Ralph Montague is a longevity coach from Monmouthshire, Great Britain. He focuses on sleep and energy mastery. His passion for longevity evolved from working within the anti-aging industry for over twenty years. His first book within the STOP!! Series, is aptly named STOP!! Killing yourself – The Beginners Guide to Living Longer by Removing and Improving, encouraging readers to maximize their longevity with easy-to-follow guidance, checklists, and prompts is out now! Ralph also has just finished...
May 09, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Passionate vegan and photographer since 2009, Kelly uses her photographs to invite viewers into the amazing and meaningful lives farmed animals live. She shows a kinder world for farmed animals is possible in her strikingly beautiful images captured through her work at Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary in Australia.
May 02, 2024•29 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Mathilde Do Chi is an international food law consultant passionate about modernizing our global food system to tackle climate change, improve people's health and remove animals from our plates.
Apr 25, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 38
Show Notes for Plant Your Seed Podcast: Episode with Jennifer Calabria In this episode of Plant Your Seed Podcast, we sit down with Jennifer Calabria, who shares her transformative journey from a traditional diet to adopting a fully plant-based lifestyle. Jennifer recounts her health scare that prompted her dietary shift, her challenges with quitting smoking, cheese, and alcohol simultaneously, and how she's now influencing the culinary world, including her involvement with a steakhouse that int...
Apr 18, 2024•38 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Show Notes for Plant Your Seed Podcast: Episode with Areina Plowden Introduction: Welcome to a flavorful episode of the Plant Your Seed Podcast featuring Areina Plowden, affectionately known as @theveganfoodie on Instagram. Joining us from the historic and vibrant city of Istanbul, Turkey, Areina shares her enriching journey as a vegan expat. Through her adventures, she has mastered the art of navigating cultural challenges, sourcing vegan ingredients, and adapting traditional recipes for a plan...
Apr 11, 2024•31 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Ray Star is a multi-award-winning author from England with a passion for nature, animals, and the Earth. Most known for the bestselling fantasy fiction trilogy Earthlings, a coming-of-age dystopian read for lovers of climate fiction and magical realism, that has been proclaimed 'one of the best vegan books of all time' and 'the vegan Harry Potter'. As an author of Climate Fiction, Ray's books are published on recycled paper where possible and she plants 1 tree per book sale via Ecologi. It is Ra...
Feb 29, 2024•12 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Mike Stura is a Mechanic, Welder and Harley Davidson guy. He's not your typical vegan but Mike owns and runs Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue in New Jersey. Mike started Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue with one tiny piece of land and a few small animals. That tiny piece of land grew to become an entire farm full of rescued souls. These animals are rescued from slaughterhouses, live markets, farms, extreme neglect, abuse, religious ceremonies, abandonment, and are even found wandering st...
Feb 22, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Maxime Sigouin is a leading fitness coach, entrepreneur, and athlete with over 10 years of experience in the industry. He is the founder of Fit Vegan Coaching, dedicated to helping people adopt a healthier lifestyle through plant-based nutrition and exercise. Maxime is also a highly accomplished athlete who has competed in Ironman and Spartan races, and cycling events for cancer research. His mission to help 1 million people by 2050 is reflected in his range of services, including one-on-one coa...
Dec 21, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Jackie Norman is a bestselling author, inspirational speaker and podcast host. As a former dairy farmer of 18 years turned vegan activist, she uses her extensive insight and experience of 'both sides' to build bridges of communication and open minds and hearts. A PTSD survivor, Jackie credits her WFPB diet with helping her manage and overcome some of the debilitating conditions associated with trauma, such as IBS and chronic pain.
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Dr. Eduardo Corassa is a clinical nutritionist with an emphasis on raw and plant-based diets. He is the author of nine books, six online courses, an international speaker, and the creator of Saúde Frugal.
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Frances is the Founder and President of Vegan Wines, a completely vegan-friendly wine club, and Despacito Distributors, a plant-based wine distribution company. Frances has acquired nuanced expertise and made many connections in the wine industry through her work building these two companies. Her background, however, delves deeper than entrepreneurship. She is also an active member of Women of the Vine & Spirits, an organization that fosters a supportive environment for females in the alcoho...
Nov 23, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Michelle Cehn is the founder of the popular vegan food and lifestyle website World of Vegan, co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast, and the creative force behind @Vegan on Instagram, where she has brought together a plant-passionate community over one million strong. Michelle is also the author of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook, and a speaker, writer, filmmaker, YouTube personality, and mama on a mission to create a better future for our world. Michelle's Resources: World of Vegan: https://ww...
Nov 16, 2023•46 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Jered Camp is a paramedic turned co-founder of Iowa Farm Sanctuary, Iowa's first farm animal sanctuary. He rescues and provides loving care to abused and neglected animals while advocating for animal welfare and a more compassionate world. iowafarmsanctuary.org
Nov 09, 2023•50 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Toni Okamoto is the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, the popular website and meal plan that shows you how to save dough by eating veggies. She's also the author of the Plant-Based on a Budget Cookbook, and the co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast. Okamoto's work has been profiled by NPR, NBC News, Parade Magazine, and she's a regular presence on local and national morning shows across the country, where she teaches viewers how to break their meat habit without breaking their budget. Sh...
