Episode Details

In this Hen Report, Jasmin recounts her adventures at a vegan-friendly baby shower (complete with vegan trivia!), while Mariann contemplates deep philosophical questions. From air-fried apples with caramel salt to the explosion of pistachio milk in mainstream grocery stores, the duo weaves serious animal rights discussions with their trademark humor and warmth, proving once again that changing the world for animals can include both righteous indignation and genuine joy.

This episode explores:

• How factory farming contamination reaches far beyond animal suffering, with “fugitive dust” from industrial operations causing salmonella outbreaks in produce like peaches
• The shocking yet routine practice of mailing live chicks through postal services, resulting in the deaths of thousands of birds
• New York City’s groundbreaking plant-based hospital food initiative that has served over 1.2 million vegetarian meals as the default option
• The exciting explosion of plant-based milk alternatives, from pistachio to sunflower seed, showing how normalized dairy alternatives have become

RESOURCES

• • • Last year’s salmonella outbreak linked to peaches may have been caused by “fugitive dust”
    • 4,000 chicks died in the mail. They expose a darker truth about the meat industry.
    • NYC Hospitals Are Nudging Patients Toward Plant-Based Meals. It’s Working.
    • A New Generation of Non-Dairy Milks Is on the Rise
    • “Free Bird”, an Illustrated Children’s Book with a Very Vegan Message
    • Free Bird on Bookshop.org
    • The Meatless Meats of the Future
    • Baby Loves Vegan: An ABC of Plant Food
    • Podcast Eat For The Planet: Ethan Brown’s Fight to Reclaim the Beyond Meat Story

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