of her death was the world’s oldest bitch.

This book documents Bramble’s care regime and vegan diet.

Can dogs eat broccoli?

Can dogs eat chocolate?

Can birds eat apples?

The UTZ label stands for more sustainable farming and better opportunities for farmers, their families, and our planet. What does the UTZ label mean?

The Chocolate Report

Part I: Olivier Mankondo, The Transformation

Olivier Mankondo is a speaker, author, weight loss and wellness coach with a passion for self-help books. He empowers people with the knowledge of a plant-based nutrition so they can make good dietary and lifestyle choices. Throughout his talks, he has been able to inspire and change a lot of people. He is the author of the book, The Plant-Based Nutrition: How It’s Going to Change Your Life. Olivier can speak 4 languages including French.

Part II: Hartglass & De Mattei, Is there a Future for Lab-Grown Meat?

• Fake meat as fast food. How impressed are Americans?

She is a Nuyorican from Jackson Heights, Queens whose journey is to bring back self-reliance in the form of subsistence growing to New York City. Her focus is to bring nutritious food to underserved communities in densely populated cities. She believes in a life of health, clarity, and personal choices that are in the people’s best interests. Food, and herbal medicine are the first steps in shifting personal awareness inward and gaining answers to what is really meaningful in our lives.

Vicki Hird is Head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming, and she also runs an independent consultancy. An experienced and award-winning environmental campaigner, researcher, writer and strategist working mainly in the food, farming and environmental policy arenas, Vicki has worked on government policy for many years and is the author of Perfectly Safe to Eat?: The Facts on Food.

• Wall Street Journal article on Eric Adams: Will New York Come Back? Will New Yorkers?