Food Empowerment Project
Food Empowerment Project logo | |
Abbreviation | F.E.P. |
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Formation | 2006 |
Legal status | Non-profit |
Purpose | Food justice, veganism, animal rights |
Headquarters | San Jose, California |
Website | foodispower |
Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) is a volunteer-based non-profit organization focused on veganism and food justice. Its mission statement is "to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one's food choices."[1] The organization was founded in 2006 by Lauren Ornelas, who continues to lead it.[1] Based in San Jose, California, the F.E.P. opened an additional chapter in Seattle, Washington, in 2016.[2][3]
Organization and mission
The organization is composed of a team of activists from various animal rights, environmental and social justice organizations.[4] They work on encouraging healthy food choices that reflect a more compassionate society by spotlighting the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the lack of access to healthy foods in low-income areas.[5] In January 2011, the organization began researching companies that make vegan products containing chocolate to find out if they source their cocoa beans from countries where child labor and slavery can still be found. The frequently updated list of companies[6] is available on the F.E.P. web site.[7]
Reports
In April 2008, the Food Empowerment Project supported California Senate Bill 1443 which would require that a written contract between a retail food facility and a purchaser include an option that allows the purchaser to direct the facility to donate leftover food to a non-profit food bank or provide it to the purchaser.[8]
In March 2009 the F.E.P. began surveying supermarkets, convenience stores and other retail businesses that sell food in Santa Clara County. The resulting 2010 report, "Shining a Light on the Valley of Heart's Delight",[9] found that higher-income areas had more than twice as many large supermarkets per capita than lower-income areas, while lower-income communities have nearly twice as many liquor stores and 50 percent more markets that sell an abundance of meat products. Neither of these latter store types offers a variety of healthy food options, like fresh fruits and vegetables.
Campaigns
F.E.P.'s first corporate campaign targeted Clif Bar, maker of energy bars and drinks, for not disclosing the source of their chocolate.[10][11] This worried F.E.P. because two West African countries, Ghana and the Ivory Coast, which supply 75 percent of the world's cocoa market[citation needed] were documented by a handful of organizations and journalists to employ child labor and in some cases, slavery on cocoa farms.[12] On December 2, 2014, F.E.P. declared victory with Clif Bar & Company publicly disclosing that its cocoa sources included both suspect countries.[13]
F.E.P. holds an annual school supply drive for the children of farm workers.[14]
Accolades
F.E.P. received the 2012 Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits.[2]
See also
- Human rights
- Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
References
- ^ a b "About F.E.P." Food Empowerment Project. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ a b Williams, Dave (November 30, 2012). "A staunch advocate for food empowerment". The Community Voice. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Lagally, Christie (March 8, 2016). "Food Empowerment Project comes to Seattle". Queen Anne & Magnolia News. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "F.E.P.'s Board and Advisors". Food Empowerment Project. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "Public health enemy". September 3, 2007. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2017 – via LA Times.
