Easy Vegan with JL Fields

It's JL's 7th Vegan Anniversary! Her husband Dave Burgess joins her to talk about their vegan transition and how they make it work. Part 1 of 2.

Vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian....reducetarian? Brian Kateman, the co-founder and president of The Reducetarian Foundation, joins JL to talk about the movement to improve human health, protect the environment and spare farm animals from cruelty.

Marla Rose joins me this week to talk about Vegan Street's Guide for New Vegans, how to communicate vegan messages, and what it’s important to her to be an intersectional activist.

Author and thought leader Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is back to talk about her latest project. Animalogy is a multimedia project designed to examine the words we use and the impact on animals and humans alike.

Vegans rock Montana (and you can rock your town, city or state, too)! Bonnie Goodman started a vegan potluck in Livingston, Montana. Today she shares practical tips on how to build a vibrant vegan community wherever you are.

Kathy Hester is back to talk about her latest cookbook The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot. If you love to cook up beans, grains, and more - in just minutes - pressure cooking in the Instant Pot is for you! Bonus: you can slow cook and make yogurt, too!

The producers of the feature-length documentary Eating You Alive join me to talk about their new film on food, health, and how a plant-based diet has changed and saved lives. Plus, Ginny Messina's three tips for trying a healthy, plant-based diet in the new year!

Successful cocktail lounge and restaurateur Ravi DeRossi went vegan. And then he began to turn his popular New York City establishments vegan, too. He tells all in this episode of Easy Vegan.

Naomi Call and her two sons visited 15 farm animal sanctuaries to create the feature-length documentary film Called to Rescue. Naomi joins JL to talk about the film, the animals, the caregivers, and how you can watch the film at home or in your community. Colorado Springs Vegan Events is hosting a public screening of Calle to Rescue on February 8, 2017. Details here: https://www.meetup.com/ColoradoSpringsVeg/

Good news, Mexican food fans! Chef Jason Wyrick, founder of The Vegan Taste - the longest running vegan meal delivery service - has a new cookbook just for us. Vegan Mexico offers vegan versions of familiar favorites as well as less familiar authentic dishes that push the plant-based culinary envelope. Plus: A few vegan and animal organizations worthy of year-end philanthropic giving consideration!

Stumped by how to respond to family and friends who challenge your veganism? Or argue that hunting is humane and good for the environment? Dr. Lisa Kemmerer helps with her compassionate apporach: AMORE.

Marie Oser, author of The Skinny on Soy, debunks anti-soy myths and shares information on the health benefits of consuming soyfoods.

Steve Jenkins, one of Esther the Wonder Pig’s dads and co-founder of the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, is back to talk about a horrifying incident in Toronto that left pigs injured and killed and the impact it's had on his vegan activism.

Vegan Holiday Kitchen author Nava Atlas shares holiday cooking tips. Whether hosting a vegan Thanksgiving or bringing a dish as a guest, she has tips on how to work with squash, dessert ideas, and great short-cuts to make it nice and easy!

Kristy Turner, author of "But I Could Never Go Vegan" is back with a new cookbook, "But My Family Would Never Eat Vegan," and she has ideas for you on how to bridge the "multivore" gap in your home and within your family.