Vegan Boss Radio Shawna Barker & Megan Barker

In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, Shawna interviews lauren Ornelas about how she started the Food Empowerment Project; how she got into veganism, animal rights, environmental rights, and social justice issues 30 years ago; and some of the main areas that the Food Empowerment Project works within.
lauren Ornelas is the founder and president of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for workers, and works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities. She has been an animal activist for three decades, during which she has launched numerous groups, investigated factory farms, run consumer campaigns, and helped stop the construction of an industrial dairy in California. Watch lauren’s TEDx talk on The Power of Our Food Choices. Learn more about F.E.P.’s work at www.foodispower.org, and our sister sites www.veganmexicanfood.com, www.veganfilipinofood.com and www.veganlaofood.com.
 
Connect with the Food Empowerment Project:
IG: @foodempowermentproject
Website: www.foodispower.org
 
Vegan Boss Hosts:
Shawna Barker, Synergy Nutrition
IG: @synergy_nutrition
Megan Barker, Megan Media Design
IG: @meganmediadesign

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In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Registered Dietitian Rhyan Geiger about how she went vegan after watching Cowspiracy, her new vegan cookbook, as well as some of the top nutrition myths we see online, both in general nutrition and within the vegan community.
Rhyan is a registered dietitian and vegan author who specializes in vegan nutrition. She is the owner of Phoenix Vegan Dietitian where she helps others easily transition to vegan living. She has many years of experience in vegan nutrition and believes in positively impacting the world one bite at a time. Rhyan is an expert in this field and has been featured in Women's Health and Business Insider.
 
Connect with Rhyan Geiger:
IG: @phxvegandietitian 
Website: www.phxvegandietitian.com
Recipe Book: Vegan Slow Cooking for Two
 
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We're now on Patreon!
If you'd like to support our work putting out these podcasts, we have two membership options to choose from:
Our Official Patron membership is $5/month and includes monthly recipes, bonus nutrition episodes, and 10% off our online vegan supplement store (shipping within Canada).
Our VIP Patron membership is $30/month and includes everything in the Official Patron membership plus a private 15 min nutrition coaching call each month. Also, you'll get 20% off our vegan supplement store instead of 10% off.
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If you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss
To apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com
 
Vegan Boss Hosts:
Shawna Barker, Synergy Nutrition
IG: @synergy_nutrition
Megan Barker, Megan Media Design
IG: @meganmediadesign

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In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview NaRai Dawn about how her cancer diagnosis started her on a path of natural wellness and veganism, being a new mom and raising a plant based baby, as well as how she stays motivated as an entrepreneur and musician. 
NaRai (Nah-ray) is a Canadian recording artist, lead vocalist in the band Star Captains, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, holistic practitioner, new Mama, Vegan + the founder of High Vibes Apothecary. She began creating her own natural products after being diagnosed with cancer 2001.NaRai is of Japanese + Mongolian descent + was born in Seoul Korea. She was adopted at 9 months by her Canadian family + lives in Vancouver, BC with her partner Max, 14 month old son Zaiah (Zay-ah), sweet Alaskan wolf (dog) Nika + beautiful + wise mini tiger (cat) Egypt.
 
Connect with NaRai Dawn on Social Media:
IG: @naraidawn
IG: @highvibesapothecary
IG: @starcaptains
Facebook: /highvibesapothecary
 
We're now on Patreon!
If you'd like to support our work putting out these podcasts, we have two membership options to choose from:
Our Official Patron membership is $5/month and includes monthly recipes, bonus nutrition episodes, and 10% off our online vegan supplement store (shipping within Canada).
Our VIP Patron membership is $30/month and includes everything in the Official Patron membership plus a private 15 min nutrition coaching call each month. Also, you'll get 20% off our vegan supplement store instead of 10% off.
Join Our Patreon
If you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss
To apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com
 
Vegan Boss Hosts:
Shawna Barker, Synergy Nutrition
IG: @synergy_nutrition
Megan Barker, Megan Media Design
IG: @meganmediadesign

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details)
In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Soul Eubanks about how he went vegan after watching Cowspiracy, his favourite form of activism, as well as his social justice and animal rights advocacy.
Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, creative and public speaker raised in Atlanta, Ga that 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 is the founder of APEX Advocacy, a non profit animal rights organization that uses digital content and grassroots activism for animal advocacy.
 
