The Farm

California Country Hoe Down
May 1 & 2, 2010 ● California Shelter ● Orland, CA

Speakers

Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., author of Pleasurable Kingdom and Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, is a former animal behavior research scientist for the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine and currently a consultant in Washington, D.C.





Gene Baur, the president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, campaigns to raise awareness about the negative effects of factory farming. His book, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, is a national best seller.



Leanne Cronquist, Farm Sanctuary’s California Shelter director, manages a full team of staff and ensures the care of hundreds of rescued farm animals. She holds a biology degree from Hope College and a vet tech certification from Michigan State University. 

Breeze Harper, founder of the Sistah Vegan Project and creator/editor of Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health & Society, is a PhD candidate at UC Davis researching the intersections of race and vegan praxis within the U.S.





Allan Kornberg, M.D., the executive director of Farm Sanctuary, has worked to end the abuses of animals on factory farms and in labs for years. He has also had a distinguished career in medicine with decades of clinical and executive leadership experience.





Tanya Petrovna is Executive Chef and Founder of the six Native Foods restaurants in southern California. She developed her cooking style during years of travel in Europe and Asia and is the author of the Native Foods Restaurant Cookbook.

Biz Stone is a co-founder and creative director of Twitter, Inc. Stone went vegan after visiting the New York Shelter and has quietly promoted the lifestyle by working with chefs at Google and Twitter. He is a resident of Marin County, California.

Dr. Will Tuttle, a former Zen monk and author of The World Peace Diet, is a recipient of the Peace Abbey’s Courage of Conscience Award, the co-founder of the Circle of Compassion ministry, and an acclaimed pianist and composer.  

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