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Commit to a Pit
Posted on04. Nov, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
If there is one thing that makes us happy, it’s hearing about artists who are using their talent to spread the good word about animals. And if there’s one thing that makes us ecstatic, it’s hearing about people who …
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10 Tips for Shifting to a Plant-Based Diet
Posted on31. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
We had an amazing weekend, and the highlight of it all was that we had the opportunity to talk to a wonderful, engaged, and inspiring audience at the fantabulous Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. This is the VegFest to end …
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Episode 94: “Compassion is the basis of all morality.”
Posted on29. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 94th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Michael Greger and Sally Tamarkin.
In today’s episode, we share our thoughts on everything from the woman who won a contest with the reward of allowing her …
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Episode 93: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
Posted on22. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 93rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Maneesha Deckha, Bruce Wagman, Jaclyn Leeds, Peter Sankoff, Sarah Baeckler, Kristen Stilt, and Joyce Tischler.
In today’s episode, we tell you about …
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Vegan Occupation
Posted on19. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
If you’ve been following the Occupy movement (and who hasn’t been?), you are already undoubtedly aware that the protests present enormous opportunities for animal activists.
Initially reported by Mercy for Animals, we know by now that the Declaration of …
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Episode 92: “There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
Posted on15. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 92nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring musician Kirsti Gholson, and Australian activist, Leigh-Chantelle.
In today’s episode, we discuss everything from black bean brownies, to our thoughts on the importance of finding synergy between …
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Episode 91: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
Posted on08. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 91st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Liz Marshall from The Ghosts in Our Machine.
In today’s episode, we’ll give our thoughts on Occupy Wall Street – a quickly growing movement aimed to seek justice …
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Upcoming Animal Law Happenings for Everyone’s Radar
Posted on06. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Even if you’re not a lawyer (Jasmin’s not!), staying up to speed on animal law news and events should be something that any animal activist prioritizes, and there is sure a lot going on right now in that ever-growing field. Read …
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Eating for the Green Apple
Posted on03. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
All sorts of exciting things are going on at New York University these days. We recently blogged about the new Animal Studies Initiative, which promises to be a ground-breaking addition to the growing panoply of courses and programs devoted …
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Episode 90: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
Posted on01. Oct, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 90th episode of Our Hen House, featuring vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke.
In today’s episode, we’ll give you our thoughts on an event we attended that featured Frances Moore Lappe. (Let’s just say that we’re probably …
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Episode 89: “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
Posted on24. Sep, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 89th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Carolyn Merino Mullin from the National Museum of Animals & Society.
In today’s episode, we give you our thoughts about a vegan art show we attended, and a …
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Episode 88: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Posted on17. Sep, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 88th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Danielle Konya of Vegan Treats.
In today’s episode, we tell you all about our vegan adventures in Bethlehem, PA, where we were speaking at the Bethlehem VegFest. …
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Episode 87: “This is winter wheat we’re sowing, and other hands will harvest.”
Posted on10. Sep, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 87th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Ben Grossblatt from Suicide Food.
In today’s episode, we will ruminate on everything from the use of anger in our activism, to our fascination with growing and picking …
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Episode 86: “We cannot believe that if we refuse to look at what we do not wish to see, it will not exist.”
Posted on03. Sep, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 86th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jess Scone (of Vida Vegan Con, Get Sconed, and Stumptown Vegans), Chelsea Lincoln (of Flavor Vegan), and 6 1/2 year old lifelong vegan, Ruby Bird Hooten. …
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Episode 85: “Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.”
Posted on27. Aug, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 85th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Carol J. Adams.
In today’s episode, we explore vegan mentions in non-vegan-specific books, examine our I-just-don’t-get-it attitude towards avant garde art and how we’d much rather look at …
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Episode 83: “Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.”
Posted on13. Aug, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 83rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jo-Anne McArthur of We Animals, Karol Orzechowski of Maximum Tolerated Dose, with special guests Jessica Almy of VegBooks, and our very own Hollywood correspondent, Ari Solomon.…
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Episode 82: “If the times aren’t ripe, you have to ripen the times.”
Posted on06. Aug, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 82nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Farm Sanctuary‘s National Shelter Director, Susie Coston.
