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Oprah’s staff went vegan for a month, thanks to Kathy Freston, former model and now vegan powerhouse and bestselling author, and our featured guest for this week’s program. We’ll open with Leslie Crawford, author of the enchanting Sprig the Rescue Pig, for children of all ages.
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Kathy Freston is a lover of vegan food, fashion, health, and all things inspirational! Although Kathy is totally vegan herself, she is a big believer in progress, not perfection…
A former model turned activist and advocate for veganism and animals, she now writes books and does media appearances to share in whatever way she can, so that other people also feel empowered to eat for their health and overall well-being.
In her most recent book, co-authored with Bruce Friedrich, she busts the myths about both animal and plant-based proteins, reveals the truth about how certain foods affect our bodies and the environment and gives readers a roadmap for how to kick-start a clean protein lifestyle.
Website: kathyfreston.com
Facebook: KathyFreston
Twitter: @kathyfreston
Instagram: @kathyfreston
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After taking a life-changing trip (sort of an, “Eat, Pray, Love With a 9 Year Old”) to see her vegan in-laws, who have a farm outside of Assisi and visit her vegan former theater director in Croatia (she’s from Zagreb), Leslie Crawford came back to San Francisco having eaten no meat: that European visit changed her forever. Then Clare Ellis, who had recently launched Stone Pier Press, approached Leslie with a book series idea about farm animals we eat, starting with a pig. Leslie wanted to take up Clare’s challenge and try to give voice to these smart, kind animals. This has been a challenge for her as a longtime journalist to move from fiction to children’s books, but if Sprig… helps parents and kids, well, anybody, consider the pig a little more, then that’s something. ….
Website: www.lesliecrawford.net
Facebook: SprigtheRescuePig
Twitter: @SprigtheRescuePig
Instagram: @SprigtherescuePig
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Blast from the Past! Ruby Roth, Author of Vegan Books for Children. Ruby Roth, author and illustrator of the thought-provoking children’s book, Vegan Is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action, talks about kids, animals, and the response she got to her no-holds-barred book.
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