Exaggeration and self-serving claims are not OK. Here are three ways such claims hurt the very cause they intend to advance.
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Bullies can show up in different ways, but narcissist behaviors are very common. To understand how, I read the book, “Narcissism at Work: Personality Disorders of Corporate Leaders”, by Marie-Line Germain, an academic who specializes in human resources and leadership.
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These days, the rush to replicate animal products and ingredients has far less to do with meeting consumer demand. Rather, it’s all about investor frenzy, and “because we can.”
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In my experience people tend to give two reasons for not speaking out. One if self-preservation. If you are still inside the organization, you may fear for your own job.
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That may seem like a harsh question to ask, but we now have publicly available reasons to believe so.
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The main agenda of the vegan mafia is to create as much hype as possible to drive investments and media coverage of their favorite start-ups.
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In 2021, I had the opportunity to step back from paid work. It gave me the time I needed to reflect on many aspects of working and life in general that I want to share.
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Over the past decade, the plant-based foods industry has largely taken over for the movement, in news headlines and even in advocacy organizations.
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Research Shows the Term “Cultivated” Confuses Consumers
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Meaningful victories against the powerful meat and dairy lobbies are rare, so when they happen we should stop and celebrate them, and give credit to those who got us there.
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The past few weeks have seen announcements about how Big Meat is jumping on the plant-based bandwagon. The news garnered far too much celebrating by some of my well-meaning colleagues. A closer look reveals an uglier reality.
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As I wrote about before, the market cannot fix the broken food system, only policy can do that. Over the past year, the pandemic laid bare the numerous painful ways that food workers are exploited, from farms to meatpacking plants to restaurants.
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Words matter. They signal intent and motivation. Used incorrectly, words can obscure true meaning. At worse, words can be deceptive and euphemistic.
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For many years, I was very much alone in saying the problem with the food system is political. I am happy to say that over time, many others have joined me in recognizing this. However, we are not deploying nearly the appropriate level of response.
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How can we solve one of the most intractable problems in the food system: over-production and consumption of animal products? By almost any measure, environmental, public health, animal cruelty, or labor standards, the conventional meat, egg, and dairy industries cause immense destruction and harm.
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