What you need to know about our FOOD SYSTEM with Food Empowerment Project founder Lauren Ornelas
From The Flirty Vegan by Vegan Lifestyle Coach: Jenny Cheifetz
April 29, 2026 · 1h 9m · Season 1 · Episode 13
About this episode
The episode features Lauren Ornelas discussing the food system and the work of the Food Empowerment Project.
☕ If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee 🎥 Watch the video podcast on YouTube 🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram 📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group ☎️ Book a FREE CONSULTATION CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletter Lauren Ornelas is the founder and General Programs Team Member of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for farm workers, works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities, and encourages people not to buy chocolate sourced from the worst forms of child labor, including slavery. She has been active in the animal rights movement since 1987, having started the first high school animal rights group in San Antonio, Texas, and then Action for Animals, a group she launched in college and that is still active in Austin. In 1999, lauren was asked by Viva!UK to start and run Viva!USA in 1999. As the leader of Viva!USA, lauren investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns, working with activists nationwide. In cooperation with other activists, lauren persuaded Trader Joe’s to stop selling duck meat, convinced Pier 1 Imports to…
People in this episode
Host: Jenny Cheifetz
Guest: Lauren Ornelas
Topics covered
- food system
- veganism
- food justice
- farm workers
- healthy foods
- child labor
- animal rights
Keywords
- food system
- veganism
- food justice
- farm workers
- healthy foods
- child labor
- animal rights
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Food Empowerment Project
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