CHARM

Throughout the year FARM Celebrates Heroes in the Animal Rights Movement (CHARM) with a featured spotlight. These vegan heroes make a difference every day by standing up for animals.

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Food
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Jonah Goldman

Recently I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Jonah Goldman, co-founder and director of strategic marketing at PLNT Burger. It was during a Foie Gras

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Activism
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Jamie Logan

Leading animal rights activist Jamie Logan AKA “The Runway Crasher,” has earned the title “Girl on Fire” after she marched onto the main runway at

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Activism
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Mary Finelli

Mary Finelli felt like a salmon swimming upstream when she launched the then controversial organization Fish Feel in 2013. At that time Fishes were not

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Fashion & Design
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Paras Doshi

Founder and CEO of Doshi, one of the leading vegan luxury accessory brands named after his surname, Paras Doshi prides himself on quality, integrity and

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Health/Nutrition
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Clare Mann

To commemorate August’s Bullying Prevention Month, we wanted to offer a professional perspective on the realities of bullying both in and outside of the workplace.

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Food
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Debbie Adler

Los Angeles based cookbook author and entrepreneur Debbie Adler has transformed the obstacles in her life into a multitude of successful ventures. A self-taught vegan

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Activism
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Dr. Faraz Harsini

June is Pride Month and we had an opportunity to talk with one of the brightest minds in the animal rights movement and a member

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Entertainment
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Ruby Roth

There’s nothing in my books that a child wouldn’t see walking through the grocery store, in the deli section or on the myriad of TV

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Activism
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Dr. Sailesh Rao

Among the many reasons we love April is Earth Day. During the spring of 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day. That year more than

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Food
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Jenny Goldfarb

Great granddaughter of over 100 years of New York Style deli history goes vegan and in her attempt to recapture that NY deli experience launches

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Activism
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Victoria Moran

As a celebrated author penning her 14th book, film producer, founder of Main Street Vegan, co-founder of The Compassion Consortium among many other things, Victoria

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Activism
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Omri Paz

Founded in 2012 by Omri Paz, Vegan Friendly was designed to highlight vegan-friendly businesses in Israel, making veganism more accessible for those who choose to

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Entertainment
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If You See Something, Say Something

It was during a 2016 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus protest at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Stadium when Jane Velez-Mitchell launched what would become her

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Activism
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Relaxed Intensity

If you’ve ever had the rare opportunity to meet someone who undoubtedly embodies the animal rights movement in its most pristine form, then you know

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Politics
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Systemic Change

Autonomy, or choice, is at the core of any being’s legal rights. Although, in no way perfect, human rights have been developed over the years

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Fashion & Design
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The Psychology of A Space

While most of us are versed in plant-based food and are aware of the billions of lives it saves each year, how many of us

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Health/Nutrition
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Grace On Fire!

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide with over 1.7 million people diagnosed each year in the United States alone. Needless to

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Sanctuaries
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Anatomy of A Dream

Michele Waldman was born in New Zealand but spent much of her childhood in Australia. Filled with wildlife, birds, and nature, Australia provided the perfect

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Activism
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An Olympic Sized Heart

An overnight success is typically a 10-20 year endeavor.Olympic Medalist and Switch4Good founder Dotsie Bausch is no exception. Like most, Dotsie grew up having love

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Activism
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A ‘Mother’ of An Activist

As a young child, Shannon Blair remembers going to pool parties and spending half her time setting up paper towel hospitals and rescuing bees and

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Activism
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Feathered Friends

While living in Darnestown, Maryland, Karen Davis would frequently walk along a path on her way to a pond located behind her yard. Along this

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Activism
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Never Look Away

Imagine being told by your family that you unknowingly consumed your own beloved pet during a family dinner. That’s exactly what happened to Valezca Lango

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Activism
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Naijha Shines

Ahimsa is defined as universal love and compassion. The practice of which involves refraining from causing physical and psychological pain to any living being. Maintaining

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To The Readers
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Thank You!

I have spent an entire year searching for “heroes.”  Authors, filmmakers, CEOs, activists, vegan matchmakers, vegan food trail-blazers, sanctuaries, humane educators, and others. When FARM’s

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PLEASE SEND ME FUTURE CHARM ARTICLES

Celebrating Heroes in the Animal Rights Movement (CHARM) is a micro-program of Farm Animal Rights Movement FARM.
Do you know an ethical vegan who practices an abolitionist approach to animal exploitation, still active in the movement, has an interesting story to tell and is an unsung hero to animals and their vegan community?  We would like to hear about them.
 Suggest a candidate for a future CHARM feature below.