Abel has been vegan for four years since making the switch for ethical reasons. A Londoner of Moroccan-English descent, Abel has worked with some of the biggest names in the dance music industry such as Wookie, Gorgon City, Kaytranada, Don Diablo, and Kygo. 

He has become well known for his style which infuses soul, funk, and pop influences. But Abel is perhaps better known in the vegan community for his song Vegan, which imagines a romantic scenario with a comedic twist. 

Why Zak Abel went vegan

“She said she was vegan, vegan, vegan, just to get with me”

Abel has made it publicly known that becoming vegan was one of the best decisions he has ever made. 

What began as an intellectual debate between friends ultimately changed his life. He explains that once confronted with the ethical arguments against meat and dairy consumption, he no longer saw the logic in continuing to eat animal products. 

His sense of integrity and remaining true to his beliefs is ultimately what pushed him to follow through with the decision to go vegan.

It’s turning to veganism that has allowed him to live his most authentic life. And that’s because he knows he isn’t harming any animals in the process, he says.

Toxic masculinity in veganism

However, he explains, there is still a lot of stigma surrounding that choice.

“Trying to figure out my place in the world and my place as a man in the world really got me thinking. Over the past few years there’s been a lot of discussion on gender especially online and it’s made me think. 

“It’s been really amazing to have a different perspective challenging the world’s perspective and the way society has existed for so long.”

In his latest single Less of a Man, Abel tackles the topic of toxic masculinity head on. 

As outlined on this episode of The PBN Podcast, Abel discusses how being raised by a single mother has instilled empathy in him. Further, it’s influenced his views on masculinity. 

Despite what society conditions us to think about gender and masculinity, Abel hopes to drive positive change by speaking up about empathy, emotions, and mental health through his music.

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She has also had a glowing acting career, in-between encouraging thousands to go plant-based. Passionate about family, animals, and the climate, Maggie details her vegan journey on the Plant Based News Podcast.

She spoke about social justice, systemic racism in the vegan community, and the importance of educating people about a healthy lifestyle.

Maggie on the PBN Podcast

The episode delves into the following topics:

• 00:03:05 Discovering vegetarian and vegan lifestyles
• 00:06:25 Should we tell children where their food comes from?
• 00:09:08 The challenges of eating healthily in the US
• 00:19:32 Childhood and adolescent interests and ambitions
• 00:24:36 Raising children vegetarian
• 00:28:49 Carnism vs. veganism
• 00:32:32 Billie and Finneas embracing the importance of veganism
• 00:37:58 The US Election
• 00:43:02 Donald Trump, misinformation and conspiracy theories
• 00:48:00 The harmful effects of social media
• 00:50:15 Tips for a happy marriage and a balanced family
• 00:53:22 Finding calm within the pressures and distractions of work and social media
• 00:59:08 Acting achievements
• 01:05:58 Support + Feed
• 01:09:57 The importance for white vegans to be vocal about systemic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement
• 01:13:43 VAAO / They’re Trying To Kill Us
• 01:17:39 Stranded on a desert island

‘Deep personal beliefs’

It is Maggie’s strong beliefs that keep her motivated. Meat is an ‘inedible substance’ for her.

She added: “That comes from a belief. If you do something from a belief that is not strictly related to health – because we are going to be less caring about our health than we are the belief of not being cruel – and, destroying the planet and causing agony and pain and suffering.

“That is pretty easy for me to follow through with. So I don’t find it hard… I have deep personal beliefs about the suffering of animals.”

Maggie Baird’s plant-based story

For Maggie, animals have always been close to her heart. She grew up in Colorado, Denver, and is the daughter of a hunter and fisherman. Processed foods were new and exciting during her childhood, but education around health was scarce, she explains.

However, she remembers never wanting to eat meat. Her parents were concerned for her health since being ‘indoctrinated’ by information spread by the meat and dairy industry.

‘I was apologetic’ about being a vegetarian, she says, ‘it was a fringe thing’, ‘we were seen as annoying’.

Since then, she’s been vegan for over a decade and has gradually introduced a plant-based diet to her family as well. She raised both her children, Finneas and Billie, vegetarian. The pair are now vegan.

