{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S3, Ep19: Food Equity and Justice with lauren Ornelas","description":"This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at  vivolife.com. Our guest this week is the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project, lauren Ornelas. An animal rights activist of over 30 years, we talk to lauren about F.E.P.'s mission to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one\u2019s food choices. In addition, lauren takes us through her beginnings as an activist, why she founded F.E.P. and why her activism doesn\u2019t stop at veganism. Also in this episode\u2026  lauren talks about the culinary trials and tribulations of going vegan in the 1980s. Seriously folks, we don\u2019t realise how good we\u2019ve got it! \u201cI find college [activism] organisations to be some of the most impactful organisations that are out there\u201d - lauren tells us about her earliest experiences as an activist in high school and college. lauren shares her experiences as an undercover activist working with the animal rights charity Viva! USA. lauren talks about her frustration with the animal rights movement not working diligently enough on human rights issues that led her to founding Food Empowerment Project. \u201cWe need to make sure we\u2019re not acting self-righteous when our food might be coming from unjust systems as well.\u201d lauren discusses the brutal working conditions in the cacao industry and why, in her opinion, many vegan chocolate companies are not truly vegan. lauren explains F.E.P.\u2019s thorough process for ensuring vegan chocolate companies are not using slave labour. Is veganism a privilege or a moral obligation? \u201cVeganism has given me every purpose I\u2019ve ever had in my life\u201d Tylor is shocked to learn about a company that is enforcing a food apartheid in a community he knows very well. lauren gives us an example of a vegan phrase that should be retired and tells us why.  Links: F.E.P.\u2019s all-important Chocolate List. lauren\u2019s Tedx talk, The Power of Food our Food Choices. Food Empowerment Project website. Food Empowerment Project  Instagram and Twitter and  Youtube. F.E.P. \u2018Eating on a Budget\u2019. Get In Touch: Bonus Content: ChickPeeps Patreon Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast ","author_name":"The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thechickpeeps.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17981924\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/96130136"}