Easy Vegan with JL Fields

Washington Post food and dining editor Joe Yonan joins JL to talk tempeh, beans, and how he created a vegetable-forward Thanksgiving centerpiece.

After becoming vegan Sara Laycock decided to dedicate her personal and professional life to helping animals. Today Sara serves as the Campaigns Manager for Mercy For Animals, an international farmed animal protection organization, where she helps develop campaigns to push major corporations to eliminate cruel practices throughout their global supply chains. Learn about her path to professionalize her vegan passion.

Tracye McQuirter, author of By Any Greens Necessary, has partnered with Farm Sanctuary to create and write the first African American Vegan Starter Guide.

Long-time vegan activists Rae Sikora and JC Corcoran have been promoting peace and compassion around the globe. Then they decided to make Santa Fe, NM "veganville." Learn how and why.

One year ago Shaleen and Shilpi Shah launched Luvin' Arms Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. Now serving 30 animal residents, and changing the lives of volunteers in their community, they are moving their vision for a compassionate, vegan world to the next level.

Bean water in desserts? Yep! Aquafaba is the new vegan culinary darling and Zsu Dever has devoted an entire cookbook to this new approach to replacing eggs in your favorite sweet and savory plant-based recipes. (September 27, 2016)

Grant Butler is a food writer for The Oregonian and OregonLive.com. He joins JL to talk about taking veganism mainstream in the media, what makes a great cookbook, fall vegan food trends, and the one spice blend we should all add to our cooking. (September 20, 2016)

Chef, cooking instructor and cookbook author Mark Reinfeld is the author of Healing the Vegan Way: Plant-Based Eating for Optimal Health and Wellness. Join us for a conversation about superfoods, how to make your kitchen an inviting place to spend time, tips on creating spice blends, and our mutual love for nutritional yeast. (September 13, 2016)

Sunny Subramanian, author of The Compassionate Chick’s Guide to DIY Beauty 125 Recipes for Vegan, Gluten Free, Cruelty-Free Makeup, Skin & Hair Products, offers up tips and ideas for making your own vegan beauty products (some are edible!). September 5, 2016

Accomplished vegan athlete Robert Cheeke on the ethics of veganism, solid nutrition advice, and quite possibly the best explanation of the real protein needs of vegans (and athletes) I've ever heard. Oh, and yay carbs! August 22, 2016

There's a very vegan business trend in Colorado Springs! Meet the latest non-vegan businesses (the owners aren't vegan either!) opening businesses with vegans in mind. Amy Emerson and Natalie Peck's Willamette Market & Deli will open next month with a hot dog deli and two types of vegan hot dogs will be available for each menu item (the market will carry unique vegan items, as well). Potato Potato food truck owner Kevin Johnson recently added vegan items to the permanent menu and now has a monthly "vegan" day where everything on the menu is vegan. Learn why business owners are thinking about vegan customers and the impact on their business bottom-line. August 25, 2016

Jackie Sobon, the recipe creator and photographer for the wildly popular blog Vegan Yack Attack, has published her first cookbook: Vegan Bowl Attack! Get great vegan bowl meal ideas plus food photography tips! (August 8, 2016)

This is the one-year anniversary episode of Easy Vegan with JL Fields! Victoria Moran returns to the show to talk about her latest project: the one-woman show "The Making of a Main Street Vegan." August 1, 2016

A focus on vegan activists: Leila Vaughan is teaching people who to go vegan through the Peace Advocacy Network. Justin Starner is reaching students at the University of Georgia through Speak out for Species. This episode is part of the VegFund-support Vegan Activist Spotlight series. July 25, 2016

Plant-Based By Nafsika debuts on A&E's fyi network this month. Nafiska Antypas, creator and show host, chats about how the first ever vegan lifestyle show became a reality. Plus, Cody Rilo of The Burrowing Owl pops in to update us on the first year of business for the only vegan dive bar in Colorado Springs. July 18, 2016