In today’s episode, we tell you about our vegan happenings back here in New York City, including a frolic uptown to …
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Episode 81: “When no one else cared, I can tell you, the little old ladies cared.”
Posted on30. Jul, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 81st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jackie Horrick of Alternative Outfitters, and Ari Solomon of A Scent of Scandal Candles.
In today’s episode, we come to you from Los Angeles, California, where we’re …
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Episode 80: “…extend to the whole creation.”
Posted on23. Jul, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 80th episode of Our Hen House, featuring filmmaker Marisa Miller Wolfson, powerhouse behind the new movie Vegucated.
In today’s episode, we will talk about the new vegan item at Starbucks and the backlash that we …
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Get Vegucated
Posted on18. Jul, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
There have been more than a handful of vegan-friendly films to hit the big (and small) screens recently. Advocating on the health side of veganism, there’s the wildly popular Forks Over Knives, the less known about but very charming …
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Episode 79: “… All things are connected.”
Posted on16. Jul, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 79th episode of Our Hen House, featuring bestselling author of Skinny Bitch, powerhouse Rory Freedman.
In today’s episode, we give you the skinny on our trip to Rockaway Beach here in NYC, and all the …
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Episode 78: “…the end of the beginning.”
Posted on09. Jul, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 78th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kelly Peloza and David Wolfson.
In today’s episode, we talk about everything from the vegan ice cream we found at the Jersey Shore (Eddie Confetti), to the …
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Episode 77: “…take out of our desires and our visions a template or a pattern for the future.”
Posted on02. Jul, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 77th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Beth Gallie, Susan Rooker, and Betsy Carson.
In today’s episode, we come to you from Portland, Maine, where we are speaking at the Maine Vegetarian Festival and experiencing all …
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Episode 76: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Posted on25. Jun, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 76th episode of Our Hen House, featuring vegan cookbook author Terry Hope Romero, and Mad City Vegan Fest co-organizer, Courtney Mayhew.
In today’s special expanded episode, we come to you from Madison, Wisconsin, where we …
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Episode 75: “A time comes when silence is betrayal.”
Posted on18. Jun, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 75th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Myq Kaplan.
In today’s episode, we will tell you about Mariann’s talk on farm animal law for the activist, Jasmin’s new article on the connections between gay …
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Episode 74: “New and stirring things are belittled…”
Posted on11. Jun, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 74th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kathy Freston.
In today’s episode, we will talk about everything from the mouse in our house, to our big vegan trip to Philadelphia, and our farewell to one …
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Episode 73: “Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion.”
Posted on04. Jun, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 73rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring lawyer and professor, Rebecca Huss.
In today’s episode, we will get you up to speed on everything from the vegan meal delivery service we’re trying, to the movies …
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Episode 72: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”
Posted on28. May, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 72nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring NOLA Veggie Fest organizers, Dr. Leslie Brown and Jehan Strouse.
In today’s episode, we come to you from Amelia Island, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In Amelia Island, Mariann …
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Episode 71: “…almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”
Posted on21. May, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 71st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Joshua Katcher.
In today’s episode, we’ll tell you about the vegan happenings in our world, including an incredible clothing swap that provided us with an entire new wardrobe, our long …
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Episode 70: “Man has no superiority over beast”
Posted on14. May, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 70th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Alka Chandna.
In today’s episode, we will tell you about the vegan happenings in our world. We’ll talk with our genius intern, Nick Laccetti, about a class he …
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Episode 69: “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
Posted on07. May, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the episode 69 of Our Hen House, featuring Masami Mizuguchi and Kozue Watanabe from Choices for Tomorrow.
In today’s episode, Mariann and I will tell you about our adventures filming the forthcoming NYC Vegan Weekend on a Budget …
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Episode 68: “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.”
Posted on30. Apr, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 68th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D., and Dan Dunbar.
In today’s episode, we’ll give you our full report on our Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, including the good, the better, and the …
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Episode 67: “The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.”
Posted on23. Apr, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 67th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Joe Cross, filmmaker behind Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead.
In today’s episode, we will tell you about Jasmin’s adventure with corsets — all for the animals, of course. We’ll …
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