Episode Details

There is no place more relaxing than a beautiful garden, and nothing better to eat than homegrown fruits and vegetables, but what is a vegan to do when all of the potting soils and fertilizers are riddled with animal products? Jimmy Videle has the answers, and he joins us today to discuss his new book, The Veganic Grower’s Handbook: Cultivating Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs from Urban Backyard to Rural Farmyard, as well as the new North American Veganic Certification Standard.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Jimmy Videle is a farmer, activist, naturalist, consultant, and researcher. He has been a consultant and researcher with A.U.M. Films (producers of Cowspiracy and What the Health), Humane Party USA, and the Animal Protection Party, Canada. He lives with his wife, Mélanie Bernier, and five rescue cats on the small-scale veganic farm, La Ferme de l’Aube, in Boileau, Québec. A full-time organic farmer since 2005, he is also the author of the recently released The Veganic Grower’s Handbook: Cultivating Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs from Urban Backyard to Rural Farmyard, the host of The Veganic Grower’s Hour YouTube show, and the co-founder of the North American Veganic Certification Standard.

RESOURCES

• ‘Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food’: Everything You Need to Know
• The Truth About Your Bacon
• A new investigation exposes the stomach-churning practice that goes into making your bacon
• Activists call it rescue. Farms call it stealing. What is ‘open rescue’?
• The Veganic Growers Handbook
• Jimmy Videle Facebook
• Jimmy Videle – Veganic Grower on YouTube
• North American Veganic Certification Standard
• La Ferme de l’Aube

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