S3, Ep19: Food Equity and Justice with lauren Ornelas

<p><strong>This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at</strong> <a href="https://www.vivolife.co.uk/?rfsn=3316041.f04d74&amp;utm_source=Refersion&amp;utm_medium=Affiliates&amp;utm_campaign=3316041"> <strong>vivolife.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest this week is the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project, lauren Ornelas. An animal rights activist of over 30 years, we talk to lauren about F.E.P.'s mission to</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one's food choices. In addition, lauren takes us through her beginnings as an activist, why she founded F.E.P. and why her activism doesn't stop at veganism.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also in this episode…</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren talks about the culinary trials and tribulations of going vegan in the 1980s. Seriously folks, we don't realise how good we've got it!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I find college [activism] organisations to be some of the most impactful organisations that are out there" - lauren tells us about her earliest experiences as an activist in high school and college.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren shares her experiences as an undercover activist working with the animal rights charity</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viva! USA.</span></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren talks about her frustration with the animal rights movement not working diligently enough on human rights issues that led her to founding Food Empowerment Project.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">"We need to make sure we're not acting self-righteous when our food might be coming from unjust systems as well."</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren discusses the brutal working conditions in the cacao industry and why, in her opinion, many vegan chocolate companies are not truly vegan.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren explains F.E.P.'s thorough process for ensuring vegan chocolate companies are not using slave labour.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is veganism a privilege or a moral obligation?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Veganism has given me every purpose I've ever had in my life"</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tylor is shocked to learn about a company that is enforcing a food apartheid in a community he knows</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">very</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">well.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren gives us an example of a vegan phrase that should be retired and tells us why.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">F.E.P.'s all-important</span> <a href="https://foodispower.org/chocolate-list/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chocolate List</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauren's Tedx talk,</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blfVA0a-CBc"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Power of Food our Food Choices</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food Empowerment Project</span> <a href="https://foodispower.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food Empowerment Project</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/foodempowermentproject/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Instagram</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/foodispower?lang=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaHXQ0fthka-7EuadaRNsGg"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Youtube</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">F.E.P.</span> <a href="https://foodispower.org/eating-on-a-budget/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">'Eating on a Budget'</span></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p> <p><strong>Get In Touch:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bonus Content:</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ChickPeepsPod"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ChickPeeps Patreon</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chickpeepspod/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPod</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChickPeepsPodcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPodcast</span></a></p>