Welcome to Episode 060 of the Plantarion Podcast. Letha Coughlin talks with Gene Baur, President and Co-Founder, Farm Sanctuary.

Hailed as ‚Äúthe conscience of the food movement‚ÄĚ by TIME magazine, Gene Baur has campaigned extensively since the mid-1980s to raise awareness about the abuses of industrialized agriculture and our system of cheap food production. A pioneer in the field of undercover investigations and farm animal rescue, Gene has visited hundreds of farms, stockyards, and slaughterhouses, documenting the deplorable conditions. His pictures and videos exposing factory farming cruelties have aired nationally and internationally, educating millions about the plight of modern farm animals, and his rescue work inspired an international farm sanctuary movement.

Gene was instrumental in passing the first U.S. laws prohibiting inhumane animal confinement and continues working on systemic food industry reforms. His work has been covered by major media outlets including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, the New York Times, LA Times, and Wall Street Journal among others. He has published two bestsellers, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food (Simon and Schuster, 2008) and Living the Farm Sanctuary Life (Rodale, 2015).

Welcome to Episode 059 of the Plantarion Podcast. Brittany Absher talks with Dr. Melissa Sundermann. Dr. Melissa Sundermann is a plant-based physician double board certified in both Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine and has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. She also has training in Integrative Medicine through the University of Michigan and has completed a Professional Training Program in Mind Body Medicine through the Center for Mind Body Medicine based in Washington, DC. She has been featured in several Lifestyle Medicine articles and podcasts as well as an invited speaker for health/medical national conferences. She strongly believes in fostering a partnership with her patients and helping to guide them towards a healing pathway through self-care utilizing Lifestyle Medicine principles. Her 7 pillars of health include a wholefood/plant-based diet, daily movement, restorative sleep, avoidance of risky behaviors (such as tobacco, excessive alcohol, drug use), stress management, social connection and daily exposure to nature and fresh air.

Dr. Sundermann currently practices medicine with IHA in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she is helping to launch the IHA Lifestyle Medicine Institute. She is also leads IHA Staywell Committee which focuses on optimizing the health and well-being for 3000 employees of IHA. She does her best to practice what she preaches and enjoys running, biking, hiking, skiing and spending time outdoors and creating adventures with her husband, 2 college-age children and 2 dogs. She is a 10x Boston Marathon finisher, 3x Full Ironman Triathlon finisher and currently training for several upcoming Ultramarathons. She truly believes that age is just a number and is passionate about spreading this word to all of her patients, family and friends.

Welcome to Episode 058 of the Plantarion Podcast. Brittany Absher talks with Kevin Jenkins known as The Vegan Bourne. He is a pastor, Personal Security Specialist, and Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator. He is a contributing author of the book Brotha Vegan: Black Men Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society.

EPISODE SUMMARY - Welcome to Episode 057 of the Plantarion Podcast. Brittany Absher talks with T. Colin Campbell, PhD who was joined by his daughter LeAnne Campbell, PhD. T. Colin Campbell, PhD has been dedicated to the science of human health for more than 60 years. His primary focus is on the association between diet and disease, particularly cancer. Although largely known for the China Study--one of the most comprehensive studies of health and nutrition ever conducted, and recognized by The New York Times as the ‚ÄúGrand Prix of epidemiology‚ÄĚ--Dr. Campbell‚Äôs profound impact also includes extensive involvement in education, public policy, and laboratory research.

LeAnne Campbell has a PhD in Education and over 30 years of experience designing and directing education initiatives, specifically leadership programs, professional development workshops, conferences and curriculum development workshops. She currently lives in the mountains of La Cumbre, Dominican Republic and is the president and founder of Global Roots which is located within the SOMOS Education Center.