Listen to the full podcast episode below

Health

Maggie also shared her family’s experiences of improved health since ditching meat and dairy. With cholesterol problems in her genetics, she says she has to ‘practically not eat’ to secure low levels. A lifelong ‘nightmare’ health problem of her husband Patrick was cured when he gave up dairy. And Billie’s health improved too.

“Isn’t that scary that my parents didn’t know that about themselves? They were eating dairy.”

“It’s such common sense that the thing you put in your body every day all day long is going to have the biggest impact on your health. You eat food all day and yet doctors don’t prescribe that as the thing you should be looking at.”

However, Maggie thinks nutritional education among doctors and in society as a whole needs to be improved.

‘Systemic’ racism and privelege

Online, Maggie is outspoken about racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.

“I was quite shocked, I was naive. I did not realize that there was a part of the vegan world that was not aware of systemic racism and not involved. You cannot separate food insecurity from systemic racism. You can’t separate the climate crisis from systemic racism.

“It is intersectional and it is really important that people start to acknowledge that and speak out about it. People of color, BIPOC communities are vastly over affected by all of these issues and there is white privilege in being vegan. And we do have to acknowledge that.”

Access to fresh produce is one example of why being vegan for some communities is difficult, she explained.

“I think we have a tremendous racism problem in our country. And it’s deeply embedded in our society. People don’t want to be uncomfortable and it’s horrifying to think about the society we’ve participated in. If we don’t acknowledge our own privilege and address the inequities in our society we can’t ever really make ultimate change.”

Support + Feed

Whilst on tour with Billie, the family enjoyed vegan food from a variety of restaurants before it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon returning home, Maggie felt concerned for both small-scale plant-based businesses as well as people in poverty.

‘I thought, why don’t we just find a way to get food from these plant-based restaurants, and then people could donate and we could take it to people who need the food’, she said.

Within five days, the website was set up and within a week they began delivering food. Support + Feed now stretches over four cities.

She said: “The basic premise was we’d feed people facing food insecurity through plant-based restaurants, helping to keep those restaurants open and addressing the climate crisis. What we realized as we grew is that of course food insecurity… is a horrendous issue in this country.”

This includes a lack of access to healthy food, she added, across BIPOC communities in particular.

The charity has fed over 60,000 people already and has helped look after the small businesses and their employees.

Acting career and inspiring Billie and Finneas

In addition to inspiring her family and building networks of support across the US, Maggie has had a glowing acting career. Moreover, she co-wrote and co-produced an award-winning movie, Life Inside Out. It was ‘a labor of love’ but a high point of her career. And she starred on screen with her son, Finneas. 

‘I wanted to give them an example that you could make something happen’, she said. Being an actor is determined by others, but she wanted to prove to her children that they could tell their own stories.

For more information about Support + Feed, visit the website 

You can listen to the full podcast episode here

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The project is run by the animal protection charity Mercy For Animals and helps farmers transition to growing plant-based crops. Thus, revolutionizing the current system which, he says ‘exploits anything in its path’.

Rashmit discusses growing up in India, where the dairy industry is still dominated by small farmers. Attitudes towards farmers need to change – and it’s all tied up in privilege, he explains.

What is TransFARMation?

TransFARMation is a project which aids farmers and helps switch the supply chain: ‘Supply follows demand’, says Rashmit.

On the podcast, he explained how three farmers were in the process of switching to farming hemp and mushrooms. This can be achieved over time. One farmer has converted one of his multiple barns previously used to house chickens, into a mushroom farm whilst he learns the basics.

TransFARMation aspires to ‘create a ripple effect and pull all these other farmers to go out and transition for themselves’. The company helps with grant applications and sets farmers up with buyers.

Rashmit explains: “The sentiment of wanting to get out of animal farming is prevalent beyond what you would think. A lot of farmers have realised the hole they have dug themselves into, unfortunately – and want to get out but don’t really know how.”

Since the podcast was released, two more farmers have signed up.

In a statement sent to Plant Based News, Rashmit said: “The transitions are going well, but it’s important to keep in mind that transFARMing is a time-consuming process that is affected by a lot of different variables.

