Compassion in World Farming has a new Evaluate Your Plate calculator. The calculator is a first-of-its-kind, interactive tool that takes a comprehensive look at what you eat and how it impacts climate change and the world around us – beyond greenhouse gases to land and water use, pollution, biodiversity loss, and impact on animals. Says CIFW, “If people continue to simply swap beef for chicken and fish, as they have been led to believe is the environmentally-friendly choice, we will inadvertently accelerate the destruction of our planet. The Evaluate Your Plate calculator's goal is to illustrate the positive impact of making more space on our plates for the foods we know are good for ourselves and our planet – fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based proteins. This is not an all or none proposition. Even small changes, be they daily, weekly, or monthly, can have a big impact when taken collectively. Visit ciwf.com to learn more. Now, JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews Compassion in World Farming's Mandy Carter and Jeff Doyle.

For 25 years, Animal Outlook has been on the front lines of animal advocacy, speaking truth to power in Washington D.C., where It is based, and beyond. This national nonprofit 501(c)(3) is on a mission: to change the world for animals. Animal Outlook has made headlines in the New York Times and other media, breaking through the mainstream news blackout on animal rights where others have failed. Its focus is on exposing the rampant animal cruelty on factory farms through daring undercover investigations. AO also targets retail food companies, like the campaign to urge Starbucks to offer more vegan options, which has seen some success. Now, after a stellar run of leadership by Erica Meier, a new chapter is starting with new Executive Director Cheryl Leahy. Let's meet Cheryl and find out what's in store next!

New York Times bestselling author and Tedx talker Kathy Freston is out with a brand new book! 72 Reasons to Be Vegan is a compact, easy to digest, and highly entertaining summary of why plant-based is the solution to so many of our problems! Order NOW for immediate delivery in print or audible: https://amzn.to/2PGhaqe It’s everything you need to know about graduating beyond meat and dairy, but may have been afraid to ask! Co-authored by NYT bestselling author Gene Stone, it covers nutrition, disease prevention, fitness, climate change, and sex, specifically how sexual function can be improved for men and women on a vegan diet. Now that we have your attention... this is the perfect book to satisfy your own curiosity or to give to that veg-curious friend. For more: kathyfreston.com. Kathy Freston, who has appeared on Ellen, Good Morning America, Extra, and Oprah, talks to #JaneUnChained's Jane Velez-Mitchell. Visit JaneUnChained.com for thousands of printable vegan recipes.

The Agriculture Fairness Alliance is looking for 43 champions who could literally save the world from an environmental apocalypse. AFA sends lobbyists into the halls of Congress to educate members of Congress, U.S. senators, and their staff, about the reality of animal agriculture’s devastating impact on the climate, human health, world hunger, habitat destruction, wildlife extinction, and pollution… and the connection between animal abuse and pandemics. But, these lobbyists need funding! Currently, agriculturefairnessalliance.org has ONE lobbyist doing an amazing job and getting a great reception. But, more are needed to counter the influence of the meat/dairy/pharmaceutical industrial complex. Time is of the essence. Right now, the government is deciding how to cope with climate change. Animal agriculture is a blind spot that we ignore at own peril. Vegans, animal lovers and environmentalists are being called on to pitch in, so AFA can hire more lobbyists. AFA is looking for people to give monthly to support the monthly paycheck of their lobbyists. Champions will get regular zoom updates from the lobbyists themselves and answer questions. In this Voice America Radio discussion, AFA’s Laura Reese talks to JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell about this exciting opportunity. To be a champion, click here: agriculturefairnessalliance.org/champions

If you want life on this planet to survive… register NOW for the Virtual Vegan World 2026 Convergence on Saturday, April 24th. ?Hosted by ClimateHealers.org, which was founded by Dr. Sailesh Rao, the Stanford Ph.D., systems analyst and engineer, who was instrumental in the development of the Internet and who is creating a system to achieve a vegan world by 2026. Learn all about it during this broadcast. ?This next convergence starts at: 11:00 am Eastern, Saturday, April 24, 2021 to  Sunday 9:00 pm Eastern. The requested donation is $29. However, you can attend for FREE. Click here to sign up: https://bit.ly/3aEbp3V There will be 5 separate zoom events to advance the realization of a vegan world by 2026! 1: The New Economy (includes Aquarius, CurrencySkunks)?2: The Food Healers (includes United in Heart, K-Mama)?3: The New Ecology (includes Reap Goodness, Food Forests)?4: The Vegan Spirituality (includes Compassionate Living Circles, Climate Healers Groups)?5: General Track (Systems Transformation, Ag Impacts, Position papers) Join and be part of the Greatest Transformation in Human History!  Jane Velez-Mitchell of JaneUnChained.com interviews Dr. Sailesh Rao.

