In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, Shawna interviews lauren Ornelas about how she started the Food Empowerment Project; how she got into veganism, animal rights, environmental rights, and social justice issues 30 years ago; and some of the main areas that the Food Empowerment Project works within. lauren Ornelas is the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for workers, and works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities. She has been an animal activist for three decades, during which s ..read more

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details) In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Registered Dietitian Rhyan Geiger about how she went vegan after watching Cowspiracy, her new vegan cookbook, as well as some of the top nutrition myths we see online, both in general nutrition and within the vegan community. Rhyan is a registered dietitian and vegan author who specializes in vegan nutrition. She is the owner of Phoenix Vegan Dietitian where she helps others easily transition to vegan living. She has many years of experience in vegan nutrition and believes in positively impac ..read more

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details) In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview NaRai Dawn about how her cancer diagnosis started her on a path of natural wellness and veganism, being a new mom and raising a plant based baby, as well as how she stays motivated as an entrepreneur and musician.  NaRai (Nah-ray) is a Canadian recording artist, lead vocalist in the band Star Captains, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, holistic practitioner, new Mama, Vegan + the founder of High Vibes Apothecary. She began creating her own natural products after being diagnosed with cance ..read more

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details) In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Soul Eubanks about how he went vegan after watching Cowspiracy, his favourite form of activism, as well as his social justice and animal rights advocacy. Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, creative and public speaker raised in Atlanta, Ga that has dedicated himself to doing advocacy work that combats all forms of injustice. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing and has helped co-organize Atlanta’s fir ..read more

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details) In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Lt. Irie, a local music producer and reggae and dancehall DJ based in Vancouver. We chat with Lt. Irie about what influenced him to go vegan over 24 years ago, what it was like being vegan in the 90's, how music can be a powerful tool for inspiring people to go vegan, and how he maintains his whole food, vegan diet while on tour.   Connect with Lt. Irie on Social Media: IG: @lt.irie_iriedubs Facebook: /lieutenantirie_iriedubs   We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support our work ..read more

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details) In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview our mom about her experience being Métis and plant based, the foods she grew up eating in Northern Alberta, as well as how possible and practical it is for people living in Northern Canada to go vegan or plant based. We wanted to talk about this topic because we have seen some negative comments about vegans suggesting that Indigenous people should go vegan regardless of their access to plant foods, so we wanted to shed some light on how difficult that may actually be. We feel that the majorit ..read more

In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Kimberly Renee, founder of Might Be Vegan. We chat with her about brand accountability in the day of social media influencers, vegan advocacy, social justice activism, her hunger relief program called Food Love, and her very unique vegan story! Kimberly is a self-taught private chef, on-air personality noted for her infectious personality, and the founder of Might Be Vegan. In the kitchen, she’s had the pleasure of serving busy executives, families, as well as celebrities and professional athletes. She’s also the creator behind the: • national ..read more

Hello there! We are so happy to be back with this quick update episode. We discuss our challenges with social media, feeding vegan food to our dad, loving pigs but eating them, "plants have feelings", and people ditching vegan diets due to gut health issues. We had a question about why some people stop being vegan, this article on Shawna's blog covers this topic in detail: How to Prevent Ex-Vegans The matcha soft serve ice cream we mention is from: Whisk Matcha If you have questions about vegan nutrition or would like to book a consult, please feel free to schedule a complimentary 15 Min Disco ..read more

In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Danielle Arsenault of Pachavega Living Foods Education. We chat about her vegan journey starting out as a rock climber to her recent vegan pregnancy. She also discusses her move to Nicaragua to start a retreat center and food forest. Danielle Arsenault is a certified Raw Food Chef and Plant Based Nutrition Educator, author of 6 cookbooks, TV show host, outdoors enthusiast, musician, TEDX speaker, mama and founder of Pachavega Living Foods Education and The Raw Food Chef Alliance. Danielle inspires and empowers women to heal their bodies and ign ..read more

Tyra June (also known as, @TyraTheTaurus on Instagram and Twitter). She is the owner of Vegan Girl Gang, which is a vegan merch shop, her food blog account & pop-up shop is called @AnotherJunkFoodVegan on IG, and she also has her own podcast called Kombucha Hour: which dissects veganism, womanism, racism, astrology, history and lots more. Tyra is also currently working with Vegan Outreach to bring vegan groceries to food deserts and low-income communities. Connect with her on Instagram:  @tyrathetaurus @anotherjunkfoodvegan Show Notes:  Kombucha Hour Podcast Vegan Girl Gang Vegan ..read more