Plant Your Seed

Christopher Soul Eubanks is a climate, human, and animal rights activist that was raised in Atlanta, Ga. He 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 first-ever animal rights march. Christopher plans to use educa...

Cat Besch is the Founder and Director of Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue-US in Hoi An, Vietnam since 2013. She is an outspoken vegan rescuer and pig mother who is obsessed with global food security and building a world without animal agriculture and fishing.

Margaux Khoury is a founder of vegan businesses, a corporate advisor for ethical startups, and a speaker on animal rights, animal agriculture, environmental issues, and ethics.

The Content Doctor Sandra Nomoto is a content writer and editor for cruelty-free businesses. She previously ran Conscious Public Relations for over a decade. In 2019, she authored The Only Public Relations Guide You'll Ever Need and her new book, Vegan Marketing Success Stories is out now. She enjoys blogging about content marketing, book publishing, travel, and vegan food at SandraNomoto.com.

Holly Skodis is the founder of Yoga is Vegan a project and podcast dedicated to helping Yogis embrace Veganism. Holly has been featured on Jane Unchained's Lunch Break Live, Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine, and Angelika Buettners, "I AM", a Quest to Empower Women, and Portray Ageless Beauty Coffee Table Book.

In 2001, after turning down an offer to lead a new charter high school, Kathy Stevens founded Catskill Animal Sanctuary, where her love of teaching, her belief that education has the power to transform, and her love of animals come together. One of the worlds leading sanctuaries for farmed animals, CAS has saved more than 5,000 non-human individuals through direct rescue and exponentially more thr...

Todd is the founder of Arthur's Acre Animal Sanctuary. After finding a 3 ½-month-old piglet at a former small-scale "farm to table" type facility he was looking at in order to turn it into a sanctuary, Todd demanded to have the pig handed over to him. That pig he named Arthur. Arthur, who was the last pig to be threatened with death at that place, was the first pig to receive sanctuary there. The...

Monica Aggarwal, MD, is an adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Florida's Division of Cardiovascular Medicine where she conducts research on the impact of nutrition on chronic illness. She also serves as the Chief Medical officer of the not-for-profit, 4Roots Farm which is looking at how to improve food quality to improve human health. She received her medical degree from Virginia Comm...

Dr. Melanie Worley is an Emergency Medicine physician and soon-to-be Sports Medicine fellow, 3-time Boston marathoner with a 2:56 personal best in the marathon, and Ironman 70.3 World Championship Qualifier. She is passionate about plant-based diets for both athletic performance and disease prevention. She attended undergraduate at Wake Forest University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a...

Graham and Annette Henry are both trained as whole food plant-based educators. The husband and wife teammate are using their knowledge and passion to help others transition successfully to a more plant-based diet as a route to improved health.

Andrew Alexander is the producer of Creating a Vegan World documentary where he interviewed 50 leading experts in the vegan, animal rights, and plant-based health movements to discover what it takes to change the world.

Alli Chambers is the co-founder and president of The Zend: Final Farm & Sanctuary. Passion has always fueled her path and her choices in life. Adopting a vegan lifestyle catapulted her into a completely different way of seeing the world around us and how connected we all are. To date, it's her favorite choice she has ever made and it's what started her on the path to The Zend. The Zend is a "safe...

Sean O'Callaghan is a vegan journalist, activist, community organizer, marketer, and travel enthusiast who loves supporting people on their vegan journeys. Originally from Australia, Sean currently lives in London, UK. fatgayvegan.com veganculinarycruises.com:  USA National Parks Vegan Adventure May 15-20, 2022 islaurbana.org : Isla Urbana is a project dedicated to contributing to water sustainabi...

Aksana is the founder of PiQi, a vegan fermented drinks startup, that's based in the UK. She's a long-time vegan and a fermentation enthusiast. Along with her partner Nick, they are on a mission to help people look after their gut health on a vegan diet.

Robbie Balenger is a plant-based ultra-endurance athlete obsessed with finding sustainable motion through space and time. This obsession leads Robbie to seek out mammoth athletic projects that span weeks and months. By exploring recovery techniques and honing diet choices, Robbie is investigating how he can keep going forever.

Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is the Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City. Adams served as an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department, for 22 years. In 1994, though endorsed by the Nation of Islam, he was defeated in the Democratic primary for a New York Congressional seat. From 2006 to 2013 he was a Democratic State Senator in t...

Pat McAuley is a Boston-based serial entrepreneur, author, TEDx speaker, and wellness advocate. After a plant-based diet changed his life, Pat shifted his focus to building and supporting businesses in the plant-based space. He is the host of the popular Eat Green Make Green Podcast and Founder of PlantPub, a plant-based food and craft beer brand.

Jessica is a writer and animal advocate. Her work is featured in newspapers across Canada. She also co-hosts The Paw & Order Podcast, Canada's animal law podcast.

Jamie is the creator and director of the award-winning docu-series Wild Lands. Wild Horses. Jamie thrives on driving creative ideas from beginning to end. As an Art Director/ Creative Director over the past 14 years, she has helped develop some of the most recognizable brands in the world. _ A horse lover since birth, Jamie quit her job to follow her passion - photographing wild horses all across...

Anna Pippus is the author of The Vegan Family Cookbook, a cookbook, and strategy manual to make everyday plant-based cooking easier, to be published by Appetite by Random House in 2021. She holds degrees in law and psychology, having worked as an animal protection lawyer and campaigner for over a decade.

Alison Tierney, through Wholesome LLC, spreads the power of nutrition and a healthy lifestyle to combat chronic disease. As a board-certified oncology registered dietitian, Alison focuses on evidence-based nutrition to educate and empower individuals to take their health into their own hands not only after diagnosis but before. Using plant-based nutrition and a focus on whole-person health, Alison...

Dr. Brooke Goldner is a best-selling author, the founder of www. GoodbyeLupus.com, creator of the Hyper-nourishing Nutrition Protocol for Lupus Recovery, and is the author of 3 best-selling books, Goodbye Lupus, Goodbye Autoimmune Disease, and Green Smoothie Recipes to Kick-Start Your Health and Healing.

Wendy Smith is a military veteran, a registered nurse, and a vegan animal rights advocate. She is the Co-Founder and Director of Odd Man Inn Animal Refuge. Wendy works as a registered nurse, comes home to care for 140 animals, and helps run Odd Man Inn full time with her husband, Josh. There are no days off... she does it all for the animals!

Robin lost her beautiful little boy, Danny, to SIDS in 2007. She fell into a depression so deep she couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, couldn't function. Her 10-year relationship with her fiancé, Danny's father, fell apart. She lost everything, including the will to live. Then finally one night after months of despair she googled "bereaved mother" to find help. What popped up was totally unexpected, an...

Erin Amerman is the founder and president of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary. Founded in 2016, the sanctuary quickly grew to become the largest bovine sanctuary in the United States. The sanctuary currently houses over 220 rescued residents, of whom nearly 150 are bovines.