Ryan Howard and Dan Ziegler are two cherries on the top of a yummy vegan sundae. As founders of Temptation — Vegan Ice Cream, they’re also great examples of people who put ethics before profit. For them, this means paying attention to the details, which includes using fair trade tea, chocolate, and coffee. It also means … Continue reading
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Hearth to Home: Elegant and Hearty Cuisine with Raisa Jari & Mitchell Cutler
Get ready to salivate! On this program we connect with the folks from Hearth to Home, Raisa Jari and Mitchell Cutler. This culinary duo “prepares fresh organic vegan meals that feature elegant contemporary flavours as well as traditional favourites adapted to healthier plant-based versions. The meals are then delivered to Toronto homes each week.” In 2005, … Continue reading
Kinks and Grooves: The Valentine’s Day Show
Martinis, sex toys, and chocolate… these are just a few of the topics we dive into on our Valentine’s Day show. First up, we reach Steve Fish, proprietor of Left Feet, which sells vegan fair trade shoes and other goodies. Steve tells us how Toronto folks can get their groove on every Saturday with Manatee Nights at … Continue reading
Toronto’s Vegetarian Food Fair: The Largest Veggie Festival in North America
From Sept 8 – Sept 10, an estimated 15,000 people will pass through the expansive grounds at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre for the 22nd Annual Vegetarian Food Fair. Over 100 exhibitors will share their knowledge and products with vegetarians and the veg-curious. Those interested in health, animal advocacy, and environmental issues will also enjoy a host of … Continue reading
Vegan Pet Food: A Discussion
Few issues within the animal movements garner as much controversy as vegan cats and dogs. For some, feeding animals a vegan diet is a natural extension of their guardians’ ethics: in an attempt to live cruelty-free, refusing to throw money at the meat industry just makes sense. Supported by companies that claim that vegan cats … Continue reading
Puppy Mills & Vegan Shopping
It can be tempting to give a puppy for Christmas, patronize the local pet store or buy an animal online; it’s easy to get lost in that adorable face and not ask questions about where the animal was bred. Too often, such animals have been born into cramped and unsanitary conditions where they suffer incredibly … Continue reading
Healing ourselves, healing the planet through The Blossoming Lotus
This week, Animal Voices travels to paradise to explore the philosophy of the Kaua’i vegan restaurant, The Blossoming Lotus and its award-winning cookbook, Vegan World Fusion Cuisine. More than just a cookbook, Dr. Jane Goodall writes in her foreword that it “serves as a manual for sustainable, nonviolent living, painting a picture of a world without boundaries, … Continue reading
Live from the Ice / Animal & People Friendly Shoes
Got a hankering for a pair of snazzy sneakers? Looking for some combat boots to wage your own vegan revolution? Or maybe you’re just searching for a well-made, stylish shoe that isn’t made in a sweatshop and isn’t made of cow. In this edition, we speak with Steve Fish, proprietor of Left Feet, the recently-opened veg … Continue reading
The Seal Hunt / Cheap Vegan Eats
From muffins to megaphones, this show offers a hearty helping of local and national-based activism. First we’ll hear from Rebecca Aldworth, Humane Society of the United States‘ Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues, who will provide an overview of the Canadian seal hunt and explain HSUS’ controversial campaign, “Boycott Canadian Seafood,” which they hope will curb the … Continue reading
John Mackey (on Whole Foods Market) & Josh Harper (on Anarchism and AR)
At the beginning of the show, Josh Harper, who was recently arrested under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, will share his views on the relevance of anarchism to animal liberation. We’ll learn about the foundations of anarchism and his perspective on what many have called the “extremist” and “terrorist” aspects of the current animal movements. … Continue reading
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