Vegan Posse

What's it like to work with the earth, sustain a viable organic farm, and bring wholesome, delicious produce to people's plates? Well, it ain't easy, and Graham Sparrow tells all: the impossibility of living up to the vegan ideal, the rewards of voluntary simplicity, and the empowerment that comes from growing our own food. Graham also discloses some of the dirty little secrets of non-veganic farming, like the use of blood meal, bone meal, and fish liquid to enrich the soil. Honestly, it's gross, and I appreciated Graham's honesty regarding the day-to-day realities of making a living farming the land. It's not the faint of heart, and we're lucky to have people like Graham in the game!

Vegan acupuncturist Lisa K.Y. Wong, L.Ac., is a champion for the voiceless who also climbs mountains, both geographic and personal. Lisa talks about her experience climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, helping people awaken their "Inner Doctor," and what she learned about forgiveness and unconditional love following the tragic death of her beloved fiancé from a heart attack.

You can find out more about Lisa and her work here:

www.CenterForHealingByDesign.org

www.Linkedlin.com/lisakywong

www.Facebook.com/lisakywong

Article: My Journey to Becoming Vegan

Article: Champion for the Voiceless, Be it the Animals or the Inner Doctor

Three-Part Series of The Magic of Auricular Medicine Documentary on SupremeMasterTV: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Resources mentioned:

Will Tuttle's The World Peace Diet: http://www.worldpeacediet.com/

Worldwide Vegan Summit for Truth and Freedom https://theplantstrongclub.org/2021/09/21/the-worldwide-vegan-summit-for-truth-and-freedom-will-tuttle-ph-d/

Have you ever met a real-life potter - and not of the Harry variety? Things get curiouser and curiouser as plant-powered potter Mary Lou Egger of Memphis discusses carrying the vegan message by being who she is, healing her body through food, the fun of creative cooking, all kinds of lovable critters, whether vegans are weird (spoiler - maybe just a little), and the overall amazingness of the universe.

Resources mentioned:

Diet for a Small Planet: https://www.smallplanet.org/diet-for-a-small-planet

The Moosewood Cookbook: https://shop.moosewoodrestaurant.com/collections/cookbooks

The Wim Hof method: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

Peter Singer's Animal Liberation: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/29380.Animal_Liberation

Will Tuttle's The World Peace Diet: http://www.worldpeacediet.com/

Plant-powered personal trainer Nik Daniel has been vegan for over 20 years. Nik is the owner/operator of fitness coaching business Purely Driven Fitness. Nik talks about what he loves about personal training, how he took his health into hands to overcome his own personal health crisis, and his pig companion, Abby - all in his super cool Aussie accent!

Interested in learning more about training with Nik? You can find him here:

www.purelydrivenfitness.com

instagram www.instagram.com/purelydrivenfitness

Some of other resources mention during my interview with Nik Daniel

Earthlings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm7Babs_FJU

Vegucated: https://vegucated.com/film/

The Game Changers: https://gamechangersmovie.com/

In this introductory episode, I share the nitty gritty of my own sometimes circuitous, down-and-dirty vegan journey from New York to Nashville and everywhere in between, and how the Vegan Posse came to be. This is the real deal -  nothing less than radical honesty for the Posse!