“It’s also impacted by our capacity and bandwidth, which is limited right now.”

‘The controllers of the system will do anything to satisfy their bottom line’

Rashmit is angry at the food system which he says abuses farmers as well as the environment. He said: “It basically exploits everything in its path in order to achieve that triple bottom line.”

It’s a system that traps farmers into contracts. In the US, a ‘tournament system’ is used which is used to ‘pit farmers against each other’. This leads to vast wage disparities, and it functions on maximizing the ratio between the weight of a chicken and how much feed was used.

“The top four percent of US farms, they account for about 74 percent of US farm sales – whilst the bottom 76 percent of farms make a mere three percent of sales, something like that. So, there’s a huge disparity between what the larger operators control compared to what the smaller contract farms are doing.”

Rashmit highlighted the ‘extremely shocking’ conditions meatpacker workers across the US have faced since the outbreak of COVID-19.

“The controllers of the system will do anything to satisfy their bottom line, which is essentially just profits”, he said.

For Rashmit, privilege is a key part of the conversation: “Being ethical is about being conscientious towards other human beings.”

What does it cost farmers to switch?

So how do farmers escape the system?

The going price for CBD and hemp products is fairly high, says Rashmit. But the profitability depends on their scale of production. TransFARMation’s research with hemp and mushroom industry ‘veterans’ indicates that farmers who switch to growing these plant-based crops will ‘significantly increase’ their previous income.

Rashmit explained that if a chicken farmer were to convert one barn into a Shittake mushroom house, profit predictions stretch to $80,000. It would also require less growing space.

Rashmit’s vegan journey

Growing up between Mumbai and the Middle East, Rashmit’s journey to veganism came after a childhood consuming food ‘lathered’ in butter and ghee.

His grandmother went vegetarian after visiting a wet market and watching a chicken be slaughtered. ‘I always knew this story’, he said.

“In the back of any meat eater’s head there’s this awareness that if you do see it, you know that it’s ugly and it’s not something you would do yourself. 

“We just detach ourselves from the reality of how the food we consume comes to our plate.”

India‘s surprising farming system

Ditching meat isn’t as popular in India as some people think it is, says Rashmit – with ‘around 70 percent’ of the population still eating meat. Despite that, attitudes are changing – with The Times of India heralding the benefits of a plant-based diet.

However, it is still the largest producer of cow’s milk in the world. Despite this, the factory farming model hasn’t taken off, Rashmit explains. ‘Small dairy farming is still prevalent in India’ – with ’70 million’ small dairy farmers across the country.

“About a decade ago, [dairy giant] Danon tried to enter the Indian market and establish a factory farming model but failed because it wasn’t able to compete with a small farmer who was producing milk and delivering it to a neighbor.

“I think that’s fascinating because they’ve tried for several years and they actually ended up exiting the market – it wasn’t profitable for them to stay in the country.

Whilst Rashmit believes no one should drink cow’s milk unless they ‘need’ to, he stresses that in order to change the animal agriculture system, those small farmers need to be supported.

What can consumers do to help?

With Rashmit and his transFARMing farmers leading the way, consumers can help by buying more plant-based products.

Speaking since recording the podcast, he said: “If you demand it, producers will have to figure out a way to produce it. If you demand more plant-based foods and household products – that implies an increase in the demand for plant-based ingredients. This, in turn, implies an increase in the need to increase to re for projects such as TransFARMation.”

The company has since established the TransFARMation certification program.

Similar to the Vegan Trademark, it directs consumers towards certified produce. This allows consumers to inform supermarkets they support the concept of farms transitioning from raising animals to growing plants.

Rashmit explains: “If consumers want it, supermarkets will stock it, which means they will buy from transitioning farmers, thereby ensuring that the farmers run a successful business.”

Listen to the podcast episode on Apple Podcasts or via Spotify.

Learn more about Transfarmation via the website.

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Plant Based News has always strived to celebrate diversity, and during the current climate, we thought we’d showcase nine of the best podcast interviews we’ve conducted featuring vegans of color.

The PBN podcast, which is nearing its 50th episode, is currently available on Soundcloud, Spotify, and iTunes. 

