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Food Justice

PYP 065: Alissa Bilfield and Adam Aronovitz on The Cookbook Project, Starting a Big-Hearted Non-Profit on a Tiny-Ass Budget, and the Problem as the Solution

October 15, 2014

Alissa Bilfield and Adam Aronovitz are co-founders of The Cookbook Project, an amazingly inspiring, effective, and elegant not-for-profit dedicated to the fine mostly-lost art of home cooking.

With projects in 35 US states and over 20 countries around the world, Alissa and Adam are empowering communities to reclaim their culinary roots and break free from the industrial food system that creates disease, dependence, and displacement.

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PYP 051: John Robbins: “Speak to the Queen and the Queen Will Reply”

September 9, 2014

Wow, a second interview with John Robbins!

After the first one, John graciously contacted me because he felt he had more to say about advocacy and persuasion.

I wasn’t about to say no.

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PYP 050: John Robbins: Rebel, Peacemaker, Pragmatist

September 8, 2014

John Robbins rose to prominence with the 1987 publication of his book Diet for a New America. The young heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire (and fortune) put out an eloquent and powerful call to action against the consumption of animal-based foods.

As I indicate at the beginning of the interview, Diet for a New America changed my life for the better as much as any other book I’ve read. So I was thrilled to get the chance to speak with this man who has been a hero of mine for 23 years.

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PYP 038: Ocean Robbins: Leverage, Kindness, and Justice

August 18, 2014

Ocean Robbins co-founded YES! (Youth for Environmental Sanity) at the age of 16, and hasn’t slowed down since. He’s co-founder, with his dad John Robbins (author of Diet for a New America and many other awesome books), of the Food Revolution Network, which advocates and educates about food justice, safety, compassion, and sustainability.

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PYP 025: Milton Mills on “Soul Food,” Liberation, and the Myth of Predatory Eyes

August 6, 2014

Milton Mills, MD, is Associate Director of Preventive Medicine for the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as well as a practicing internist at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. He also provides medical care and counseling in several free clinics in Washington, DC. In this conversation, Dr Mills shared his provocative views – all of them supported by overwhelming evidence – on the ideal human diet.

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PYP 020: Dr. Ana Negron: The Living Experience of Healthy Eating

March 11, 2014
Dr. Ana Negron is a family physician in the Philadelphia area who treats her patients with healthy food, empowerment, community, and love. Read More

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