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Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) acknowledges that actions are more important than words; however, language is incredibly important. In fact, we have guidelines for writing for

Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) has extensively studied access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities and low-income communities in two areas: Santa Clara County,

Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) is an ethically-based vegan organization, and although we recognize the environmental and health benefits when eating vegan, we promote veganism because

Every month, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) coordinates protests in front of a chicken slaughterhouse (Petaluma Poultry owned by Purdue – “Rocky the Free Range Chicken”

Recently, I attended a meeting with a local State Senator to encourage him to vote in favor of a bill to allow farm workers to

Why I vote* would be easy enough to answer, as I could just be honest and say, “Because my mother told me I had to.”

Acceptance speech of Maria Guevara, Food Empowerment Project’s Vallejo Community organizer receiving a Hero Award TOURO PUBLIC HEALTHCOMMUNITY HERO AWARD Thank you Touro University for

Guest post by Anika Lehde, volunteer coordinator for the newly established Washington chapter of Food Empowerment Project. I’m thrilled to be working on the issues

Alive and well: the only truly natural state for chickens Sustainability means different things to different people and different organizations. For Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.),

Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) is an organization based on ethics – we promote veganismbecause we do not want animals to have to suffer and/or die

I have been attending (or organizing) animal rights protests since 1987, and I have cried at them due to the cruelty that is inflicted on

Last October I wrote a blog about why I started Sonoma County Chicken Save as part of our work at Food Empowerment Project. Since October