Welcome to Episode 05 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni Gaulden talks with Jane Velez-Mitchell. The Founder/President of UNCHAINEDTV, a vegan streaming television network available through your APP store on iPhone, Android phone, or on your TV via Roku device, Amazon Fire Stick, Apple TV device and on LG smart TV's. UnChainedTV.com is the hub. Velez-Mitchell is the author of 4 books including two New York Times bestsellers. For 6 years she hosted her own show on CNN Headline News/HLN. Prior to that she was a TV news anchor/reporter at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York. Velez-Mitchell's non-profit news organization co-produced New Day New Chef, a vegan cooking show streaming on Amazon Prime/public television/UnChainedTV that has won 2 Taste Awards. Velez-Mitchell is the director of Countdown to Year Zero, an award-winning documentary on the role meat consumption plays in our climate crisis. She lives in Marina del Rey, Ca. with her two dogs and cat.

EPISODE SUMMARY - Welcome to Episode 055 of the Plantarion Podcast. Brittany Absher talks with Victoria Moran. Listed by VegNews among the ‚ÄúTop 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,‚ÄĚ Victoria Moran has written books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. She is also a founder of the Compassion Consortium, a spiritual center for people who value all beings. A yoga practitioner for fifty years and a Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Victoria is working on her 14th book, Age Like a Yogi.

Welcome to Episode 054 of the Plantarion Podcast. Brittany Absher talks with Dilip Barman, the President of the Triangle Vegetarian Society in North Carolina where he hosts the country‚Äôs largest vegetarian (all vegan) Thanksgiving. He is a Food for Life instructor, the Executive Producer of the film Code Blue, an adviser on the board of Plant‚ÄźBased Network, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, and Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, and a Speaker Bureau member of the American Vegan Society.

Dilip is a North American representative of the International Vegetarian Union; and an Affiliate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dilip has given cooking demonstrations and talks in a number of countries and states. His recipes have appeared in a variety of local and international news programs, books, magazines, newspapers, and online. In addition, Dilip teaches at a number of local schools, including as Nutrition Education Director of an elementary and middle school where he has created a Healthy Snack Program to provide nutrition education and, several times a week, healthy plant‚Äźbased food for children.

In May 2020 Dilip helped to found a monthly internet show So Many Cooks in the Kitchen where a dozen or more whole food plant‚Äźbased Food for Life instructors go kitchen‚Äźto‚Äźkitchen sharing nutrition and food preparation tips. The show, as well as a spinoff that began in August 2020, So Many Kids in the Kitchen, has been picked up by the Plant-Based Network.

Dilip writes on plant‚Äźbased eating and lifestyle for a local online periodical, The Local Reporter and for the Plant‚ÄźBased Network‚Äôs member magazine, and is a features writer for a regional magazine, Saathee, serving the South Asian community of the Southeast (US).

Welcome to Episode 053 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni and Dalyce talk with Christopher ‚ÄúSoul‚ÄĚ Eubanks a climate, human, and animal rights activist that was raised in Atlanta, Ga, and has dedicated himself to doing advocacy work that combats all forms of oppression. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing, and has helped co-organize Atlanta‚Äôs first-ever animal rights march. Christopher plans to use education, public speaking and creativity as tools to advocate for a vegan diet and the end of oppression for all beings.

Welcome to Episode 052 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni Gaulden talks with Naijha Wright-Brown a native New Yorker. She was born in Manhattan’s lower east side and raised in the South Bronx. Naijha holds an MBA and is a successful serial entrepreneur. The thought of owning a restaurant never crossed her mind until she relocated to Baltimore and met now husband Greg Brown. She is the co-creator of Vegan SoulFest and Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week. She is also the Executive Director of the Black Vegetarian Society of Maryland.

EPISODE SUMMARY - Welcome to Episode 051 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni Gaulden talks with Andy Nevers on Plantarion’s role in growing as a community, helping entrepreneurs, and transitioning individuals to a vegan/plant-based lifestyle. We learn more about the origins of Plantarion, where we are now, and where we will be in the future.