APPETITE FOR JUSTICE

Are B Corporations full of it?
Ever since Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) was founded, our bank was a B Corporation. I was very excited about the concept, as my perception of

Big corporations are not the answer to lack of access to healthy foods
Recently Marketplace ran a story on a new USDA-funded program: “Amazon, Walmart now offering grocery delivery to SNAP recipients.” Although I appreciate that the Marketplace

Shouldn’t nonprofits be sustainable too?
“Nonprofits won’t have to abide by city’s minimum wage law, Fremont council decides”* When one of my team members at Food Empowerment Project shared this

What a Difference a Fish Makes
Imagine taking a test and every time you pass, they change the rules to ensure you fail. Through the years, scientists have made non-human animals

Changes to Food Empowerment Project’s Chocolate List
Food Empowerment Project’s recommended mascot – Chavez Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) appreciates all of you who use our chocolate list as a way to buy

Understanding Food Empowerment Project’s Chocolate list
Understanding Food Empowerment Project’s Chocolate List Food Empowerment Project publishes a list of companies that sell chocolates that we do and do not recommend. To

Giving back just a little to help right an injustice (Update on Food Empowerment Project School Supply Drive 2018)
Delivery in Watsonville. Photo by Souledad Productions. As a vegan organization, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) encourages people who have access to healthy food to

Help end animal cruelty one glass at a time
As June is the start of National Dairy Month, initially conceived by the International Dairy Foods Association in 1937 to promote drinking milk, I want

Fight for the Ocean: August 30, 2018: In honor of Dr. Sylvia Earle
As some of you might remember from my previous blogs, sharks are my favorite animal. I love the ocean and everyone and every thing in

Is it wrong to start having hope?
I tend to have a lot of thoughts rolling around in my head, but lately I have not had a lot of time to write

The former employee felt the HR department was more committed to protecting the organization’s image than its employees
Earlier this month (name withheld) married a subordinate of his, whom he courted on the job. (Name withheld) resigned, and her resignation also raises questions

They were lined around the block (update of school supply drive 2017)
Alejandro feeling proud! Photo by In Her Image Photography When we arrived on Sunday, August 6, to deliver the school supplies to the children of