1. Jay Brave

Jay is an artist and activist, he has become really well known in the vegan community with his viral hit ‘Vegan Shut-up’.

In this intimate conversation with PBN‘s Robbie Lockie, Jay Brave opened up about veganism, gender, and why he doesn’t identify with being ‘black’.

2. Dr. Sailesh Rao

Dr. Rao is the author of the book Carbon Dharma: The Occupation of Butterflies and Carbon Yoga: The Vegan Metamorphosis. He is an Executive Producer of the trilogy of documentaries “THEY Don’t Want You To See”, The Human Experiment (2013), Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014), and What The Health (2017), which explore the systemic causes of human and environmental ill health.

In this podcast, Rao discusses the future of humanity, how his organizations focus on seeing a vegan world by 2026, how we summon the courage to continue our work as advocates, how his granddaughter helped him awaken to his true mission, and much more.

3. Denai Moore

Denai is a singer-songwriter and vegan chef. Denai was born in Jamaica but moved to the UK when she was just 10 years old. Denai has also got a residency at the Jamaican restaurant Buster Mantis, in Deptford London.

She also runs her own popup vegan Jamaican vegan restaurant Dee’s Table.

4. Edric Kennedy-Macfoy

Edric Kennedy-Macfoy was born and raised in West London and worked in the London Fire Brigade for over 13 years, attending many of the capital’s most dramatic incidents during that time.

He also appeared on ITV’s ‘Inside London Fire Brigade’, which saw Edric and his colleagues respond to the Croydon tram derailment of November 2016 and the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017.

5. Rachel Ama

Rachael Ama is a joyful, erudite, and inspirational person. She can be found dancing and singing along to her favorite tunes cooking up a vegan storm on Youtube!

Sharing everything she creates and finds from recipes to vegan skincare with warmth and humor – welcoming everyone, whatever their food beliefs, to give the vegan life a go – preferably with the tunes turned up loud!

6. Shanon Whittingham

Shanon Whittingham is a multifaceted Holistic Health Coach, YouTube Host, and Founder of Sincerely Shans. She is determined to take an integrative and functional approach to health and healing. Apart from overseeing her own company, Shanon is a health advocate and coach for various brands and organizations

“Ultimately, I strive to remain undisputed, genuine, and always sincere through what I do and share with others,” Whittingham said.

“As I learned more about caring for my physical, mental, and spiritual health, Sincerely Shans was created to be a platform where others can be inspired and empowered to do the same.”

7. Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko is the founder and CEO of Miyoko’s a world-class vegan creamery. Also known as the Queen of Vegan Cheese Miyoko is a trailblazer in this sector. She has been leading the way for many years.

The podcast covers subjects including how Schinner discovered the vegan lifestyle, leaving stress behind, and her attitude to life.

8. Chris Smalling

Vegan football star Chris Smalling discusses his life as a footballer, the highs and lows of the game, and some of the challenges he faces as an athlete.

In this episode he is also joined with Chef Jamie Redwood who works at the country club that Chris is a member.

9. John Lewis

If you don’t know already, John Lewis is a fitness pro, public speaker, and all-round Vegan Bad Ass.

In this podcast, Lewis discusses his upcoming documentary Hungry For Justice, racism in the vegan community, and PETA’s controversial Superbowl campaign.

“We’ve been brainwashed to think we have to eat the animal, we have to eat that fat, we’ve been told that this so-called ‘soul food’ was ours, and it wasn’t,” he states.

“And the worst thing about ‘normal’ and ‘tradition’, and I put those two words in quotes when I say that, is that it doesn’t make it right.”

You can listen to the full Plant Based News Podcast playlist here

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Professional vegan athlete James Newbury, who has been crowned as Australia’s Fittest Man for four consecutive years, has blasted critics of The Game Changers for ‘chasing the dollar’.

Newbury, who came fifth place in the 2019 Crossfit Games, made the comment when discussing the film’s backlash on the Plant Based News podcast with PBN‘s Co-Founder Robbie Lockie.

‘Going against the grain’

“There are few people that would just like to create a bit of controversy just to get an extra couple of clicks on their YouTube channel or get an extra bit of exposure through the media, or whatever it may be, just through going against the grain and saying ‘look this is a complete lie’,” the athlete said.

