It’s All About Food

It's All About Food: Élise Desaulniers: The Lives We Ignore

Élise Desaulniers is an author, consultant and independent researcher based in Montréal. From 2017 to 2022, she was Executive Director of the Montreal SPCA. She has published several essays on food ethics and animal rights — including Je mange avec ma tête, Vache à lait (translated into English as Cash Cow) and Le défi végane 21 jours — translated into several languages. In 2015, she received Quebec’s Grand Prix du journalisme indépendant in the Opinion category for an essay on feminism and antispeciesism. In 2022, she became an anonymous (non-directed) kidney donor and has since been actively involved in advocating for organ donation. She serves on the board of directors of the Kidney Foundation of Canada (Quebec branch) and on the Advanced Donation Steering Committee of Canadian Blood Services. She is an editor at L’Amorce and writes regularly on Substack. Her Wikipedia entry covers part of her work. Together with Éline Bonin (Patate & Cornichon), she is co-spokesperson of the Festival végane de Montréal. The event will take place on October 17 and 18, 2026.
 
Read the article by Élise Desaulniers on Substack: Xenotransplantation and the Animal Question

It's All About Food: From Farm to Register: The Real Story Behind Rising Plant Food Prices

You're paying 25% more for groceries than you were before the pandemic — and that's probably permanent. But the reasons behind each item in your plant-food cart are completely different. Droughts, wars, tariffs, TikTok, and corporate profits: we follow the money, all the way from the farm to your register.

It's All About Food - Hartglass & De Mattei, No Soft Serving the Truth

This episode features Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei covering three big cultural flashpoints through an uncompromising, no-nonsense lens. Billie Eilish's viral callout of meat-eaters — her blunt Instagram post, the predictable backlash, and what the ugly comments reveal about where we are as a society. A look at Suffs, the Broadway musical bringing the women's suffrage movement back into the spotlight, and the hard-fought history behind the 19th Amendment and its connection to the animal rights movement. From there, the conversation shifts to the Equal Rights Amendment — still not enshrined in the Constitution over a century after it was first introduced, despite hitting the 38-state ratification threshold. After a discussion on rejuvenation and recharging when tired and frustrated with the long game of activism, they conclude with a segment on addiction, culture, and marketing. No softening, no sponsors to protect, just honest talk.

It's All About Food - Melanie Joy, PhD, Practice Integrity

TITLE: Melanie Joy, PhD, Practice Integrity
Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist, international trainer, and author of eight books, including the award-winning Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters, and How to End Injustice Everywhere. She is the eighth recipient of the Institute of Jainology’s Ahimsa Award, which was previously given to Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Her work has been featured by media outlets around the world, and she is also the founding president of the nonprofit organization Beyond Carnism. You can learn more about her work at carnism.org. Melanie has also recently published her debut novel, A Half-Hearted Death Wish. The book reflects the same values of compassion and awareness that underpin her other work, and it weaves in powerful themes of justice, connection, and empathy.
 

It's All About Food -Gardening: Nature Always Finds a Way In

TITLE: Gardening: Nature Always Finds a Way In
DESCRIPTION: Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei discuss their 2026 container gardening experiences on their NYC terrace, focusing on persistent wildlife challenges (squirrels and pigeons) and the broader context of food security, organic farming, and glyphosate's ongoing legal and health controversies. The conversation emphasizes the importance of home gardening as food prices rise and agricultural systems face mounting pressures.

Isa Chandra Moskowitz, The 29-Minute Vegan: Real Food, Real Vibes, Anytime.

Description: Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the bestselling author of I Can Cook Vegan, Isa Does It, Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance, The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook, and many more. 

It's All About Food - Robert Grillo, Food, Politics, and Everything in Between

This week Caryn Hartglass welcomes Robert Grillo of Free From Harm back to the show.  They cover a wide variety of topics impacting the vegan movement today including Politics, the Farm Bill, Bird Flu, Herbicides and Pesticides, Investors, Ultra-processed Foods and more. They also share some of their current recipe favorites.

It's All About Food - From Fringe to Fork: 17 Years in Vegan Food

For the 17th anniversary of IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD, we're doing something different: taking a clear-eyed look at where the vegan food movement has been — and where it still needs to go. In this episode: the explosive growth of veganism, the staggering lobbying gap between plant-based and animal agriculture, the ag-gag laws still being passed in 2025, and the moving story of Angel Moreno — a 76-year-old mystic who has kept New York's Caravan of Dreams alive for 35 years with faith and a beautiful vision.

It's All About Food - Hartglass & De Mattei, Sweet Musings in Bitter Times

In this episode Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei share their thoughts about the current times filled with war and violence and offer ways to cope and enjoy peaceful moments with food. They offer practical tips and useful tools to make food preparation easier and fun.

It's All About Food - Move People to the Lentils!

“Move people to the lentils,” says Lianna Levine Reisner, cofounder of Plant Powered Metro New York.  Learn more about Lianna and Plant Powered Metro New York and why you should join us at their 7th Anniversary Gala on March 19, called Woven Together.