Connect with Soul Eubanks on Social Media:
IG: @soul_eubanks
IG: @apexadvocacy
Facebook: /souleubanks
Website: souleubanks.com
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We're now on Patreon!
If you'd like to support our work putting out these podcasts, we have two membership options to choose from:
Our Official Patron membership is $5/month and includes monthly recipes, nutrition webinars, and 10% off our online vegan supplement store (shipping within Canada).
Our VIP Patron membership is $30/month and includes everything in the Official Patron membership plus a private 15 min nutrition coaching call each month. Also, you'll get 20% off our vegan supplement store instead of 10% off.
Join Our Patreon
If you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss
To apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com
 
Vegan Boss Hosts:
Shawna Barker, Synergy Nutrition
IG: @synergy_nutrition
Megan Barker, Megan Media Design
IG: @meganmediadesign

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details)
In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview Lt. Irie, a local music producer and reggae and dancehall DJ based in Vancouver. We chat with Lt. Irie about what influenced him to go vegan over 24 years ago, what it was like being vegan in the 90's, how music can be a powerful tool for inspiring people to go vegan, and how he maintains his whole food, vegan diet while on tour.
 
Connect with Lt. Irie on Social Media:
IG: @lt.irie_iriedubs
Facebook: /lieutenantirie_iriedubs
 
We're now on Patreon!
If you'd like to support our work putting out these podcasts, we have two membership options to choose from:
Our Official Patron membership is $5/month and includes monthly recipes, nutrition webinars, and 10% off our online vegan supplement store (shipping within Canada)).
Our VIP Patron membership is $30/month and includes everything in the Official Patron membership plus a private 15 min nutrition coaching call each month. Also, you'll get 20% off our vegan supplement store instead of 10% off.
Join Our Patreon
If you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss
To apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com
Episode Sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition.To get 10% off products & services just enter coupon code 'veganboss' at check-out.
Website: www.plantlifenutrition.caInstagram: @plantlifenutrition
Vegan Boss Hosts:
Shawna Barker, Synergy Nutrition
IG: @synergy_nutrition
Megan Barker, Megan Media Design
IG: @meganmediadesign

We're Now on Patreon! (Please see below for details)
In this episode of Vegan Boss Radio, we interview our mom about her experience being Métis and plant based, the foods she grew up eating in Northern Alberta, as well as how possible and practical it is for people living in Northern Canada to go vegan or plant based.
We wanted to talk about this topic because we have seen some negative comments about vegans suggesting that Indigenous people should go vegan regardless of their access to plant foods, so we wanted to shed some light on how difficult that may actually be.
We feel that the majority of people living in cities and towns (ie. people with numerous options in terms of plant based foods) are the people we should be focusing our vegan advocacy to, because for them it would actually be very easy to go vegan, and they make up the majority of the population.
We are also in full support of anyone that is Métis, First Nations, or Indigenous that is interested in going vegan or plant based, or is already vegan or plant based. We are here for anyone that has questions or would like some guidance. Please feel free to reach out to us.
 
Connect with her: 
IG: @livable4all
Website: https://www.livableincome.org/ 
 
We're now on Patreon!
If you'd like to support our work putting out these podcasts, we have two membership options to choose from:
Our Official Patron membership is $5/month and includes monthly recipes, nutrition webinars, 10% off our online vegan supplement store (shipping within Canada), as well as access to merch (coming soon).
Our VIP Patron membership is $50/month and includes everything in the Official Patron membership plus a private 15 min nutrition coaching call each month. Also, you'll get 25% off our vegan supplement store instead of 10% off.
Join Our Patreon
If you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss
To apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com
Episode Sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition.To get 10% off products & services just enter coupon code 'veganboss' at check-out.
Website: www.plantlifenutrition.caInstagram: @plantlifenutrition
Vegan Boss Hosts:
Shawna Barker, Synergy Nutrition
IG: @synergy_nutrition
Megan Barker, Megan Media Design
IG: @meganmediadesign