“So [the criticism is] not surprising,” he continued. “I think a lot of people are just chasing the dollar and, you know, I think thats a big reason why we’ve been taken down the path of ‘you have to eat animal-product, you know, this is the healthy option’- because theres such an exuberant amount of money in doing that.”

Despite the backlash, Newbury argued that The Game Changers had caused more positive change than negative – adding that you will ‘always get a little bit of negative [response] no matter what you do’.

You can listen to the full podcast here

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Top vegan YouTuber Candice Hutchings, aka The Edgy Veg, has blasted ‘eating disorders disguised as influencer culture’.

The chef, and author of The Edgy Veg cookbook, made the comments when discussing the trend of vegan YouTubers leaving the movement in the latest episode of the Plant Based News podcast.

‘Restricted eating’

“People coming out as ‘I’m no longer vegan’ is blaming veganism itself and the vegan movement. Your health issues, for example, chances are they were not caused by your vegan lifestyle, had you been doing the lifestyle properly,” Hutchings told PBN Co-Founder Robbie Lockie.

“I find with a lot of these people it’s a lot of restricted eating it’s a lot of oil-free, sugar-free, very very restrictive – not reasonable in terms of what a balanced diet looks like – eating disorders disguised as influencer culture.”

‘Blame veganism’

She added: “And I think the easier thing to do is then blame veganism when the quote on quote ‘average normal human being’ doesn’t eat 15 bananas day. So then to turn around and say ‘veganism made me sick’ – well you didn’t give true fair veganism a chance.

“You bought into these diets that are very popular online that are really detrimental to your health and then are wondering why you got sick.”

You can listen to the PBN Podcast here

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Top vegan nutritionist and educator Niko Rittenau says he used to feel like an outcast for not eating meat.

Rittenau, who is also the author of ‘Vegan-Klischee ade!‘ (roughly translating to Debunking Vegan Myths), made the comments on the latest episode of the Plant Based News Podcast, hosted by Co-Founder Robbie Lockie.

‘Uncomfortable’

“I remember back then when I really felt like an outcast for not eating meat, I mean, I stopped [eating meat] more or less when I was let’s say five or six…” Rittenau explained.

“I always felt uncomfortable eating meat… But it was a huge part of the culture.”

‘Quickfire Q&A’

The pair also discuss the tautology between vegan and plant-based, how to confidently eat a balanced plant-based diet, reducetarianism, industry-funded studies, and much more!

The podcast also features a quickfire Q&A and insight into Rittenau’s upcoming music career.

You can listen to the full podcast on Soundcloud, Spotify, and iTunes 

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Australian musician Dara Kristen Hayes, commonly known behind the deck as DJ TigerLily has revealed she’s ‘actually vegan because of music’. 

The artist, who regularly speaks out about animal-rights on her second Instagram Our Soul Purpose, said she suffered from health-complication around during her tour.

‘Reach out for help’

In the latest episode of the PBN podcast, Dara chats with Co-founder Robbie Lockie about Australia’s meat-centric culture, her childhood, the climate crisis, and, of course, music.

“I’m actually vegan because of music because if I didn’t run myself into the ground touring as a DJ like I did then I probably wouldn’t have had to reach out for help and change my lifestyle,” Dara states.

This podcast covers subject including: 

Dara’s vegan story: 2.00

The meat culture in Australia: 7.50

Men and their connection to meat: 10.50

Media and veganism: 14.00

Labeling vegan products: 16.15

Learning compassion: 22.40

Developing compassion: 23.45

‘The biggest thing holding back the vegan movement’: 28.40

Remaining positive: 31.00

Dara’s music journey: 33.50

Being female in a male-dominated industry: 38.50

Dara’s favorite DJs 43.00

Mentors: 45.35

Future music releases: 49.10

The sober rave scene: 50.52

The pressure to do drugs and drink: 51.55

Vegan cooking: 55.02

Health on a plant-based diet: 58.45

Dara’s dogs: 1.01.40

The climate crisis: 1.09.25

Stranded on a desert island: 1.18.00

You can listen to the full podcast here and find out more about DJ Tigerlily here

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Award-winning author of seven books, Host of the Animalogy & Food for Thought Podcasts, and cultural commentator Colleen Patrick-Goudreau explains how men are taught to quell their compassion towards animals. 