Nov 02, 2023•39 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Nancy Leeds Gribble is the Founder and CEO of NourishLiftGrow. She is a Women's Wellness and Weight-loss Coach, Plant-Based Culinary Nutrition Expert. Nancy specializes in empowering women in midlife and beyond. She provides them with the tools and guidance they need for optimal health, weight loss, hormone balance, and body confidence. Her goal is to re-energize their vitality so they can make their second season of life their best season!
Oct 12, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 26
Ben Hagerty is an essayist and travel writer for the website, It's Bree and Ben, which he co-founded with his wife, Bree Nemiroff. Since 2017, he and Brianne have visited and written about vegan businesses in more than 60 destinations throughout Canada and the U.S. In 2020, Ben and Bree relocated to Vancouver, BC, where he conducted his thesis project about vegan entrepreneurship in the neighborhoods of Kitsilano and Mt. Pleasant. The entirety of his project may be found in his academic blog ser...
Sep 21, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 23
Sersie Blue is a health coach and Gigi Carter is a nutritionist. Together, they have a new book, Daniel Fast: Why You Should Only Do It Once. This book empowers the reader to take charge of their health by using the Daniel Fast as a jumping-off point to a long-term sustainable whole food, plant-based vegan lifestyle. danielfasttohealthyliving.com
Sep 14, 2023•58 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Trey Morrow is an animal liberation activist from South Carolina, USA. He is the co-founder of Animal Activism Mentorship, a program that empowers humans to take action for animals by providing one-on-one mentorship and a supportive community.
Sep 07, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Susan Klingenberg is the founder and president of Little Buckets Farm Sanctuary. In 2017, Susan made a bucket list, which included saving a life at a livestock auction. The life that was saved was a one-day-old baby calf who she named Bucket. Just being ripped from his mom, Susan became his new mom and he befriended her dog Colton. Watching Bucket and Colton interact everyday, Susan saw that Bucket was no different than Colton. A grass puppy. Bucket wanted to be loved, he wanted to give his love...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Megan Pereira is the founder of Road To Refuge Animal Sanctuary, located in CT. She works full time as a mixed animal Veterinary Technician with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science. She coordinates all potential rescues and tends to the medical needs of all the animals as well as running day-to-day activities at Road to Refuge.
Aug 17, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Kym Henley is the founder of Freedom Hill Sanctuary. A sanctuary for orphaned, abandoned, or injured farm animals. Freedom Hill Sanctuary was established in 2011 with one lamb called Lynn and since then has grown to 150 animals. A place they all call home
Aug 10, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 27
John Oberg is a social media influencer and animal advocate dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. In 2018, he launched his own independent, patron-funded program for animals through Patreon to maximize his impact, redefining animal advocacy in the social networking space. Previously, he served as Director of New Media for The Humane League and as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. Since launching his project, he has accumulat...
Aug 03, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Tiffany Paltauf is the founder of Sleepy Pig Farm Animal Sanctuary, a vegan farmed animal sanctuary located in Upstate NY. Tiffany decided to start a sanctuary after rescuing and raising a two-day-old piglet that she named Maybelle. Patreon: Sleepy Pig Farm Animal Sanctuary Website: spfanimalsanctuary.org
Jul 13, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Alex has been vegan since 2007 for the animals. In Veganism, she has not only found a purpose in her life.. she found a level of spirituality that has forever changed her heart and how she interacts with ALL beings. Being a beacon of love and light is the foundation of her spiritual practices and, she feels, the very foundation of Veganism. Instagram: chiquita_vegana Living among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Richard J. Schmidt, MD, FACOG, is a reproductive endocrinology and fertility specialist, as well as the medical director and laboratory program director at NOVA IVF in Mountain View, California. Dr. Schmidt has committed more than 25 years to delivering excellent patient-centered fertility care and is a vegan physician, having trained as a Food for Life instructor and is passionate about helping patients achieve better outcomes through a plant-based diet.
Jun 22, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Diane Rose-Solomon went vegan in 2019 but didn't know how to cook anything plant-based. A vegan cooking class boosted her confidence quickly. Diane recently founded a plant-based project called: What's Plant-Based Cooking Good Looking?, a safe space to help you go from Plant-Based Curious to Plant-Based Confident.
Jun 01, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Stevan Mirkovich is the CRO and Owner of Planted Expo, a trade show, platform, and network to connect Canadians to local vegan and plant-based businesses offering new, innovative, and inspiring products, services, and practices. The Planted website is a great educational resource offering online courses and make sure to check out their chats section where you will find the latest from leading voices in the plant-based movement. Be sure to head along to one of their upcoming trade shows where you...
Apr 27, 2023•55 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Simen Li is a vegan coach and consultant. He has consulted with vegan wellness centers, hotels, and restaurants. Simen has coached people to thrive as vegans for six years and has 12 years of experience in vegan nutrition. veganicediblelandscapes.com
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Laura Carney is a writer and copy editor in New York. She's been published by the Washington Post, the Associated Press, The Hill, Runner's World, People magazine, Guideposts, Good Housekeeping, The Fix, Upworthy, Maria Shrivers Sunday Paper and other places, and her book My Fathers List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free is being published by Post Hill Press in June 2023. Her work as a copy editor has been primarily in magazines, for 20 years, including Good Housekeeping, People, Guidepost...
Mar 30, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Pam Ahern is the Founder of Edgars Mission. A safe haven for formerly farmed animals in Lancefield, Australia. The one-time equestrian champion gave it all up when, in 2003, a tiny piglet, the eminent Edgar Alan Pig, trotted into her life and led her down a path she never imagined.
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 22
