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The Quiet Acceleration Toward a Plant-Powered Planet

Steven Disla — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:16:12 +0000

Social change often feels glacial, incremental, fragile, and at risk of slipping backward. History shows that transformation rarely moves in a straight line. Instead, it unfolds in waves, from slow adoption to steady accumulation, and then, suddenly, acceleration. Small shifts compound until they push entire systems past a tipping point. Today, as we confront converging … Continued

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Written by Steven Disla.

How the Low-FODMAP Diet Saved My Colon

Heather Mills — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:16:07 +0000

Having been an avid plant-based eater for over thirty years, I thought I knew it all. I was never ill, I was full of energy, and, to prove that vegans get enough protein, I even achieved a Guinness World Record in speed skiing with one leg at the age of forty-seven. I thought I knew … Continued

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Written by Heather Mills.

Appealing to Common Identity, Not Vegan Identity, Effectively Promotes Change

Nelson Huber-Disla — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:53:59 +0000

If you have seen and are convinced by the impressive body of evidence showing that consuming animals and animal products is unhealthy for our bodies, our society, and the environment, and if you want to make the world a better place, you might quickly run up against the question of how best to share this … Continued

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla.

From The Jungle to Ag-Gag: How the Meat Industry Still Fears the Truth

Steven Disla — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:09:01 +0000

Earlier this year, a US federal judge upheld an “ag-gag” law in Iowa that prohibits unauthorized access to private property for the purpose of recording footage inside animal agriculture facilities.[1] To many, this decision may seem like a minor issue of property rights. But its implications reach far deeper, striking at the core of transparency, … Continued

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Written by Steven Disla.

From Pain to Purpose: How MaryEllen and John Are Improving Food Security and Reducing Food Waste

MaryEllen and John Bunce — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:34:23 +0000

I (MaryEllen) found whole-food plant-based nutrition in 2020 while desperately searching for answers to the chronic Lyme disease I had been living with for more than ten years. My husband John and I decided to jump all in together—and it completely changed our lives. My body began to heal in ways I hadn’t thought possible, … Continued

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Written by MaryEllen and John Bunce.