- ^ "F.E.P.'s Chocolate List - Food Empowerment Project". FoodIsPower.org. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ Hartglass, Caryn (May 20, 2014). "lauren Ornelas, Food Empowerment Project". Responsible Eating and Living. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "California Senate Bill 1443, retrieved on June 22, 2008". ca.gov. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ Shining a Light on the Valley of Heart's Delight
- ^ "Letter to Clif Bar, May 31, 2011, FoodIsPower.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
- ^ "F.E.P. Alert March 20, 2012: Encourage Clif to raise the bar on child slavery!". Food Empowerment Project. 20 March 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ Humphrey Hawksley (May 4, 2001). "BBC News - AFRICA - Ivory Coast accuses chocolate companies". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Food Empowerment Project Announces Clif Bar Campaign Victory - Food Empowerment Project". FoodIsPower.org. 2 December 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "The T.O.F.U. Grant: Round Six". T.O.F.U. Magazine. August 5, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- v
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Veganism | |
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Vegetarianism | |
Lists |
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and drink
- Agave syrup
- Chicken fillet roll
- Coconut burger
- Coconut milk
- Fruits
- Grains
- Gelatin substitutes
- Jambon
- Meat alternative
- Miso
- Mochi
- Mock duck
- Nutritional yeast
- Plant cream
- Plant milk
- Quinoa
- Quorn
- Seitan
- Soy yogurt
- Tempeh
- Tofu
- Tofurkey
- Cheese
- Vegetables
- Hot dog
- Vegetarian mark
- Sausage
- Sausage roll
- Beer
- Wine
- Veggie burger
and events
reports,
journals
- On Abstinence from Eating Animals (3rd century)
- An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
- Vegetable Cookery (1812)
- A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
- Reasons for not Eating Animal Food (1814)
- Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
- Nature's Own Book (1835)
- Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
- The Pleasure Boat (1845)
- The Ethics of Diet (1883)
- What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
- Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)
- Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses (1892)
- Why I Am a Vegetarian (1895)
- Figs or Pigs? (1896)
- Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
- The Meat Fetish (1904)
- The New Ethics (1907)
- A Fleshless Diet (1910)
- The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
- Living the Good Life (1954)
- Ten Talents (1968)
- Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
- The Vegetarian Epicure (1972)
- Moosewood Collective Cookbooks (1973)
- The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975)
- Laurel's Kitchen (1976)
- Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
- Fit for Life (1985)
- Diet for a New America (1987)
- The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
- Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
- The China Study (2005)
- Skinny Bitch (2005)
- Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
- The Bloodless Revolution (2006)
- Eating Animals (2009)
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
- The Vegan Studies Project (2015)
- Animal (De)liberation (2016)
- The End of Animal Farming (2018)
- Vegetable Kingdom (2020)
- Making a Stand for Animals (2022)
- Meat Atlas (annual)
- The Animals Film (1981)
- Diet for a New America (film) (1991)
- A Cow at My Table (1998)
- Meet Your Meat (2002)
- Post Punk Kitchen (2003–2005)
- Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
- Earthlings (2005)
- A Sacred Duty (2007)
- Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
- Planeat (2010)
- Forks Over Knives (2011)
- Vegucated (2011)
- Live and Let Live (2013)
- Cowspiracy (2014)
- PlantPure Nation (2015)
- What the Health (2017)
- Carnage (2017)
- Dominion (2018)
- Eating You Alive (2018)
- The Game Changers (2018)
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)
authors,
physicians
cookbook authors
- Nava Atlas
- Mayim Bialik
- Gypsy Boots
- BOSH!
- Edward Espe Brown
- Tabitha Brown (actress)
- Suzy Amis Cameron
- Hannah Che
- Pinky Cole
- Chloe Coscarelli
- Yamuna Devi
- Sue Donaldson
- Crescent Dragonwagon
- Rose Elliot
- Rip Esselstyn
- Toni Fiore
- Carol Lee Flinders
- Dick Gregory
- Richa Hingle
- Madhur Jaffrey
- Mollie Katzen
- Frances Moore Lappé
- Deborah Madison
- Linda McCartney
- Mary McCartney
- Tracye McQuirter
- Joanne Lee Molinaro
- Moosewood Collective
- Isa Chandra Moskowitz
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Gaz Oakley
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- Mathew Pritchard
- Satchidananda Saraswati
- Derek Sarno
- Miyoko Schinner
- Alicia Silverstone
- Hannah Sunderani
- Bryant Terry
- Anna Thomas
- Haile Thomas
- Lauren Toyota
- Jeeca Uy
- Umberto Veronesi
- Nisha Vora
- Alan Wakeman
- Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli
- Cinnaholic
- Crossroads Kitchen
- Greens Restaurant
- Little Pine (restaurant)
- Slutty Vegan
- Souley Vegan
- Veggie Grill