The genius behind The Joyful Vegan sat down with Plant Based News’ Co-Founder Robbie Lockie for the latest episode of the PBN podcast to discuss Colleen’s childhood, religion, masculinity, politics, privilege, and how they all intersect.

This podcast covers subjects including:

1.40: Colleen’s vegan story

9.35: The tension and joy in being vegan

11.45: Childhood memories of animals

14:15: Learning compassion

16.44: Masculinity and veganism

20.30: Excluding animals from religion

29.10: Is veganism a cult?

33.25: Colleen’s tips on how to not push family and friends away

36.45: Are their ineffective forms of advocacy?

48.40: How to further the growth of veganism

51.10: The Joyful Vegan

55.10: Politics and veganism

59.08: Angry vegans

1.02.10: Privilege and inclusivity

1.05.15: Intersectionality

1.08.19: What keeps you positive?

“Anger is a natural human emotion, it is a natural response especially to something so heinous once we find out what so many animals are enduring so it’s not that I’m saying let’s not be angry,” Colleen states.

But A. What can we do to channel that anger in a healthy and effective way? And B. Are we cultivating anger as a way to prove something – to prove that we care?”

The Joyful Vegan

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s compassionate living philosophy is ‘propelling plant-based eating into the mainstream and forever changing how we regard animals’.

Her latest book The Joyful Vegan: How to Stay Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs tackles the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of being vegan in a non-vegan world.

“Many people choose veganism as a logical and sensible response to their concerns about animals, the environment, and/or their health. But despite their positive intentions and the personal benefits they experience, they’re often met with resistance from friends, family members, and society at large. These external factors can make veganism socially difficult—and emotionally exhausting—to sustain,” the book’s description reads.

“This leads to an unfortunate reality: the majority of vegans (and vegetarians) revert back to consuming meat, dairy, or eggs—breaching their own values and sabotaging their own goals in the process.”

You can listen to the full podcast here and buy The Joyful Vegan here

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In this episode, Katcher sits down with PBNs’ Co-Founder Robbie Lockie to take a look at the fashion industry ‘through the lens of carnism’. 

The pair talk about developments within vegan fashion, how animal-fur insidiously made a comeback, and Katcher’s own journey into veganism. 

“Sometimes being cruel is desirable. When you look at the top tier of the luxury market whether it’s in fashion or cuisine, sometimes the cruelest things are the most sought after things.” 

The podcast covers subjects including:

3.20: Joshua’s vegan journey 

6.00: Carnism

7.10: Influences to veganism 

8.29: Concerns about going vegan

10.20: Involvement within the vegan community

13.15: Acting on anger

16.10: Breaking into the fashion industry

19.56: The effects of fast-fashion

22.50: The leather industry

26.00: The return of fur

27.30: The Yulin Dog Festival

31.00: Fashion Animals: The book

33.50: Future materials

36.45: Vegan leather and the environment

44.30: ‘We don’t need more t-shirt companies’

47.30: Rind Cheese

53.00: Stranded on a desert island 

Joshua Katcher

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There doesn’t seem to be much Joshua Katcher can’t actually do. Back in 2010, he founder the luxury vegan menswear brand Brave GentleMan – where his commitment to ethical fashion was described as ‘rather head-spinning’ by Vogue. 

Brave GentleMan has also featured the cover of British GQ’s November 2016 Issue on Benedict Cumberbatch, and was awarded Menswear Brand of the Year, 2016 and Most Influential Designer of 2015 by animal-rights organization PETA.

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Katcher is also the Co-Founder of a 100 percent plant-based cheese company named Rind – he talks about the three-year-long process to perfect the product in the podcast. 

More recently, the designer published his first book Fashion Animals: exploring ‘the visual history and ideology of animals exploited in fashion’. Katcher says the book taps into our ‘disconnect’ between the animals ‘we wear’ and the animals ‘we love’. 

You can listen to the full podcast here 

 Find out more about Joshua Katcher and purchase his book Fashion Animals

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