On June 29th, Food Empowerment Project wrapped up our webinar, “The Embodiment of Injustice: The Dairy Industry.” This free virtual event brought forward the overlooked injustices embedded in the dairy industry, including the legacy of colonization, animal exploitation, worker mistreatment, and environmental racism. Click here to see a recap of the event and a recording of the webinar!
Spring has sprung and we are happy to unveil our updated resource page, "How to Grow Your Own Food." This guide will help you assess your space, choose the right seeds, and nurture your plants. Empower yourself and your community by learning to grow your own food!
If I remember correctly, Sukie and I met in 1992 at the Texas Conference for the Animals in Austin, though I really got to know her when I started organizing…
It’s been a while since I have been able to vent and share some of my frustrations about being a vegan in a non-vegan world. While I realize there are much bigger issues in the world, I feel I wanted to share some thoughts.
As I mentioned in Part I of this blog, when I learned that nonprofits could unionize,* I wanted to find out more for Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) as well as…
What had been my passion in life, the reason I went to college, ended up being my weakness as I allowed myself to be verbally abused, degraded, and have every ounce of my self-esteem sucked out of me.
I went vegan in 1988 for the animals. In fact, I was in elementary school the first time I tried to go vegetarian – that was in the 1970s in…