Vegans Against All Oppression (VAAO) is an international vegan coalition, working to transform and confront oppressive structures in human society today. This is a social network for vegans who create change in the world through online outreach as well as street actions. This platform connects activists globally in order to effect positive change in our world. It facilitates human and non-human animal activism through our network of activist vegans. In this network, you can find articles on human rights issues like BLM, Trans rights, and others as well as non-human animal rights topics such as speciesism and factory animal slaughter. VAAO aims to change the narrative around veganism to help create a better future for our planet. VAAO is live on Clubhouse every Saturday at 10 AM ET. Join at https://www.wearevaao.org

#BreakingNews: The world’s first vegan hospital says it’s tackling one of the biggest problems in the health industry that few are talking about: feeding artery-clogging meat and dairy to patients who are ill and hospitalized. This is all happening in Beirut, Lebanon. Hayek Hospital is a family-owned private medical facility that switched out its menu in March of 2021 to 100% plant-based options. The hospital announced it this way. “Our patients will no longer wake up from surgery to be greeted with ham, cheese, milk, and eggs, the very foods that may have contributed to their health problems in the first place.” JaneUnChained News host Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews Georges G. Hayek, the owner of Hayek Hospital in Lebanon. This is a major breakthrough for the global health care system. Will it spread? We hope so!

Animals are not things. They are living, breathing, thinking, feeling beings. That’s why In Defense of Animals and Animals & Media are calling for an update to the Associated Press Stylebook’s recommendation on the use of personal pronouns for nonhuman animals. They are joined by more than 80 respected leaders and scholars in animal advocacy and conservation who support this change, including renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, biologists Dr. Marc Bekoff and Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, and leaders of organizations such as Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Mercy For Animals, Encompass, Animals & Society Institute, Animal Outlook, Nonhuman Rights Project, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, JaneUnChained News and other media organizations, such as Sentient Media, We Animals Media, the Journal of Critical Animal Studies and Animal Sentience journal. The scientific consensus is that nonhuman animals are conscious beings — someone not something —  and the language we use should reflect that. Here to talk about it with JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell is IDA’ s Alicia Graef.

So often the roadblock to living an optimally healthful life is… family. There are so many misconceptions that powerful interests promote to try and get parents to feed their children cow’s milk, which — because we’re not cows - is not healthy and can foster health problems. Ditto for meat consumption, which can lead to preventable illnesses like heart disease. Processed meat, which includes deli slices and bacon, has officially been declared to be a carcinogen by the World Health Organization, something media and doctors rarely mention. Details here: https://bit.ly/3c8SSxO Now, two amazing health experts set the record straight in a new book! Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families (November 2020, Health Communications, Inc.) - The authors have recently been featured in Real Simple, PopSugar, Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Life and on Cincy Lifestyle,  WFLA Daytime and IG Lives with Kathy Freston, Dr. Michael Greger and more! Now meet Reshma Shah, Md, MPH and Brenda Davis, RD. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell, award-winning journalist, documentarian and New York Times bestselling author, conducts the interview.

Plantpurenation.com is where you can order the most delicious, 100% plant-based meals, delivered right to your door. PlantPure's goal is to launch a revolution that transforms society. The best way to do that? Make absolutely delicious meals! PlantPureNation founder Nelson Campbell also directed the powerful film PlantPure Nation, which examines the political and economic factors that have suppressed information on the benefits of plant-based nutrition. In addition to his food business and his filmmaking, Nelson will tell us all about his non-profit PlantPure Communities, which seeks to get nutritious, vegan food to communities struggling with food insecurity. And, there's so much more to this dynamo, who is living proof that a vegan lifestyle gives you extraordinary energy and vitality! Host Jane Velez-Mitchell, a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and the founder of JaneUnChained.com, conducts the interview for the hour.