In April of 2012, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World, was published. VegNews called it "the vegan Bible, New Testament," and after former President Bill Clinton received a copy from the publisher, he wrote to me saying, "I'm ... Read More

posted June 28, 2022 Ethical vegans care deeply about animals and strive to live a cruelty-free life. In addition to following a vegan diet, we don’t buy leather or wool, and we carefully choose our cosmetics. When it comes to medicines, though, we don’t have the option of following ... Read More

posted June 21, 2022 August 2020, I sat numb in a Main Street Vegan Academy class, secretly hoping that I’d get by without much participation when Jasmin Singer declared she was going to speak about Veganism and the power of personal stories. I was numb because my father had just passed ... Read More

posted June 14, 2022 Summer is upon us, my favorite time of year for frosty, frothy, bright green smoothies or juices, and colorful, crunchy, mixed green salads. Yum! There’s no shortage of different options: kale, spinach, collard greens, watercress, beet greens, turnip greens, and ... Read More

"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him" ~ Mahatma Gandhi I was in the lunch line at Kripalu, my first time at this yoga retreat in the Berkshires that I'd heard about since the 1970s. I knew they'd gone through a major ... Read More

posted May 24, 2022 Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food. ~ Hippocrates We’ve all likely encountered this quote more than once and considered them wise words. In fact, they are. I’ve been studying human creation and find it very interesting how the world and human life ... Read More